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Royal Netherlands Embassy

No. 1428

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands presents its compliments to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic and has the honour to propose that the application of the European Convention on Extradition of 13 December 1957, in accordance with article 27, paragraph 4, be extended to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, that the declarations and reservations that apply in relations between the Kingdom of the Netherlands, in respect of the Kingdom in Europe, and the Portuguese Republic shall also apply in relations between the Portuguese Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, and that the declaration concerning articles 6 and 21 as made by the Kingdom of the Netherlands upon ratification of the Convention on 14 February 1969 and as amended on 14 October 1987 shall apply to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba respectively, with regard to the extradition of Netherlands nationals, only when the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, concluded in Strasbourg on 21 March 1983, becomes applicable to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba respectively.

If the proposal is acceptable to the Government of the Portuguese Republic, the Embassy has the honour further to propose that this Note and this Ministry's affirmative reply shall constitute an arrangement as provided for in article 27, paragraph 4, of the Convention, which shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date on which the Embassy receives the Ministry's reply.

The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands takes this opportunity to renew to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Portuguese Republic the assurances of its highest consideration.