The European Commission has decided to refer Spain to the EU Court of Justice for failing to transpose the EU Directive on the collection of air passenger data for the purpose of combating terrorism (PNR) and detecting serious crime, the institution announced in a press release on Thursday 2 July.
Directive 2016/681, adopted in April 2016, had to be transposed by 25 May 2018. The infringement proceeding against Spain was launched in July 2018 and a reasoned opinion was sent in...