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Contracting Parties Finland

Dates Signature: November 23, 2001 Ratification: May 24, 2007 Entry into force: September 1, 2007

Declarations, Reservations

Declaration dated June 14, 2007 and updated on June 17, 2010:
"Pursuant to Article 24, paragraph 7, of the Convention, the Republic of Finland declares that the authority responsible for making and receiving requests in Finland is:
- for requests for extradition, Ministry of Justice, International Affairs, POB 25, FIN-00023 Government, Finland, and
- for requests for provisional arrest, the National Bureau of Investigation, Jokiniemenkuja 4, FIN-01370 Vantaa, fax: +358-983.886.299, e-mail: KRP-RTP-VLP@krp.poliisi.fi"

Declaration made upon ratification and updated on June 17, 2010:
"Pursuant to Article 35, paragraph 1, of the Convention, the Republic of Finland designates as the point of contact available on a twenty-four hour, seven-day-a-week basis:
National Bureau of Investigation, Jokiniemenkuja 4, FIN-01370 Vantaa, Finland, Email: vlk.krp@poliisi.fi"

Declaration dated June 14, 2007:
"Pursuant to Article 27, paragraph 2.a, of the Convention, the Republic of Finland declares that the central authority who is responsible for sending and answering requests for mutual assistance, the execution of such requests or their transmission to the authorities competent for their execution is the Ministry of Justice, Eteläesplanadi 10, FIN-00130 Helsinki."

Reservations made upon ratification:
1. "Pursuant to Article 11, paragraph 3, of the Convention, the Republic of Finland declares that it will not apply paragraph 2 of the same article, concerning the criminalisation of attempt, to petty criminal damage nor petty forgery."
2. "Pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 3.a, of the Convention, the Republic of Finland declares that it only applies Article 20 to offences aimed at a computer system committed by using telecommunications terminal equipment, pandering, threatening of persons to be heard in the administration of justice, menace, narcotic offences or attempts of the above, preparation of offences to be committed with terrorist intent and offences punishable by imprisonment of at least four years."
3. "Pursuant to Article 14, paragraph 3.b, of the Convention, the Republic of Finland declares that it does not apply the measures referred to in Articles 20 and 21 to communications being transmitted within a computer system if the system is being operated for the benefit of a closed group of users and does not employ public communications networks and is not connected with another computer system, whether public or private."

Declaration made upon ratification:
"Pursuant to Article 2 of the Convention, the Republic of Finland declares that it requires for the punishability of illegal access as referred to in the Article that the offence be committed by infringing security measures."