SCHEDULE 5THE CONVENTION RELATING TO EXTRADITION BETWEEN MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION(“THE 1996 CONVENTION”)
ARTICLE 2EXTRADITABLE OFFENCES
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Extradition shall be granted in respect of offences which are punishable under the law of the requesting Member State by deprivation of liberty or a detention order for a maximum period of at least 12 months and under the law of the requested Member State by deprivation of liberty or a detention order for a maximum period of at least six months.
2
Extradition may not be refused on the grounds that the law of the requested Member State does not provide for the same type of detention order as the law of the requesting Member State.
3
Article 2(2) of the European Convention on Extradition and Article 2(2) of the Benelux Treaty shall also apply where certain offences are punishable by pecuniary penalties.