32Furthermore, it is apparent from Article 1(1) and (2) of that agreement, read in the light of its preamble, that it seeks to improve and expedite judicial cooperation in criminal matters between, on the one hand, the Member States and, on the other hand, the Kingdom of Norway and the Republic of Iceland, by means of a mechanism of surrender based on close cooperation between those States and the mutual confidence that those States have expressed in the structure and functioning of their legal systems and in their ability to guarantee a fair trial.
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