Mekanismen til bilæggelse af konflikter om udøvelse af jurisdiktion skulle gerne forhindre de situationer, hvor flere medlemsstater anlægger straffesager mod en og samme person for den samme strafbare handling.
The mechanism for resolving conflicts of exercise of jurisdiction should provide a way of eliminating situations where a number of Member States mount criminal prosecutions against one and the same person for one and the same crime.