The use of PNR to prevent terrorist threats was requested by the USA after the 9/11 attacks. Fifteen years later the EU has eventually regulated this matter through the Directive 681/2016. This new Directive - published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) on 4 May 2016 - provides for the transfer by air carriers of passenger name record (PNR) data of passengers of extra-EU flights with the aim to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime. For this reason it is essential that all Member States introduce provisions laying down obligations on air carriers operating extra-EU flights to transfer PNR data they collect.
EU Directive to use passenger name record (PNR) to prevent terrorist threats.
Anna Masutti
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2016
Abstract
The use of PNR to prevent terrorist threats was requested by the USA after the 9/11 attacks. Fifteen years later the EU has eventually regulated this matter through the Directive 681/2016. This new Directive - published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ) on 4 May 2016 - provides for the transfer by air carriers of passenger name record (PNR) data of passengers of extra-EU flights with the aim to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime. For this reason it is essential that all Member States introduce provisions laying down obligations on air carriers operating extra-EU flights to transfer PNR data they collect.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
