BRUSSELS TABLES DETAILED PASSENGER NAME RECOGNITION DATA SWAP DEAL WITH AUSTRALIA
June 1st, 2011
BY KEITH NUTHALL
EUROPEAN Union (EU) ministers and MEPs have been asked to approve a new permanent passenger name record (PNR) agreement between the EU and Australia. This would replace an existing 2008 provisional agreement, whose authorisation has been delayed by European Parliament privacy objections. Its aim is to balance Australia's demand for information on air passengers visiting and leaving its airports and EU privacy safeguards. A new deal was initialled in May.
A formal proposal from the European Commission said the deal had "secured several ...
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