Security Union: Commission reports on the implementation of the EU-US TFTP and PNR Agreements

On 19 January 2017 the European Commission presented two implementation reports on the EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP) Agreement and EU-US Passenger Name Records (PNR) Agreement.

The Commission welcomed the increased transparency of the US authorities regarding the functioning and added value of the TFTP and highlighted the importance of the Agreement as an instrument to provide timely, accurate and reliable information to help identify and track terrorists and their support networks around the world. The Commission also noted the continued implementation by the US authorities of the conditions set out in the EU-US PNR Agreement, in particular in relation to passenger access rights and the masking and deletion of sensitive data.

• Primary Source

ESO: Key source: Terrorism in Europe http://www.europeansources.info/record/terrorism-in-europe/

ESO: Background information: Fighting terrorism at EU level, an overview of Commission's actions, measures and initiatives http://www.europeansources.info/record/fighting-terrorism-at-eu-level-an-overview-of-commissions-actions-measures-and-initiatives/

Transatlantic counter-terrorism cooperation http://www.europeansources.info/record/transatlantic-counter-terrorism-cooperation/

ESO: Background information: Justice and Home Affairs Council, 18 November 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/justice-and-home-affairs-council-18-november-2016/

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