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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11680

2 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 34
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Jha
Transatlantic framework on personal data widely approved by European Parliament
Brussels, 01/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

Meeting in plenary session in Brussels on Thursday 1 December, the European Parliament approved by a large majority (481 votes in favour, 75 against and 88 abstentions) the draft framework agreement between the EU and the USA on the protection of personal data.  This sets the standards for data protection in all agreements relating to police and judicial cooperation, like the transfer of PNR (passenger name record) data or the SWIFT/TFTP agreement on bank data.

This framework agreement, for...

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