Conclusion of an 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
Parliament is asked to approve a decision — typically an international agreement — which it can accept or reject but not amend.
Where it stands: Parliament gave its consent on 16 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- ✓ Referred to committee 27 April 2026
- ✓ Committee work Report adopted 14 July 2026
- ✓ Tabled for plenary 16 July 2026
- ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 16 September 2026
- 5 Published as law
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
- Jaroslav BŽOCH PfE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Tomas TOBÉ PPEKrzysztof ŚMISZEK S&DAssita KANKO ECRAnna-Maja HENRIKSSON RenewÖzlem DEMIREL The Left
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
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: The versions differ only in wording: one sentence in the explanatory statement is corrected to say Switzerland does not participate in implementing the Directive. 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
- Plenary stage
- 16 September 2026 Plenary voteAdopted Adopted by an overwhelming majorityFor 549 Against 75 Abstained 30
Final vote on the draft Council decision at 14:18 · 84% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →
- 16 July 2026 Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
- Committee stage
- 14 July 2026 Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
- 30 June 2026 Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
- 8 June 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
- 27 April 2026 Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.