The EU Passenger Name Records Directive

none2siAfter this year’s terrorist attacks in Paris, starting with the Charlie Hebdo shooting and the recent coordinated terrorist attacks in November, the EU decided to take a further step in the process of the adoption of the Passenger Name Record (PNR) Directive. The Directive on the use of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (PNR) is on the EU’s agenda since 2011 when the original proposal was presented but was rejected by the Parliament’s Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee (LIBE) in 2013. On 4 December 2015 the EU PNR Directive was approved by the Council and on 10 December 2015 LIBE endorsed the legislative proposal.openA. Masutti; Z. TörökA. Masutti; Z. Törö