When an offence falls within the jurisdiction of more than one Member State and when any of the Member States concerned can validly prosecute on the basis of the same facts, the Member States concerned shall cooperate in order to decide which of them will prosecute the offenders with the aim, if possible, of centralising proceedings in a single Member State.
I gcás ina mbainfidh cion le dlínse Ballstáit amháin nó níos mó, agus i gcás ina bhféadfaidh aon cheann de na Ballstáit lena mbaineann ionchúiseamh a dhéanamh go bailí ar bhonn na bhfíoras céanna, comhoibreoidh na Ballstáit lena mbaineann chun a chinneadh cé acu a dhéanfaidh na ciontóirí a ionchúiseamh agus é mar aidhm, más féidir, imeachtaí a lárú in aon Bhallstát amháin.