Extradition procedure: 1995 and 1996 Conventions, Schengen acquis Iceland and Norway. Initiative Sweden

PURPOSE : to clarify the relationship between the Simplified Extradition Convention and the Extradition Convention and the Schengen Convention. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Council Decision 2003/169/JHA determining which provisions of the 1995 Convention on simplified extradition procedure between the Member States of the European Union and of the 1996 Convention relating to extradition between the Member States of the European Union constitute developments of the Schengen acquis in accordance with the Agreement concerning the Republic of Iceland's and the Kingdom of Norway's association with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis. CONTENT : the objectives of this Decision are: - to determine the relationship between the provisions of the above Conventions and those of Chapter 4 of Title III of the Schengen Convention; and - to associate Iceland and Norway with the application of the provisions of the Simplified Extradition Convention and some provisions of the Extradition Convention which constitute a development of the Schengen acquis. The Decision provides that the Simplified Extradition Convention and certain Articles of the Extradition Convention constitute a development of the provisions of the Schengen acquis. It sets out the date on which the Conventions will enter into force for Iceland and Norway, and repeals certain Articles of the Schengen Convention. This Decision shall take effect on 13 March 2003.