31 Amendments of Péter NIEDERMÜLLER related to 2011/0023(COD)
Amendment 233 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. This Directive shall not apply to flights within the territory of the Union or the means of transport other than airplanes.
Amendment 234 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 1 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. The PNR data that is collected pursuant to this Directive may not be used for border control purposes.
Amendment 286 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – introductory part
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point i – introductory part
(i) ‘serious transnational crime’ means the following offences under national law referred to in Article 2(2) of Council Framework Decision 2002/584/JHA if they are punishable by a custodial sentence or a detention order for a maximum period of at least three years under the national law of a Member State, and: trafficking in human beings, sexual exploitation of children, illicit trafficking in narcotic drugs, illicit trafficking in weapons and illicit trafficking in munition and explosives if :
Amendment 309 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. The Passenger Information Unit is responsible for the exchange of PNR data or the results of the processing of such data with the Passenger Information Units of other Member States in accordance with Article 7, as well as inserting the alerts to the Schengen Information System in accordance with Article 7(1).
Amendment 331 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. The PNR data transferred by the air carriers, pursuant to Article 6, in relation to international flights which land on or depart from the territory of each Member State shall be collected by the Passenger Information Unit of the relevant Member State. Should the PNR data transferred by air carriers include data beyond those listed in the Annex, the Passenger Information Unit shall delete such data immediately upon receipt. Member States shall adopt the necessary measures to ensure that their Passenger Information Unit may request air carriers in accordance with Article 6 to: (a) transfer (‘push’) all PNR data of all passengers arriving or departing from that Member state in an anonymised format; (b) transfer (‘push’) specific PNR data of an individual linked to a name, contact detail or payment method linked to a specific case of prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of a terrorist offence or a specific serious transnational crime; (c) transfer (‘push’) PNR data of all passengers on specific flights where a risk assessment of the Passenger Information Unit has proven a high concrete risk that persons linked to a specific case of prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of a terrorist offence or a specific serious transnational crime are travelling on those flights.
Amendment 342 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 b (new)
1b. A request pursuant to subparagraphs 1 (b) and (c) shall be subject to prior authorisation by a judicial authority and subject to a quarterly judicial review. The specification referred to in subparagraph 1 (c) may be temporal, geographical or both.
Amendment 361 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) carrying out an assessment of the passengers prior to their scheduled arrival or departure from the Member State in order to identify any persons who may be involved in a terrorist offence or seriousa type of serious transnational crime and who require further examination by the competent authorities referred to in Article 5. In carrying out such an assessment the Passenger Information Unit may compare PNR data against relevant databases, including international or national databases or national mirrors of Unionnational databases, where they are established on the basis of Union law, on persons or objects sought or under alert, in accordance with Union, international and national rules applicable to such filesdata bases. In carrying out such an assessment the Passenger Information Unit may compare PNR data against the Schengen Information System and the Visa Information System. Member States shall ensure that any positive match resulting from such automated processing is individually reviewed by non-automated meansand subject to human intervention by a member of the Passenger Information Unit in order to verify whether the competent authority referred to in Article 5 needs to take action; and
Amendment 406 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 a (new)
Article 4 a (new)
Amendment 463 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point a – introductory part
(a) once 24 to 48 hours before the scheduled time for flight departure;
Amendment 467 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 6 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) once immediately after flight closure, that is once the passengers have boarded the aircraft in preparation for departure and it is no longer possible for further passengers to board.
Amendment 486 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 1
Article 7 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that, with regard to persons identified by a Passenger Information Unit in accordance with Article 4(2)(a) and (b), the result of the processing of PNR data is transmitted without delay by that Passenger Information Unit to the Passenger Information Units of other Member States where the former Passenger Information Unit considers such transfer to be necessaryrelevant for the prevention, detection, investigation or prosecution of terrorist offences or seriouscertain types of serious transnational crime. The Passenger Information Units of the receiving Member States shall transmit such PNR data or the result of the processing of PNR data to their relevant competent authorities. Where appropriate, an alert shall be entered in accordance with Article 36 of the Schengen Information System.
Amendment 605 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 8 a (new)
Article 8 a (new)
Amendment 613 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall ensure that the PNR data provided by the air carriers, pursuant to Article 4(1), subparagraphs (b) and (c), to the Passenger Information Unit, are retained in a database at the Passenger Information Unit for a period of 302 days after their first transfer to the Passenger Information Unit of the first Member State on whose territory the international flight is landing or departing.
