Press Release: EU and Canada sign agreement on the transfer of air passenger data

An agreement on the transfer of air passenger data was signed on 3 October 2005 between the European Community and Canada. Under the agreement, airlines flying from the EU to Canada were to transfer selected passenger data to the Canadian authorities to help identify passengers who could be a security threat.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Eur-Lex: COM(2005)200, Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of an Agreement between the European Community and the Government of Canada on the processing of Advance Passenger Information (API)/Passenger Name Record (PNR) http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/site/en/com/2005/com2005_0200en01.pdf

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