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Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC

Reference: 2022/0424(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure
Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 8 January 2025 and now EU law.
Stage: Published as law
Lead committee: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE

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Rapporteur: Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Shadow rapporteurs: 6 members
Decisions in plenary: None yet
Versions: 3 versions
Opinions from: BUDG, TRAN

Rapporteur: Jan-Christoph OETJEN
Shadow rapporteurs: 6 members
Decisions in plenary: None yet
Versions: 3 versions
Opinions from: BUDG, TRAN

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Referred to committee (done) 13 February 2023
Committee work (done) Report adopted 28 November 2023
Tabled for plenary (done) 7 December 2023
Negotiations with the Council (done) Deal approved in committee 19 March 2024
Plenary vote (done) Adopted 25 April 2024
Published as law (done) 8 January 2025

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Lead committee: Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Rapporteur: Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew)
Shadow rapporteurs: MEP #197480 (ID) former member, Jeroen LENAERS (EPP), Marina KALJURAND (S&D), Assita KANKO (ECR), Tineke STRIK (Greens), MEP #88715 (The Left) former member
Opinion: BUDG: Budgets
Opinion: TRAN: Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Jan-Christoph OETJEN (Renew)

Decisions in plenary, 0

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Versions, 3

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Adopted by Parliament25 Apr 2024

Adopted text TA9-0376/2024 TA-9-2024-0376

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Tabled for plenary7 Dec 2023

Report A9-0409/2023 A-9-2023-0409

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Committee draft5 Jul 2023

Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-750252

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Adopted text TA9-0376/2024: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on collecting and transferring advance passenger information (API) for external border checks. It sets rules for carriers to collect and transmit passenger data to border authorities, and for processing that data.
Report A9-0409/2023: Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on collecting and transferring advance passenger information (API) for external border checks. It sets rules for air carriers, a central router, data protection, and penalties.
Draft report (LIBE): This draft report sets out the European Parliament's position on a proposed regulation for collecting and transferring advance passenger information (API) to enhance external border controls. It amends the Commission proposal to exempt general aviation, exclude transit passengers, require encrypted data transfer, and shorten data retention to 24 hours.

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Committee opinions: Draft opinion (TRAN), Opinion (TRAN)

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Timeline, 12

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Outcome 2 steps · 19 Dec 2024–8 Jan 2025

8 January 2025

Published in the Official Journal

The act is now EU law.
19 December 2024

Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council

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Plenary stage 2 steps · 24 Apr 2024–25 Apr 2024

25 April 2024

Plenary vote

Sitting of 25 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0376/2024 Report A9-0409/2023
24 April 2024

Debated in plenary

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Sitting of 24 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0427/2022Council / Commission text C9-0428/2022Report A9-0409/2023 Report A9-0411/2023

Negotiations with the Council 2 steps · 13 Dec 2023–19 Mar 2024

19 March 2024

Committee approved the deal reached with the Council

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13 December 2023

Plenary endorsed the mandate to negotiate with the Council

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Plenary stage 1 step · 7 Dec 2023

7 December 2023

Report tabled for plenary

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Report A9-0409/2023

Committee stage 5 steps · 13 Feb 2023–28 Nov 2023

28 November 2023

Committee vote: report adopted

LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
19 July 2023

TRAN (Transport and Tourism) adopted its opinion

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Opinion (TRAN)
5 July 2023

Draft report published

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Draft report (LIBE)
26 May 2023

Draft opinion from TRAN (Transport and Tourism)

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Draft opinion (TRAN)
13 February 2023

Referred to the LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) committee

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Permalink: https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0424
Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0424(COD)
Data source: European Parliament Open Data
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved: 25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC”. Dossier. reference 2022/0424(COD). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0424 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2022/0424(COD), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022%2F0424(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).

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  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Collection and transfer of advance passenger information (API) for enhancing and facilitating external border controls, amending Regulation (EU) 2019/817 and Regulation (EU) 2018/1726, and repealing Council Directive 2004/82/EC}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0424}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2022-0424},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2022/0424(COD). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2022\%2F0424(COD). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}