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Austria

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Federal Law on the judicial cooperation in criminal matters with member states of the EU (Bundesgesetz über die justizielle Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen mit den Mitgliedstaaten der Europäischen Union)The contact between authorities takes place directly between the issuing and the executing authority according to § 14 (1) EU-JZG. As a result, the competent court or prosecutor, who issued the European arrest warrant has to provide additional information in direct contact.

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