European Union
HAVING REGARD to US statutes and regulations requiring each air carrier operating passenger flights in foreign air transportation to or from the United States to provide the Department of Homeland Security (hereinafter ‘DHS’), Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (hereinafter ‘CBP’) with electronic access to Passenger Name Record (hereinafter ‘PNR’) data to the extent it is collected and contained in the air carrier's automated reservation/departure control systems,
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The decision approves the EU-US PNR agreement and authorizes the Council President to designate signatories. The agreement lets CBP access PNR data, requires air carriers to process PNR data as required by CBP, and requires CBP to process the data in line with applicable US law and non-discrimination rules.