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European Convention on the international validity of criminal judgments
PART II. ENFORCEMENT OF EUROPEAN CRIMINAL JUDGMENTS
SECTION 1. General provisions
(a). General conditions of enforcement
Article 6

Article 6

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Enforcement requested in accordance with the foregoing provisions may not be refused, in whole or in part, save:

(a) where enforcement would run counter to the fundamental principles of the legal system of the requested State;

(b) where the requested State considers the offence for which the sentence was passed to be of a political nature or a purely military one;

(c) where the requested State considers that there are substantial grounds for believing that the sentence was brought about or aggravated by considerations of race, religion, nationality or political opinion;

(d) where enforcement would be contrary to the international undertakings of the requested State;

(e) where the act is already the subject of proceedings in the requested State or where the requested State decides to institute proceedings in respect of the act;

(f) where the competent authorities in the requested State have decided not to take proceedings or to drop proceedings already begun, in respect of the same act;

(g) where the act was committed outside the territory of the requesting State;

(h) where the requested State is unable to enforce the sanction;

(i) where the request is grounded on Article 5 (e) and none of the other conditions mentioned in that Article is fulfilled;

(j) where the requested State considers that the requesting State is itself able to enforce the sanction;

(k) where the age of the person sentenced at the time of the offence was such that he could not have been prosecuted in the requested State;

(l) where under the law of the requested State the sanction imposed can no longer be enforced because of the lapse of time;

(m) where and to the extent that the sentence imposes a disqualification.