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The transit of the detained persons through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania may be allowed only and with the consent of the Ministry of Justice or the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.

FD 2002/584/JHA on EAWs (Art. 1(2)) (FD amended by FD 2009/299/JHA) Art.25 FD 2008/909/JHA on custodial sentences Art.16 Directive 2014/41/EU on EIOs (Art 22 (4)); EU MLA Convention 2000 (Art 9(4)) with CoE European Convention on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters (1959) Art.11(2)

The Ministry of Justice or the Office of the Prosecutor General of the Republic of Lithuania.

Lithuanian or English.

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The transit of the detained person through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania is forbidden in the following cases: 1) if the detainee is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and international agreements to which the Republic of Lithuania is a party or other legal acts do not allow extradition (surrender) of the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania to the state to which the person is being transported; 2) if the detainee is a citizen of the Republic of Lithuania and is to be transported to a third state with the purpose of execution of a custodial sentence, and the request of the Republic of Lithuania or this person for the execution of this custodial sentence in the Republic of Lithuania was dismissed; 3) in other cases provided for in the international agreements. The transit of the citizen of the Republic of Lithuania through the territory of the Republic of Lithuania with a purpose to prosecute that person in the third state may be subject to a condition that the person, after being convicted, is returned to Lithuania to serve the custodial sentence imposed, if he wishes so. Such condition shall also be applied to a permanent resident of the Republic of Lithuania who is transited on the basis of the European arrest warrant.