Explanatory note

This Order amends the European Convention on Extradition Order 2001 (“the 2001 Order”). Article 2(a) adds Azerbaijan and Serbia and Montenegro to the list in Schedule 3 to the 2001 Order of the States parties to the European Convention on Extradition. Article 2(b), together with Schedules 1 and 2 to this Order, adds the reservations and declarations made by those States and the withdrawal of Denmark’s reservation to Article 2, paragraph 1 of the Convention, which are set out in Schedule 4 to the 2001 Order. Article 2(c) amends the extent of the Orders specified in Part I of Schedule 5 to the 2001 Order.