Passenger name records (PNR) — targeted call for proposals
12.4.2013
Question for written answer E-004209-13
to the Commission
Rule 117
Axel Voss (PPE) , Timothy Kirkhope (ECR) , Sophia in 't Veld (ALDE) , Carmen Romero López (S&D) , Jan Philipp Albrecht (Verts/ALE) , Cornelia Ernst (GUE/NGL)
In December 2012, the Commission published a targeted call for proposals aiming to co-finance the setting-up of ‘passenger information units in Member States for the collection, processing, analysis and exchange of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime’. The deadline for proposals was 10 April 2013.
Could the Commission answer the following questions:
- 1.How many Member States already have PNR legislation in force; are working on corresponding legislation; or have purpose-specific legislation in place, as in the case of France?
- 2.How many Member States have expressed an interest in replying to this call?
- 3.Could the Commission provide a list of all Member States which have replied?
- 4.What is the Commission’s decision on this call?
- 5.Could the results of this call influence the ongoing negotiations in Parliament with regard to the Commission’s proposal to establish a common EU PNR system (COM(2011)0032)?
OJ C 20 E, 23/01/2014