MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The EU interior ministers have agreed on a plan to share airline passenger information in a bid to track potential extremists and prevent a repetition of the deadly Paris attacks, EU commissioner for migration, home affairs and citizenship Dimitris Avramopoulos said Friday.
Deal reached on #EU #PNR in @EUCouncil. Next step @Europarl_EN. Big step for citizens' security and rights.
— DimitrisAvramopoulos (@Avramopoulos) 4 декабря 2015
.@Frontex and @Europol sign agreement on exhange of information. Full support of @EU_Commission and @eu2015lu pic.twitter.com/P4J5FHv5gd
— DimitrisAvramopoulos (@Avramopoulos) 4 декабря 2015
Under the so-called Passenger Name Record deal, EU law enforcement agencies will be able to gain access to the names, travel dates, itinerary, credit card details and contact details gathered by airlines.