Amendment 626 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 9 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Upon expiry of the period of 302 days after the first transfer of the PNR data to the Passenger Information Unit referred to in paragraph 1, the data shall be retained at the Passenger Information Unit for a further period of fivone years. During this period, all data elements which could serve to identify the passenger to whom PNR data relate shall be masked out. Such anonymised PNR data shall be accessible only to a limited number of personnel of the Passenger Information Unit specifically authorised to carry out analysis of PNR data and develop assessment criteria according to Article 4(2)(d). Access to the full PNR data shall be permitted only by the Head of the Passenger Information Unit for the purposes of Article 4(2)(c) and where it could be reasonably believed that it is necessary to carry out an investigation and in response to a specific and actual threat or risk or a specific investigation or prosecutions shall be depersonalised through masking out in accordance with Article 9a (new).
Amendment 668 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 – paragraph 4
Article 9 – paragraph 4
4. The result of matching referred to in Article 4(2)(a) and (b) shall be kept by the Passenger Information Unit only as long as necessary to inform the competent authorities of a positive match. Where the result of an automated matching operation has, further to individual review by non- automated meanssubject to human intervention by a member of the Passenger Information Unit, proven to be negative, it shall, however, be stored so as to avoid future ‘'false’' positive matches for a maximum period of threone years unless the underlying data have not yet been deleted in accordance with paragraph 3 at the expiry of the fivone years, in which case the log shall be kept until the underlying data are deleted.
Amendment 673 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 9 a (new)
Article 9 a (new)
Amendment 719 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11 a (new)
Article 11a Processing of special categories of data 1. Member States shall prohibit the processing of PNR data revealing race or ethnic origin, political opinions, religion or philosophical beliefs, sexual orientation or gender identity, trade-union membership or activities, and the processing of biometric data or of data concerning health or sex life. 2. In the event that PNR data revealing such information are received by the Passenger Information Unit, they shall be deleted without delay. To that end, upon the receipt of PNR data from air carriers, Member States shall apply automated and manual controls to identify and delete sensitive data from PNR data obtained. 3. In order to identify and delete any sensitive data from PNR data retained, members of the Passenger Information Unit shall undertake manual checks before any further manual processing and prior to any transfer of PNR data to competent authorities in accordance with Article 4(2), to the Passenger Information Unit or another Member State in accordance with Article 7, or to a third country in accordance with Article 8.
Amendment 724 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 c (new)
Article 11 c (new)
Article 11c Right of access for the data subject Member States shall provide for the right of the data subject to obtain from the Passenger Information Unit a copy of the PNR data undergoing processing. Where the data subject makes the request in electronic form, the information shall be provided in electronic form, unless otherwise requested by the data subject.
Amendment 726 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 d (new)
Article 11 d (new)
Article 11d Right to rectification and completion 1. Member States shall provide for the right of the data subject to obtain from the Passenger Information Unit the rectification or the completion of personal data relating to him or her which are inaccurate or incomplete, in particular by way of a completing or corrective statement. 2. Member States shall provide that the Passenger Information Unit informs the data subject in writing, with a reasoned justification, of any refusal of rectification or completion, on the reasons for the refusal and on the possibilities of lodging a complaint with the supervisory authority and seeking a judicial remedy. 3. Member States shall provide that the Passenger Information Unit shall communicate any rectification carried out to each recipient to whom the data have been disclosed, unless to do so proves impossible or involves a disproportionate effort. 4. Member States shall provide that the Passenger Information Unit communicates the rectification of inaccurate personal data to the third party from whom the inaccurate personal data originate.
Amendment 727 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 e (new)
Article 11 e (new)
Amendment 728 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 f (new)
Article 11 f (new)
Amendment 729 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 g (new)
Article 11 g (new)
Article 11g Keeping of records 1. Member States shall ensure that records are kept of at least the following processing operations: collection, alteration, consultation, disclosure, combination or erasure. The records of consultation and disclosure shall show in particular the purpose, date and time of such operations and as far as possible the identification of the person who consulted or disclosed PNR data, and the identity of the recipients of such data. 2. The records shall be used solely for the purposes of verification of the lawfulness of the data processing, self-monitoring and for ensuring data integrity and data security, or for purposes of auditing, either by the Data Protection Officer or by the supervisory authority. 3. The Member State shall ensure that the Passenger Information Unit shall make the records available, on request, to the supervisory authority.
