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Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 6 May 2025 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 25 November 2024
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 18 February 2025
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 20 February 2025
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 12 March 2025
  5. ✓ Adopted by the Council 6 May 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. The Council takes the final decision, and the act is published in the Official Journal.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Rapporteur
Nikola MINCHEV Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Axel VOSS PPEBirgit SIPPEL S&DRoberto VANNACCI PfEAssita KANKO ECRTineke STRIK Verts/ALEÖzlem DEMIREL The Left
For opinion
TRAN — Transport and Tourism

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

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0030/2025 12 March 2025 ✦ Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between Canada and the EU on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0013/2025 20 February 2025 ✦ 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.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (LIBE) 14 January 2025 ✦ The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the EU-Canada Agreement on transferring and processing Passenger Name Record (PNR) data, which aims to fight serious crime and terrorism while safeguarding fundamental rights.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not. see the changes →

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 6 May 2025 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 12 March 2025 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 12 March 2025 📄 Adopted text TA10-0030/2025📄 Report A10-0013/2025
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 521 Against 90 Abstained 45

    Final vote on the draft Council decision at 12:06 · 79% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

  5. 20 February 2025 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0013/2025
  6. Committee stage
  7. 18 February 2025 Committee vote: report adopted

    LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  8. 3 February 2025 Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (LIBE)
  9. 14 January 2025 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (LIBE)
  10. 25 November 2024 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism) gives an opinion.