ROYAL NETHERLANDS EMBASSY
38 HYDE PARK GATE
LONDON SW7 5DP
London, 8 November 1994
Your Excellency,
On instructions from my Government, I have the honour to propose that the application
of the European Convention on Extradition („the Convention") of 13 December 1957,
in accordance with Article 27, paragraph 4 thereof, be extended to the Netherlands
Antilles and Aruba.
The declarations and reservations made by the Kingdom of The Netherlands, in respect
of the Kingdom in Europe, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
on becoming parties to the Convention and which apply to extradition relations between
them shall also apply to extradition relations between the United Kingdom and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands in respect of the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba, except
that the declaration concerning Articles 6 and 21 as made by the Kingdom of the Netherlands
upon ratification and amended on 14 October 1987, relating to the extradition of Netherlands
nationals, shall not apply to the Netherlands Antilles nor to Aruba respectively until
such time as the European Convention on the Transfer of Sentenced Persons, concluded
in Strasbourg on 21 March 1983, becomes applicable to each of them respectively.
If this proposal is acceptable to the Government of the United Kingdom, I have the
honour to propose that this letter and Your Excellency's reply to that effect shall
constitute an Agreement between our two Governments which shall enter into force on
the date on which each of our two Governments has notified the other of the completion
of its internal procedures necessary to give effect to it.
I have the honour to convey to Your Excellency the assurance of my highest consideration.
