Formålet er at supplere foranstaltningerne i rammeafgørelse 2000/383/RIA med en artikel om, at samtlige medlemsstater skal anerkende princippet om gentagelsesvirkning på de betingelser, der er fastsat i deres nationale lovgivning, og at de skal anse en delige straffedomme, der er afsagt af en anden medlemsstat, for at have gentagelsesvirkning, for så vidt som lovovertrædelsen henhører under rammeafgørelsen.
Purpose: to complement the measures of framework Decision 2000/383/JHA by an article to the effect that every Member State should recognise the principle of the recognition of previous convictions under the conditions pre vailing in its domestic law and, for the purpose of establishing habitual criminality, should recognise final sentences handed down in another Member State for the offences referred to in this framework decision.