Ministers are also fuming at a court ruling that blocked the extradition of a prisoner to Lithuania because jail conditions there could breach human rights.
They fear it will set a precedent that prevents the 460 other Lithuanians in British jails from being returned to the Baltic state.
Of the 10,500 foreigners in British jails last year, nearly half – 4,600 – are citizens of other EU countries.
All 28 EU states were supposed to have ratified a deal allowing the compulsory transfer of prisoners to their home countries by December 2011, but only 19 have done so.
Despite failing to meet the deadline, the European Commission has not taken action against the remaining nine but has instead given them until March to put the agreement into their national laws.
Bulgaria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, the Irish Republic, Lithuania, Portugal, Spain and Sweden, which together account for 1,600 of the more than 4,600 EU nationals in jails in England and Wales, have not ratified the deal.
This EU agreement is not worth the paper it is written on
Keith Vaz
Keith Vaz, the chairman of the Commons home affairs select committee, said: “This EU agreement is not worth the paper it is written on.
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