The FOJ shall receive the requests from abroad and file Swiss requests. It shall handle extradition requests and arrange for requests for other assistance, transfer of proceedings and execution of criminal judgments to be examined by the appropriate cantonal or federal authorities if their execution is not obviously inadmissible.
It shall decide:
whether to require a guarantee of reciprocity (Art. 8 para. 1);
on the appropriate procedure (Art. 19);
on the admissibility of Swiss requests (Art. 30, para. 1).
It may transfer the conduct of proceedings wholly or partly to the federal authority which would be competent to prosecute the offence if it had been committed in Switzerland.
It may also decide on the admissibility of assistance and allow its execution in accordance with Article 79 letter a.55