Brussels, 05/10/2007 (Agence Europe) - The European Union does not yet have a plan for verifying passengers' personal data within the Community airspace, Security Commissioner Franco Frattini said on Thursday 4 October. The Commission is to present a whole series of measures to combat terrorism in the EU, including the long-awaited “European PNR” proposal (EUROPE 9460). “In the package I will propose to the ministers on November 6 there will be a proposal to collect passenger data for extra EU flights (i.e. flights from outside the EU)”, Frattini said during a press conference in Slovenia. He nonetheless specified that collection of the data would not concern flights within the Community “for the moment”. “We are evaluating the impact of collection of personal data of passengers for intra-EU flights given also the problem of compatibility with Schengen rules, which (…) guarantee full freedom of movement within the territory of the EU”, the commissioner said, reported by Reuters. “So it is premature to say whether we will propose the extension of passenger data collection to intra-EU flights”, he added. The proposal aimed at controlling the data of passengers wishing to go to the US is based on a Passenger Name Record (PNR) system set up in the United States after the attacks on 11 September 2001. The EU then had to negotiate an agreement with Washington to ensure that the latter respects European norms relating to data protection (EUROPE 94547). “We have been dealing with the security of our international partners, first of all the United States. But now it is time to deal with the security of our citizens”, Frattini concluded. (bc)