3 Amendments of Iliana IOTOVA related to 2011/0023(COD)
Amendment 358 #
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 serious 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 Union databases, where they are established on the basis of Union law, on persons or objects sought or under alert, in cluding against data stored by Europol, in accordance with Union, international and national rules applicable to such files. Member States shall ensure that any positive match resulting from such automated processing is individually reviewed by non-automated means in order to verify whether the competent authority referred to in Article 5 needs to take action;
Amendment 409 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1
Article 5 – paragraph 1
1. Each Member State shall adopt a list of the competent authorities entitled to request or receive PNR data or the result of the processing of PNR data from the Passenger Information Units in order to examine that information further or take appropriate action for the purpose of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting terrorist offences and serious crime. Europol shall be entitled, within its mandate, to request and receive from the Passenger Information Units PNR data or relevant analytical information obtained from PNR data that are necessary in a specific case to prevent, detect, investigate, or prosecute terrorist offences and serious transnational crimes.
Amendment 531 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 7 – paragraph 6
Article 7 – paragraph 6
6. Exchange of information under this Article may take place using any existing channels for international law enforcement cooperation, especially the channels provided for by Europol. The language used for the request and the exchange of information shall be the one applicable to the channel used. Member States shall, when making their notifications in accordance with Article 3(3), also inform the Commission with details of the contacts to which requests may be sent in cases of urgency. The Commission shall communicate to the Member States the notifications received.