Fact Sheet: US-EU Passenger Name Record Agreement SignedPassenger Name Record Agreement • August 30th, 2007
Contract Type FiledAugust 30th, 2007On May 17, the European Commission announced that it had found the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's program to collect air passenger data regarding flights between the U.S. and the European Union (EU) adequate under EU laws. This announcement was the culmination of more than a year of negotiations between the United States and the European Commission. The agreement pertains to airline passenger data collected by Homeland Security's U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), for use in screening passengers destined to and departing from the United States.