Schedule 5 THE CONVENTION RELATING TO EXTRADITION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (“THE 1996 CONVENTION”)

The High Contracting Parties to this Convention, Member State of the European Union,

Referring to the Act of the Council of the European Union of twenty-seventh day of September in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety six.

Desiring to improve judicial co-operation between Member States in criminal matters, with regard both to prosecution and to the execution of sentences,

Recognising the importance of extradition in judicial co-operation for the achievement of these objectives,

Stressing that Member States have an interest in ensuring that extradition procedures operate efficiently and rapidly insofar as their systems of government are based on democratic principles and they comply with the obligations laid down by the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms signed in Rome on 4th November 1950,

Expressing their confidence in the structure and operation of their judicial systems and in the ability of all Member States to ensure a fair trial,

Bearing in mind that by Act of 10th March 1995 the Council drew up the Convention on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union,

Taking account of the interest in concluding a Convention between the Member States of the European Union supplementing the European Convention on Extradition of 13 December 1957 and the other Conventions in force on the matter,

Considering that the provisions of those Conventions remain applicable for all matters not covered by this Convention,

Have agreed as follows: