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Kanunları ve Tercümeleri
Section 2
The procedure for requesting extradition
ARTICLE 66
Competence
The competence to draw up and send requests for extradition on behalf of Romania belongs
to the Ministry of Justice.
ARTICLE 661
International search in view of extradition
(1) Where a warrant for preventive arrest or for penalty service cannot be carried out because
the defendant or convicted person is no longer in Romanian territory, the court that issued the
warrant for preventive arrest or the executing court, where appropriate, at the request of the pro-
secutor notified by the police, shall issue a warrant for international search in view of extradition,
which shall be sent to the Centre for International Police Co-operation in the Ministry of Administ-
ration and the Interior, in view of dissemination through the relevant channels.
(2) The warrant for international pursuit in view of extradition shall include all the elements
that are necessary in order to identify the sought person, a summary of the facts and data on the
legal classification of the acts, as well as the request for provisional arrest in view of extradition
(3) repealed
(4) A notice entered into the Schengen Information System shall be equivalent with a warrant
for international search in view of extradition.
(5) The provisions of this Article shall not affect the provisions of Art. 81, which is applicable
in relation to the Member States of the European Union. Where the State is unknown in whose
territory the person is, the provisions of this Article and those of Art. 81 shall both apply
ARTICLE 67
The procedure for active extradition
(1) As soon as it is informed, by any means that leave a written record and the authenticity of
which can be verified, by the Centre for International Police Co-operation from the Ministry of Ad-
ministration and the Interior, through its specialised structure, or by the Ministry of Justice, about
the fact that a person who is sought internationally or wanted by the Romanian judicial authoriti-
es for enforcing a warrant for service of imprisonment or a warrant for preventive arrest, has been
located in the territory of a foreign State, the executing court or the court that issued the warrant