As a consequence, the present Framework Decision has as its objective the promotion, where appropriate, of the use of non-custodial measures as an alternative to provisional detention, even where, according to the law of the Member State concerned, a provisional detention could not be imposed ab initio

As a consequence, the present Framework Decision has as its objective the promotion, where appropriate, of the use of non-custodial measures as an alternative to provisional detention, even where, according to the law of the Member State concerned, a provisional detention could not be imposed ab initio.

In some Member States, a previous conviction can influence the decision on pre-trial detention: it can be considered a factor in the court's jurisdiction to refuse bail where the applicant is charged with a serious offence (IE), or pre-trial detention may be ordered if the suspect has been convicted in recent years (AT, EL, NL, SE).

In some Member States, a previous conviction can influence the decision on pre-trial detention: it can be considered a factor in the court's jurisdiction to refuse bail where the applicant is charged with a serious offence (IE), or pre-trial detention may be ordered if the suspect has been convicted in recent years (AT, EL, NL, SE).

It may also be issued in relation to an offence for which only less severe coercive measures (e.g. travel prohibition) than pre-trial detention are allowed, i.e. where the threshold may be lower than for remand in custody.

The Commission has received representations from European and national parliamentarians, defence lawyers, citizens and civil society groups highlighting a number of problems with the operation of the EAW: no entitlement to legal representation in the issuing state during the surrender proceedings in the executing state; detention conditions in some Member States combined with sometimes lengthy pre-trial detention for surrendered persons and the non-uniform application of a proportionality check by issuing states, resulting in requests for surrender for relatively minor offences that, in the absence of a proportionality check in the exec ...[+++]uting state, must be executed.