Standardizing EU Passenger Data Collection for Security

by name voted on 25.04.2024

Summary

A proposal to standardize and automate the collection of Advance Passenger Information (API) across the EU to better fight terrorism and serious crime using a centralized router.

9 25.04.2024

Report

transport

criminal law

public safety

administrative law

public administration

information technology and data processing

Key points

The regulation aims to harmonize the collection of passenger information across all EU Member States to fight serious crime and terrorism.
A centralized technical router will be managed by eu-LISA to facilitate secure, encrypted data transfers from airlines to law enforcement.
Air carriers are required to use automated means to collect machine-readable travel document data to ensure high quality and reduce errors.
Strict safeguards are included to prevent discrimination based on race, religion, or other protected characteristics during the selection of flights.

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PfE

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ECR

The Left

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Total

Speeches

12 Speeches in total

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Contra

Tineke STRIK

Verts/ALE

1:33 min

22. Advance passenger information: enhancing and facilitating external border controls ***I - Advance passenger information: prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime ***I (joint debate - Advance passenger information)

Roberts ZĪLE

ECR

0:28 min

22. Advance passenger information: enhancing and facilitating external border controls ***I - Advance passenger information: prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime ***I (joint debate - Advance passenger information)

Documents (PDFs)

DRAFT OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818 DRAFT REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818 OPINION on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818 REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818 Advance passenger information: prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime

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