Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0051(NLE)
Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data
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Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Adopted by the Council
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 6 May 2025 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 25 November 2024
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 18 February 2025
- Tabled for plenary(done) 20 February 2025
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 12 March 2025
- Adopted by the Council(done) 6 May 2025
Decided in plenary
12 March 2025 · decision 2
Digital, AI & data, International agreement
Agreement between Canada and the European Union on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data
Consent given 521 for · 90 against · 45 abstained by a large majority
AI summary:The agreement sets rules for transferring and processing airline passenger name record data between Canada and the EU to fight serious crime and terrorism.
What changed
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.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
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.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Nikola Minchev (Renew)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Axel Voss (EPP), Birgit Sippel (S&D), Roberto Vannacci (Patriots), Assita Kanko (ECR), Tineke Strik (Greens), Özlem Demirel (The Left)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Transport and Tourism
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 12 Mar 2025
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the agreement between Canada and the EU on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.
Tabled for plenary· 20 Feb 2025
AI summary:The committee report recommends that Parliament give its consent to the Council decision concluding the EU-Canada Agreement on the transfer and processing of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.
Committee draft· 14 Jan 2025
AI summary:The draft report recommends that Parliament consent to the Council decision concluding the EU-Canada Agreement on transferring and processing Passenger Name Record (PNR) data, which aims to fight serious crime and terrorism while safeguarding fundamental rights.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
6 May 2025
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 2 steps
12 March 2025
Plenary vote
Sitting of 12 Mar 2025 Adopted text TA10-0030/2025Report A10-0013/2025
20 February 2025
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
18 February 2025
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
3 February 2025
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
14 January 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
25 November 2024
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; TRAN (Transport and Tourism) gives an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0051(NLE)