EU to collect data of international air travellers

The European Commission presented on the 2 February 2011 a proposal for an EU Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive to fight serious crime and terrorism.

The proposal obliges air carriers to provide EU Member States with data on passengers entering or departing from the EU, whilst guaranteeing a high level of protection of privacy and personal data.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release: IP/11/120: EU proposal for passenger data to fight serious crime and terrorism http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/11/120&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

European Commission: COM (2011)32: Proposal for a Directive ... on the use of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime http://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/news/intro/docs/com_2011_32_en.pdf

BBC News, 2.2.11: EU plans bigger exchange of air passenger data http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12344261

Trouw, 3.2.11: Brussels to harmonise passenger surveillance (via PressEurop) http://www.presseurop.eu/en/content/news-brief/488861-brussels-harmonise-passenger-surveillance

Statewatch: Observatory: EU surveillance of passengers (PNR) http://www.statewatch.org/eu-pnrobservatory.htm

ESO: Background information: EU to revive debate over air passenger data http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-to-revive-debate-over-air-passenger-data/

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