CONSIDERING that speedy integration between Member States in every area of activity can best be achieved by seeking to create and sustain within the Community, such conditions as shall eliminate any threat to the security of their peoples;
CONVINCED that security can best be maintained if offenders are denied shelter from legal proceedings or penalties;
DESIROUS of working together to curb crime throughout the territory of the Community;
DETERMINED therefore to endow national courts of law with an effective instrument for the arrest, judgment and enforcement of penalties against offenders fleeing the territory of one Member State to seek shelter in the territory of another