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". – The supplementary question touches on the issue of the transfer of name records. The general question of the transfer to the US authorities of name records for transatlantic flights is of great concern to the Council. We are not questioning either the concerns of the Members or particularly the concerns that Mr Cappato outlined in his original point. This matter is the subject of ongoing discussions and negotiations with the United States.
Following the unilateral introduction last year of a US requirement on European airlines to provide passenger name records on flights into the US, the European Union has been working to establish a legally secured framework for passenger name record transfers to US customs and to border protection bureaux.
Every effort is being made in the current negotiations to enhance the legally binding nature of the undertaking so as to protect the privacy of European passenger data, which is the point made in the supplementary question. However, this is not simply an EU-US issue, as it is fully expected that passenger name record transfers will also be required by a number of other countries in the near future in order to enhance passenger security in general.
The European Union is therefore pursing a global approach with regard to the transfer of such data for border and aviation security purposes. This is largely an initiative to create a multilateral framework for passenger name record data transfers under the auspices of the International Civil Aviation Organisation. It is proposed that any arrangement agreed with the US will be of an interim nature and will in due course be confirmed by international agreements.
As regards the proposed EU-US international agreement on the transfer of name records, I would specifically mention that, as honourable Members will be aware, negotiations are still ongoing between the Commission – and it is the Commission that is handling those negotiations – and the US authorities. Once negotiations have been concluded this agreement will be submitted and it will be considered by this Parliament."@en1
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