EU: PNR: Note from the Chair of the Airports Group of the Council of Europe's Pompidou Group

Note (pdf) – calls for the scope of EU PNR scheme to be extended from flights in and out of the EU to cover also flights within the EU – calls for scope to be extended from organised crime to serious crime – calls for Customs agencies should have access to personal name registers – calls for direct online access to airline passenger reservation systems (not “PUSH” as recommended) NB: “the Airport Group of the Pompidou Group comprises around 110 police and customs officers working at airports in the area of combating serious crime, especially the illegal trafficking of drugs. Central offices of the competent authorities are represented as well.” See Statewatch’s: Observatory: EU surveillance of passengers (PNR)