EXTRADITION (DESIGNATED FOREIGN COUNTRIES) (NO. 2) [ S.L.276.03 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 276.03
EXTRADITION (DESIGNATED FOREIGN 
COUNTRIES) (NO. 2) ORDER
17th June, 1996
LEGAL NOTICES 131 of 1996 and 31 of 2001, consolidated.
Title.
Foreign Countries) (No. 2) Order.
Interpretation.
"the Convention" means the European Convention on Extradition
(hereinafter referred to as "the Convention") opened for signature
in Paris on 13th December, 1957 and the terms of which are set out
only in the relevant convention published in the Government
Gazette dated 28th May, 1996;
Cap. 276.
"the relevant date" means the 17th June, 1996;
"scheduled countries" shall have the same meaning assigned to it
by article 3(1).
Scheduled 
countries.
3. (1) Those countries listed in the Schedule (hereinafter
referred to as "scheduled countries") are hereby being designated as
foreign countries for the purposes of article 6 of the relevant Act
and any arrangement with any such countries applicable to Malta
before the relevant date by virtue of the provisions of article 30 of
the said Act shall be deemed to have been revoked with effect from
the relevant date.
S.L. 276.02
Countries) Order, in so far as applicable to any scheduled country
of before the relevant date and to the extent that they are
inconsistent with the provisions of this Order, shall with effect
from the relevant date no longer apply to any such country.
(3) Saving the provisions of subarticle (4), any scheduled
country which before the relevant date was a designated
Commonwealth country for the purposes of article 4 of the relevant
Act shall on the relevant date be deemed to be no longer so
designated.
(4) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Order, a
scheduled country to which subarticle (3) applies shall, in respect
of a territory for the external relations of which it is responsible,
not being a territory listed in the Schedule, continue to be deemed a
designated Commonwealth country and article 4(3) of the relevant
Act shall be construed accordingly.
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SCHEDULE
(Article 3)
FOREIGN STATES PARTIES TO THE CONVENTION
Albania - with effect from 17th August, 1998
Andorra - with effect from 11th January, 2001
Austria
Belgium - with effect from 27th November, 1997
Bulgaria
Croatia - with effect from 17th June, 1996
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia - with effect from 27th July, 1997
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Latvia - with effect from 31st July, 1997
Liechtenstein
Lithuania - with effect from 17th June, 1996
Luxembourg
Moldova - with effect from 31st December, 1997
Netherlands
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania - with effect from 9th December, 1997
Russia - with effect from 9th March, 2000
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden - with effect from 17th June, 1996
Switzerland
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Turkey
Ukraine - with effect from 9th June, 1998
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland including
the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.
the former Yougoslav Republic of Macedonia - with effect from
26th October, 1999.
