In such a case, the represented Member State(s) or the Member State(s) concerned shall ensure that the electronic data are transferred physically in fully encrypted form on an electronic storage medium from the authorities of the representing Member State to the authorities of the represented Member State(s) or from the external service provider or from the honorary consul to the authorities of the Member State(s) concerned by a consular officer of a Member State or, where such a transfer would require disproportionate or unreasonable measures to be taken, in another safe and secure way, for example by using established operators experie ...[+++]nced in transporting sensitive documents and data in the third country concerned.

According to the Convention, the sentencing State may request another Contracting State to enforce a sentence only if one or more of the conditions set out in Article 5 are fulfilled, namely: (a) if the sentenced person is ordinarily resident in the other State; (b) if the enforcement of the sentence in the other State is likely to improve the prospects for the social rehabilitation of the sentenced person; (c) if, in the case of a sentence involving deprivation of liberty, the sentence could be enforced following the enforcement of another sentence involving deprivation of liberty which the sentenced person is undergoing or is to undergo in the other State; (d) if the other State is the State of origin of the sentenced person and has de ...[+++]clared itself willing to accept responsibility for the enforcement of that sentence; or (e) if it considers that it cannot itself enforce the sentence, even by having recourse to extradition, and that the other State can. In addition, the judgment handed down in the requesting State must be final and enforceable and the offence in respect of which the sentence has been passed must also constitute an offence under the law of the requested State ("double criminality" requirement [76]).

[77] 7 Grounds for refusal: (a) where enforcement would run counter to the fundamental principles of the legal system of the requested State; (b) where the requested State considers the offence for which the sentence was passed to be of a political nature or a purely military one; (c) where the requested State considers that there are substantial grounds for believing that the sentence was brought about or aggravated by considerations of race, religion, nationality or political opinion; (d) where enforcement would be contrary to the international undertakings of the requested State; (e) where the act is already the subject of proceed ...[+++]ings in the requested State or where the requested State decides to institute proceedings in respect of the act; (f) where the competent authorities in the requested State have decided not to take proceedings or to drop proceedings already begun, in respect of the same act; (g) where the act was committed outside the territory of the requesting State; (h) where the requested State is unable to enforce the sentence; (i) where the request is grounded on Article 5.e ("if it considers that it cannot itself enforce the sanction, even by having recourse to extradition, and that the other State can") and none of the other conditions mentioned in that article is fulfilled; (j) where the requested State considers that the requesting State is itself able to enforce the sentence; (k) where the age of the sentenced person at the time of the offence was such that he could not have been prosecuted in the requested State; (l) where under the law of the requested State the sentence imposed can no longer be enforced because of the lapse of time; (m) where and to the extent that the sentence imposes a disqualification.

On the other, because the blocking of the initiative could work against the Andean partner countries, in as far as many of them would be compelled to conclude bilateral trade agreements with the United States from a clearly disadvantaged negotiating position, the latter having never concealed its preference for this option before the abovementioned initiative was taken.

In line with many of the points highlighted in the report, Mrs Scallon heard that there was concern regarding the lower standard of EU training and the possible danger to public safety that might be caused by language difficulties with multilingual crews, where no translation was available.

In a recent communication, the Commission states that Europe suffers from a weakness compared to the USA and Japan, even if in some Member States innovation capacity is the highest in the world.