Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 January 2025 and now EU law.
- ✓ Referred to committee 13 February 2023
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 28 November 2023
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 December 2023
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 25 April 2024
- ✓ Negotiations with the Council Mandate 13 December 2023
- ✓ Published as law 8 January 2025
How a file moves through Parliament
A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.
Who is working on it
- Lead committee
- LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- Rapporteur
- Jan-Christoph OETJEN Renew
- Shadow rapporteurs
- MEP #197480 IDJeroen LENAERS PPEMarina KALJURAND S&DAssita KANKO ECRTineke STRIK Verts/ALEMEP #88715 The Left
- For opinion
- BUDG — Budgets TRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Jan-Christoph OETJEN Renew
The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.
The text, version by version
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN),Opinion (TRAN)
Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph.
Timeline
- Outcome
- 8 January 2025 Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
- 19 December 2024 Signature
- Plenary stage
- 25 April 2024 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 492 Against 33 Abstained 10
Final vote on the provisional agreement at 13:43 · 92% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 25 April 2024 Plenary decision
- Plenary stage
- 24 April 2024 Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
- 19 March 2024 Committee approve provisional agreement
- Negotiations with the Council
- 13 December 2023 Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council
Parliament’s negotiators can now seek a compromise text with the Council (a "trilogue").
- Plenary stage
- 7 December 2023 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 28 November 2023 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 19 July 2023 TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
- 5 July 2023 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 26 May 2023 Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)
An associated committee gives its view to the lead committee.
- 13 February 2023 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; BUDG (Budgets), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) give an opinion.