Article 16 Mitigating circumstances

Member States may take the necessary measures to ensure that the penalties referred to in Article 15 may be reduced if the offender:

1. (a)

   renounces terrorist activity; and

2. (b)

   provides the administrative or judicial authorities with information which they would not otherwise have been able to obtain, helping them to:

   1. (i)

      prevent or mitigate the effects of the offence;

   2. (ii)

      identify or bring to justice the other offenders;

   3. (iii)

      find evidence; or

   4. (iv)

      prevent further offences referred to in Articles 3 to 12 and 14.