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to the offence and shall inform the Requesting State of the date of arrest.

4. If the extradition request, together with the necessary documents, is not received by the Requested State within 60 days of the date of the arrest of the person, the person shall be released unconditionally.  A new extradition request in respect of the same offence may only be made by submitting the documents mentioned in Article IX.

XIV
Requests from more than one State

1. When requests are received from two or more States for the extradition of the same person, the Requested State shall determine to which of the States it will extradite the person and it shall notify its decision to the Requesting States.

2. Where the requests refer to the same offence, the Requested State shall give preference to the request from the State in whose territory the offence was committed, unless there exist particular circumstances that recommend otherwise.

The particular circumstances which may be taken into account by the Requested State include the nationality, common domicile or residence of the person sought, the existence or otherwise of a treaty, the date of the respective requests, date of the offence and the possibility of subsequent extradition to another State.

3. Where the requests relate to different offences, the Requested State shall give preference to the request relating to the offence considered most serious according to its laws, unless the particular circumstances recommend otherwise.

XV
Communication of the decision

The Requested State shall inform the Requesting State of the decision on the extradition request as soon as possible, including the reasons for the grant or refusal of the request, as well as documents relating to the decision.

XVI
Non bis in idem

Once the extradition request has been ultimately refused, a new request may not be submitted for the same offence.

XVII
Surrender of the person sought and property

1. Where extradition is granted, the Requested State shall surrender the person from a point of departure in its territory convenient to the Requesting State.

2. The Requesting State shall remove the person sought within a period of 30 days from the date on which it is notified that the person is available and, if the person is not removed within such time, he or she shall be unconditionally released and may not be extradited for the same offence.

3. If circumstances beyond its control prevent the Requesting State from removing the person to be extradited, the Requesting State shall notify the Requested State accordingly, and the Requested State may extend the period stipulated in paragraph 2 of this Article for 30 additional days or for an additional period appropriate to the circumstances.

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