EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime

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Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.¶¶ The agreement covers the transfer of PNR data between the EU and Switzerland for those law enforcement purposes.¶¶

Key points

Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between the EU and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of PNR data.¶
The agreement concerns the transfer of Passenger Name Record data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.¶¶

Who is affected

The EU and the Swiss Confederation, which would exchange PNR data under the agreement.¶¶

Legal basis: Article 16(2), Article 87(2), point (a), and Article 218(6), second subparagraph, point (a), of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.¶

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