A deal on transfer of airline passenger name records (PNRs) could...
A deal on transfer of airline passenger name records (PNRs) could come Fri., an EU Council of Ministers spokesman told us Wed. A previous pact, under which European airlines gave passenger data to U.S. authorities, lapsed Sept. 30; since…
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then talks have been on and off. EU member states’ permanent representatives are being briefed this week on the matter, the spokesman said. The Council gave a “green light” to an EU Presidency/EC proposal to encourage talks, he said. No one is discussing the recommendation’s substance. A videoconference today (Thurs.) will bring together U.S. and EU representatives. If they concur, the Council will approve the plan Fri. If not, talks go on. A “best guess” is that the Council will announce agreement Fri. morning, the spokesman said, stressing that as a personal opinion. U.S. Homeland Security Secy. Michael Chertoff has assured EC Vp Franco Frattini that the U.S. is willing for now to keep applying the privacy safeguards in the expired pact, Frattini’s spokesman said Wed.