It should be emphasised, at the outset, that requests for extradition received as from 1 January 2004 are in principle governed by the European arrest warrant procedure.
Pirmiausia reikia pabrėžti, kad ekstradicijos prašymams, gautiems nuo 2004 m. sausio 1 d., iš esmės taikoma su Europos arešto orderiu susijusi procedūra 12.