EU-Canada Passenger Data Exchange Agreement

by name voted on 12.03.2025

Summary

The European Parliament is asked to approve a new agreement with Canada for exchanging passenger travel data to fight terrorism and serious crime while protecting fundamental rights.

10 12.03.2025

Report

transport

human rights

public safety

international relations

information technology and data processing

Key points

A new agreement is proposed between the European Union and Canada to exchange passenger travel information.
The primary objective is to assist authorities in preventing, detecting, and investigating terrorism and serious transnational crime.
This agreement replaces an older version that was found by the Court of Justice to be incompatible with EU fundamental rights.
The framework includes specific safeguards regarding data security, transparency, and how long data can be kept.

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PPE

S&D

PfE

ECR

Renew

Verts/ALE

The Left

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Documents (PDFs)

DRAFT RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data RECOMMENDATION on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data

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