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160 Travaux préparatoires: United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crimeguarantees provided by the law of the State in the territory of which that person ispresent.“14. States Parties shall seek to conclude bilateral and multilateral agreementsto carry out or to enhance the effectiveness of extradition.“15. Before refusing extradition, the requested State Party shall [whenever possibleor when requested by the requesting State Party] [where appropriate or whenrequested by the requesting State Party] consult with the requesting State Party toprovide it with ample opportunity to present its opinions and to provide informationrelevant to its allegation.”Notes by the Secretariat3. At its tenth session, the Ad Hoc Committee considered, finalized and approvedarticle 10, as amended. Paragraph 1 was finally structured on the basis of the recommendationof an informal working group on articles 10 and 14 of the draft convention (seeA/AC.254/L.233). The recommended text was as follows:“1. This article shall apply to the offences covered by this Convention or incases where an offence referred to in article 2, paragraph 1 (a) or (b), involves anorganized criminal group and the person who is the subject of the request for extraditionis located in the requested State Party, provided that the offence for whichextradition is sought is punishable under the domestic law of both the requesting StateParty and the requested State Party.”A further paragraph was inserted in the article, providing for the non-inclusion among thegrounds for denying extradition of the fact that the offence concerned is also consideredto involve fiscal matters. The same provision was also incorporated in article 14 of thedraft convention, on mutual legal assistance (see article 18 of the convention). The lastamendments are reflected in the final text of the convention, as included in the report ofthe Ad Hoc Committee (A/55/383, sect. IV, draft resolution, annex I), that was submittedto the General Assembly for adoption pursuant to resolution 54/126 of 17 December 1999.B. Approved text adopted by the General Assembly(see resolution 55/25, annex I)Article 16Extradition1. This article shall apply to the offences covered by this Convention orin cases where an offence referred to in article 3, paragraph 1 (a) or (b), involvesan organized criminal group and the person who is the subject of the request forextradition is located in the territory of the requested State Party, provided thatthe offence for which extradition is sought is punishable under the domestic lawof both the requesting State Party and the requested State Party.2. If the request for extradition includes several separate serious crimes,some of which are not covered by this article, the requested State Party may applythis article also in respect of the latter offences.