Reservations and Declarations Reservations and Declarations

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch.3 amended by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1999 art.2(b)
Sch.3, Pt.3A added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1997 art.2(b)(1)
Sch.3, Pt.llA added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1997 art.2(b)(ii)
Sch.3, Pt.IA added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1998 art.2(b)(i)
Sch.3, Pt.13B added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1998 art.2(b)(iv)
Sch.3, Pt.16A added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1998 art.2(b)(v)
Sch.3, heading to the part relating to Bulgaria amended by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1998 art.2(b)(ii)
Sch.3, heading to the Part relating to Croatia amended by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1998 art.2(b)(iii)
Sch.3, Pt 7A added by European Convention on Extradition (Hungary and Poland) 1993 art.2(b)(i)
Sch.3, Pt 15A added by European Convention on Extradition (Hungary and Poland) 1993 art.2(b)(ii)
Sch.3, Pt.13A added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1997 art.2(c)
Sch.3, Pt 2 A added by European Convention on Extradition (Czech and Slovak Federal Republic) 1992 art.2(b)
Sch.3, Pt.IB added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1995 art.2(c)
Sch.3, Pt.5 added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1995 art.2(c)
Sch.3, Pt.12A added by European Convention on Extradition Order 1990 1995 art.2(b)
Sch.3 Pt IA added by European Convention on Extradition (Bulgaria) 1994 art.2(b)

Extradition of Germans from the Federal Republic of Germany to a foreign country is not permitted by virtue of Article 16, paragraph 2, first sentence, of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany and must, therefore, be refused in every case.

The term “nationals” within the meaning of Article 6, paragraph 1b, of the European Convention on Extradition covers all Germans within the meaning of Article 116, paragraph 1, of the Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany.