1.   Subject to this Agreement, Articles 1 to 24, Article 25(1) and Articles 26 to 32 and 34 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime, shall be applicable in the bilateral relations between the Principality of Liechtenstein and each of the Member States.

2.   Subject to this Agreement, Articles 1 to 19 and 21 of Council Decision 2008/616/JHA on the implementation of Decision 2008/615/JHA on the stepping up of cross-border cooperation, particularly in combating terrorism and cross-border crime, and the Annex thereto except point 1 of Chapter 4 thereof, shall be applicable in the bilateral relations between the Principality of Liechtenstein and each of the Member States.

3.   The declarations made by Member States in accordance with Council Decisions 2008/615/JHA and 2008/616/JHA shall also be applicable in their bilateral relations with the Principality of Liechtenstein.

4.   Subject to this Agreement, Articles 1 to 5 and Article 6(1) of Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA on accreditation of forensic service providers carrying out laboratory activities shall be applicable in the bilateral relations between the Principality of Liechtenstein and each of the Member States.

1.   With a view to ensuring that the provisions referred to in Article 1 are applied and interpreted as uniformly as possible, the Contracting Parties shall keep under constant review the development of the case-law of the Court of Justice of the European Union and of the competent courts of the Principality of Liechtenstein relating to those provisions. To this end, a mechanism shall be set up to ensure the regular mutual exchange of such case-law.

2.   The Principality of Liechtenstein shall be entitled to submit statements of case or written observations to the Court of Justice of the European Union in cases where a question has been referred to it by a court or tribunal of a Member State for a preliminary ruling concerning the interpretation of any provision referred to in Article 1.

1.   Where it is necessary to amend the provisions referred to in Article 1, the European Union shall inform the Principality of Liechtenstein at the earliest possible occasion and collect any comments it may have.

2.   The Principality of Liechtenstein shall be notified by the European Union of any amendment of the provisions referred to in Article 1 as soon as the amendment is adopted.

The Principality of Liechtenstein shall decide independently whether to accept the content of the amendment and whether to implement it into its internal legal order. That decision shall be notified to the European Union within three months of the date of the notification referred to in the first subparagraph.

3.   If the content of the amendment can be binding on the Principality of Liechtenstein only after the fulfilment of constitutional requirements, the Principality of Liechtenstein shall inform the European Union of this at the time of its notification. The Principality of Liechtenstein shall promptly inform the European Union in writing upon fulfilment of all constitutional requirements. Where a referendum is not required, notification shall take place as soon as the referendum deadline expires. If a referendum is required, the Principality of Liechtenstein shall have a maximum of eighteen months from the date of the notification by the European Union within which to make its notification. From the date laid down for the entry into force of the amendment for the Principality of Liechtenstein and until it has given notification that the constitutional requirements have been met, the Principality of Liechtenstein shall, where possible, apply the content of the amendment on a provisional basis.

4.   If the Principality of Liechtenstein does not accept the content of the amendment, this Agreement shall be suspended. A meeting of the Contracting Parties shall be convened to examine all further possibilities with a view to continuing the good functioning of this Agreement, including the possibility of a recognition of equivalence of legislation. Suspension shall be terminated as soon as the Principality of Liechtenstein notifies its acceptance of the content of the amendment or if the Contracting Parties agree to reinstate the Agreement.

5.   If, after a period of six months of suspension, the Contracting Parties have not agreed to reinstate the Agreement, it shall cease to apply.

6.   Paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article shall not apply to amendments relating to Chapters 3, 4 or 5 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA or Article 17 of Council Decision 2008/616/JHA in respect of which the Principality of Liechtenstein has notified the European Union that it does not accept the amendment, stating the reasons for its objection. In such cases, and without prejudice to Article 10 of this Agreement, the relevant provisions in their version prior to the amendment shall continue to be applicable in the bilateral relations between the Principality of Liechtenstein and each of the Member States.

1.   The Principality of Liechtenstein may continue to apply bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements on cross-border cooperation with Member States that are in force on the date on which this Agreement is concluded in so far as such agreements or arrangements are not incompatible with the objectives of this Agreement. The Principality of Liechtenstein shall notify the European Union of any such agreements or arrangements which will continue to apply.

2.   The Principality of Liechtenstein may conclude or bring into force additional bilateral or multilateral agreements or arrangements on cross-border cooperation with Member States after this Agreement has entered into force in so far as such agreements or arrangements provide for the objectives of this Agreement to be extended or enlarged. The Principality of Liechtenstein shall notify the European Union of any such new agreements or arrangements within three months of their signing or, in the case of agreements or arrangements that were signed before the entry into force of this Agreement, within three months of their entry into force.

3.   The agreements and arrangements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not affect relations with Member States that are not parties thereto.

4.   This Agreement shall be without prejudice to existing agreements on legal assistance or mutual recognition of court decisions.

1.   The Contracting Parties shall notify each other of the completion of the procedures required to express their consent to be bound by this Agreement.

2.   The European Union may express its consent to be bound by this Agreement even if the decisions as regards the processing of personal data which are or have been supplied pursuant to Council Decision 2008/615/JHA have not yet been taken in respect of all the Member States.

3.   Article 5(1) and (2) shall apply on a provisional basis as from the time of signature of this Agreement.

4.   With respect to amendments to the provisions referred to in Article 1 adopted after the signature of this Agreement but before its entry into force, the period of three months referred to in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2) shall start to run from the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

5.   When giving its notification pursuant to paragraph 1 or, if so provided, at any time thereafter, the Principality of Liechtenstein shall make the declarations referred to in Article 1(3).

6.   This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date of the last notification pursuant to paragraph 1.

7.   The supply by Member States and the Principality of Liechtenstein of personal data under this Agreement shall not take place until the provisions of Chapter 6 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA have been implemented in the national law of the States involved in such supply.

In order to verify whether this is the case for the Principality of Liechtenstein, an evaluation visit and a pilot run shall be carried out in respect of, and under conditions and arrangements acceptable to, the Principality of Liechtenstein, similar to those carried out in respect of Member States pursuant to Chapter 4 of the Annex to Council Decision 2008/616/JHA.

On the basis of an overall evaluation report and following the same steps as for the launching of automated data exchanges in Member States, the Council shall determine the date or dates as from which personal data may be supplied by Member States to the Principality of Liechtenstein pursuant to this Agreement.

8.   The provisions of Directive (EU) 2016/680 of the European Parliament and of the Council shall be implemented and applied by the Principality of Liechtenstein. The Principality of Liechtenstein shall communicate to the European Commission the text of the main provisions adopted in the field covered by that Directive.

9.   Articles 1 to 24, Article 25(1) and Articles 26 to 32 and 34 of Council Framework Decision 2009/905/JHA shall be implemented and applied by the Principality of Liechtenstein. The Principality of Liechtenstein shall communicate to the European Commission the text of the main provisions adopted in the field covered by that Council Framework Decision.

10.   The competent authorities of the Principality of Liechtenstein shall not apply the provisions of Chapter 2 of Council Decision 2008/615/JHA until it has implemented and applied the measures referred to in paragraphs 8 and 9 of this Article.

1.   This Agreement may be terminated at any time by one of the Contracting Parties by depositing a notification of termination to the other Contracting Party.

2.   Termination of this Agreement in accordance with paragraph 1 shall take effect six months after the deposit of the notification of termination.

This Agreement shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each text being equally authentic.