COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Jha

Planned agreement between EU and Canada on transfer of air passenger data cannot be concluded in current form

Brussels, 26/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 26 July (opinion 1/15), the Court of Justice of the European Union found that in its current state, the draft agreement between the EU and Canada on the transfer of the data in airline passenger files is incompatible with certain requirements under the fundamental rights of the European Union. In so doing, the judges are following the conclusions of the Advocate General.

The draft EU/Canada agreement (PNR agreement) was signed between the two parties on 25 June 2014 (see EUROPE...