Amendment 730 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 h (new)
Article 11 h (new)
Amendment 731 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 i (new)
Article 11 i (new)
Article 11i Right to judicial remedy 1. Without prejudice to any available administrative remedy, including the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority, Member States shall provide for the right of every natural person to a judicial remedy if they consider that that their rights laid down in provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive have been infringed as a result of the processing of their personal data in non- compliance with these provisions. 2. Member States shall ensure that final decisions by the court referred to in this Article will be enforced.
Amendment 732 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 j (new)
Article 11 j (new)
Article 11j Liability and the right to compensation Member States shall provide that any person who has suffered damage, including non-pecuniary damage, as a result of an unlawful processing operation or of an action incompatible with the provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive shall have the right to claim compensation for the damage suffered.
Amendment 733 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 k (new)
Article 11 k (new)
Article 11k Penalties for non-compliance Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties, applicable to infringements of the provisions adopted pursuant to this Directive and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented. The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
Amendment 734 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 l (new)
Article 11 l (new)
Article 11l Notification of a personal data breach to the supervisory authority 1. Member States shall provide that in the case of a personal data breach, the Passenger Information Unit, without undue delay and, where feasible, not later than 24 hours, the personal data breach to the supervisory authority. The Passenger Information Unit shall provide, on request, to the supervisory authority a reasoned justification in cases of any delay. 2. The notification referred to in paragraph 1 shall at least: (a) describe the nature of the personal data breach including the categories and number of data subjects concerned and the categories and number of data records concerned; (b) communicate the identity and contact details of the Data Protection Officer referred to in Article 3a (new) or other contact point where more information can be obtained; (c) recommend measures to mitigate the possible adverse effects of the personal data breach; (d) describe the possible consequences of the personal data breach; (e) describe the measures proposed or taken by the Passenger Information Unit to address the personal data breach and mitigate its effects. In case all information cannot be provided without undue delay, the Passenger Information Unit can complete the notification in a second phase. 4. Member States shall provide that the Passenger Information Unit documents any personal data breaches, comprising the facts surrounding the breach, its effects and the remedial action taken. This documentation must be sufficient to enable the supervisory authority to verify compliance with this Article. The documentation shall only include the information necessary for that purpose. 5. The supervisory authority shall keep a public register of the types of breaches notified.
Amendment 735 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 11 m (new)
Article 11 m (new)
Article 11m Communication of a personal data breach to the data subject 1. Member States shall provide that when the personal data breach is likely to adversely affect the protection of the personal data and/or the privacy of the data subject, the Passenger Information Unit shall, after the notification referred to in Article 11l (new), communicate the personal data breach to the data subject without undue delay. 2. The communication to the data subject referred to in paragraph 1 shall be comprehensive and use clear and plain language. It shall describe the nature of the personal data breach and contain at least the information and the recommendations provided for in points (b), (c) and (d) of Article 11l (new) and information about the rights of the data subject, including redress. 3. The communication of a personal data breach to the data subject shall not be required if the Passenger Information Unit demonstrates to the satisfaction of the supervisory authority that it has implemented appropriate technological protection measures, and that those measures were applied to the PNR data concerned by the personal data breach. Such technological protection measures shall render the data unintelligible to any person who is not authorised to access it. 4. The communication to the data subject may be delayed or restricted, in a specific case, to the extent that such a delay or restriction constitutes a necessary and proportionate measure: (a) to avoid obstructing official or legal inquiries, investigations or procedures; (b) to protect public security; (c) to protect the rights and freedoms of others.
Amendment 790 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17 a (new)
Article 17a Limitation This Directive shall loose its effect after a period of seven years. The Commission may propose to extend the effect of this Directive for further seven-year-periods. The decision of extension shall be taken by ordinary legislative procedure after the approval by the European Parliament and the Council.
Amendment 795 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 1
Article 18 – paragraph 1
1. Member States shall prepare a set of statistical information on PNR data provided to the Passenger Information Units. Such statistics shall as a minimum cover the number of identifications of any persons who may be involved in a terrorist offence or seriouscertain types of serious transnational crime according to Article 4(2) and, the number of subsequent law enforcement actions that were taken involving the use of PNR data per air carrier and destination and the number of criminal convictions resulting from the enforcement action.
Amendment 799 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2
Article 18 – paragraph 2
2. These statistics shall not contain any personal data. They shall be transmitted to the Commission and the European Parliament on a yearly basis.