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minal law is of the competence of Romanian courts.
(3) The absence of a prior complaint or of another condition required for initiating criminal
action under Romanian law, shall not affect the obligation to extradite.
ARTICLE 764
Extradition in matters of excise taxes, value-added tax and customs
Romania shall grant extradition for acts provided in criminal law in matters of excise taxes,
value-added tax and in matters of customs, under the Law.
ARTICLE 765
Entry into the Schengen Information System
An entry into the Schengen Information System shall have the same effect as a request for
provisional arrest in view of extradition, within the meaning of Article 16 of the European Conven-
tion on Extradition, concluded in Paris on 13 December 1957.
ARTICLE 766
Simplified extradition
Simplified extradition shall apply in relations with the Member States of the European Union,
without checking the special conditions provided in Article 50, whenever the conditions in Article
49 are met
TITLE III
Provisions on co-operation with the Member States of the European Union in the
application of the Council Framework Decision No. 2002/584/JHA of 13 June 2002 on the
European arrest warrant and the surrender procedures between Member States
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
ARTICLE 77
Definition of the European Arrest Warrant
(1) The European arrest warrant is a judicial decision issued by a competent judicial authority
of a Member State of the European Union with a view to the arrest and surrender by another
Member State of a requested person, for the purposes of conducting a criminal prosecution or
executing a custodial sentence or detention order
(2) Member States shall execute any European arrest warrant on the basis of the principle of