37As a preliminary matter, it should be noted that the purpose of Framework Decision 2002/584, as is apparent in particular from its Article 1(1) and (2), read in the light of recital 5 thereof, is to replace the multilateral system of extradition based on the European Convention on Extradition, signed in Paris on 13 December 1957, with a system of surrender between judicial authorities of convicted or suspected persons for the purpose of enforcing judgments or of conducting prosecutions, the system of surrender being based on the principle of mutual recognition (see, to that effect, judgments of 25 July 2018, Minister for Justice and Equality (Deficiencies in the system of justice), C‑216/18 PPU, EU:C:2018:586, paragraph 39, and of 13 December 2018, Sut, C‑514/17, EU:C:2018:1016, paragraph 26 and the case-law cited).
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