EU urged to keep passenger data

The European Commission adopted 6 November 2007 a new package of proposals aimed at improving the EU’s capabilities in the fight against terrorism. The package contains a series of proposals dealing with the criminalization of terrorist training, recruitment and public provocation to commit terrorist offences, the prevention of the use of explosives by terrorists and the use of airline passenger information in law enforcement investigations. It also contains a report on the implementation of one of the key legal instruments of the EU’s counter terrorism arsenal.

European Commission: MEMO/07/449: Proposal for a Council Framework Decision on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) for law enforcement purposes http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/07/449&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

ESO: Background information: Fight Against Terrorism: stepping up Europe’s capability to protect citizens against the threat of terrorism http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-fight-against-terrorism-stepping-up-europes-capability-to-protect-citizens-against-the-threat-of-terrorism/

ESO: Background information: Proposal for a Council framework decision on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) for law enforcement purposes http://www.europeansources.info/record/proposal-for-a-council-framework-decision-on-the-use-of-passenger-name-record-pnr-for-law-enforcement-purposes/

ESO: Background information: EU lays out anti-terror proposals http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-lays-out-anti-terror-proposals/

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