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RECOMMENDATION (08897/2024 – C100125/2024 – 2024/0051(NLE))

On the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of the Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data

A-10-2025-0013

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · Rapporteur: Nikola Minchev

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The committee report recommends that Parliament give its consent to the Council decision concluding the EU-Canada Agreement on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data. The Agreement aims to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute serious crime and terrorism, with safeguards for privacy and data rights.

Committee position. The rapporteur recommends that Parliament endorse the draft Council decision, giving consent to the Agreement.

Key points

  1. Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between Canada and the EU on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record data.
  2. The Agreement is intended to support efforts in preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting serious crime and terrorism.
  3. The processing of PNR data is considered a limited and strictly regulated interference with privacy and data rights, necessary and proportionate for combating serious transnational crime and terrorism.
  4. The Agreement includes safeguards relating to non-discrimination, data retention and security, oversight, transparency and information to passengers, individual access to and correction of PNR data, and administrative and judicial redress.
  5. The Commission is reminded to pay special attention to safeguards, CJEU case law, EDPS recommendations, and data subject rights during reviews.

Who is affected

  • Passengers travelling between the EU and Canada, whose PNR data will be transferred and processed.
  • Law enforcement authorities in the EU and Canada, which will use PNR data to combat serious crime and terrorism.

Legal basis: Article 16(2) and Article 87(2)(a) and Article 218(6)(a)(v) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union