140. Presentation by the Federal Chancellor concerning the scope of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on extradition

According to the Communications of the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe, the following other States have their instruments of ratification of the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on extradition (BGBl. No 297/1983, last proclamation of the BGBl area. III n ° 103/2003):

States:	Date of deposit of the Instrument of ratification:
Armenia	18 December 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25 April 2005

In addition, the following declarations have been made:

Netherlands:

The Kingdom of the Netherlands made the following statement on 10 February 2006:

On 13 June 2002, the Council of the European Union adopted a framework decision (2002/584/JHA) on the European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between the Member States ('the framework decision '). Article 31 of the Framework Decision states that from 1. In 2004, the provisions of the Framework Decision replace the relevant provisions of the extradition convention to be applied between the Member States of the European Union.

With a note dated 31 August 2005, the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands informed the Secretary-General of the Council of Europe that the European Convention on extradition, concluded in Paris on 13 December 1957 ("the Convention") is no longer applicable in relation to the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is located in Europe, to the Member States of the European Union which are parties to the Convention.

With this in mind, the Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands confirms that the Second Additional Protocol to the European Convention on extradition ("the Second Additional Protocol") no longer exceeds the Kingdom of the Netherlands ' relationship, which is located in Europe, is applicable to the Member States of the European Union, which are parties to the Second Additional Protocol.

The Permanent Representative of the Kingdom of the Netherlands emphasizes that this does not in any way respect the application of the Second Additional Protocol in relation to the

-		of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba to the Contracting Parties to the Second Additional Protocol, and
-		the part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which is located in Europe, to the Contracting Parties to the Second Additional Protocol which are not Member States of the European Union

will be changed.

United Kingdom:

Declaration on Art. 8:

The Government of the United Kingdom declares that the Second Additional Protocol is applicable to the Isle of Man and Guernsey, as territories for whose international relations the Government of the United Kingdom is responsible.

Declaration on Art. 9:

In accordance with Article 9 (2), the United Kingdom does not recognise Chapter I, Chapter III, Chapter IV, and Chapter V of the Protocol with regard to the Isle of Man and Guernsey.

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