Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/0343(NLE)
Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
Non-legislative procedure (NLE): for example international agreements, appointments or opinions. · Parliament can approve or reject the text, for example an international agreement, but cannot amend it.
Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.
Where it stands
Plenary vote
Parliament gave its consent on 16 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
- Referred to committee(done) 27 April 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 14 July 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 16 July 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 16 September 2026
- Adopted by the Council(to come)
Decided in plenary
16 September 2026 · decision 8
Foreign affairs, International agreement
EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime
Consent given 549 for · 75 against · 30 abstained by an overwhelming majority
AI summary:The draft Council decision would approve an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on transferring Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to prevent, detect, investigate and prosecute terrorist offences and serious crime.
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
AI summary:The versions differ only in wording: one sentence in the explanatory statement is corrected to say Switzerland does not participate in implementing the Directive.
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.
- Jaroslav Bžoch (Patriots)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Tomas Tobé (EPP), Krzysztof Śmiszek (S&D), Assita Kanko (ECR), Anna-Maja Henriksson (Renew), Özlem Demirel (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 16 Sept 2026
AI summary:Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.
Tabled for plenary· 16 Jul 2026
AI summary:The report is a legislative resolution in which Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.
Committee draft· 8 Jun 2026
AI summary:This is a draft report by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the draft Council decision to conclude an agreement between the EU and Switzerland on transferring Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to fight terrorism and serious crime.
Timeline
Newest first.
Plenary stage 2 steps
16 September 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0296/2026Report A10-0204/2026
16 July 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
14 July 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
30 June 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.
8 June 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
27 April 2026
Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/0343(NLE)