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OPINION (COM(2022)0731 – C90427/2022 – 2022/0425(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818

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Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: JanChristoph Oetjen

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The committee opinion amends the proposed regulation on collecting and transferring advance passenger information (API) to fight terrorism and serious crime. It limits the regulation to extra-EU flights, requires interactive API transfer at check-in, and adds safeguards for travellers and air carriers.

Committee position. The Committee on Transport and Tourism proposes amendments to limit the regulation to extra-EU flights, enhance data quality and traveller experience, and reduce burdens on air carriers.

Key points

  1. Limits the regulation's scope to extra-EU flights, deleting provisions on selected intra-EU flights.
  2. Requires air carriers to transfer API data at check-in using interactive API in line with international standards, with an acknowledgement of receipt.
  3. Requires the router to automatically notify air carriers if transferred data does not comply with supported data formats.
  4. Allows air carriers to keep logs longer than the set period only after informing and justifying this to the Commission.
  5. Requires eu-LISA to provide support to authorities and air carriers on connecting to and integrating with the router.
  6. Requires the Commission to assess the regulation's impact on travellers' experience, aviation competitiveness, and interaction with other EU laws.
  7. Requires an offline check-in alternative for passengers, especially vulnerable groups and persons with disabilities.
  8. Requires the Commission's evaluation to consider the regulation's impact on the aviation sector's competitiveness and regulatory burden.
  9. States that Union budget should cover eu-LISA's support, such as training, to air carriers and PIUs.
  10. Requires Member States to consider technical, operational and economic feasibility when setting penalties for air carriers.

Who is affected

  • Air carriers: must collect and transfer API data for extra-EU flights, use interactive API, and may keep logs longer only with Commission approval.
  • Passengers: benefit from automated data collection and offline check-in alternatives, but may face impact assessments.
  • eu-LISA: must provide support and training for router connection and integration.
  • Passenger Information Units (PIUs): receive API data only for extra-EU flights, not intra-EU.