Commission welcomes political agreement on Advance Passenger Information to facilitate border management and strengthen security

Commission welcomes political agreement on Advance Passenger Information to facilitate border management and strengthen security

 

The Commission welcomes today's political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the two Regulations on Advance Passenger Information (API), which upgrades the EU's 20-year-old legislative framework.

Over a billion passengers enter, leave or travel within the EU every year. The increase in the volume of travel showed the need to harmonise the way API data is collected and shared throughout the EU. The new rules will make the data available more efficiently for border and law enforcement authorities, in full respect of EU data protection standards. It will strengthen the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, particularly on travels within the EU.

The Regulations will cover flights within, into and from the EU. In particular, the rules will introduce: (...)

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