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Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime

Reference
2025/0343(NLE) Non-legislative procedure · consent
Where it stands
Parliament gave its consent on 16 September 2026. The Council can now conclude the act.
Stage
Plenary vote
Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Jaroslav BŽOCH
Shadow rapporteurs
5 members
Decisions in plenary
1
Last vote
16 Sept 2026 · Consent given
Versions
3 versions
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Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

  1. Referred to committee (done) 27 April 2026
  2. Committee work (done) Report adopted 14 July 2026
  3. Tabled for plenary (done) 16 July 2026
  4. Plenary vote (done) Adopted 16 September 2026
  5. Adopted by the Council (to come)

Parliament is asked to approve the decision. It can accept or reject the text as a whole but cannot amend it.

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs LIBE
Rapporteur
Jaroslav BŽOCH (Patriots)
Shadow rapporteurs
Tomas TOBÉ (EPP), Krzysztof ŚMISZEK (S&D), Assita KANKO (ECR), Anna-Maja HENRIKSSON (Renew), Özlem DEMIREL (The Left)

Decisions in plenary, 1

Every decision Parliament took on this dossier, newest first.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
16 Sept 2026EU-Switzerland Agreement on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime ConsentConsent given549 for, 75 against, 30 abstained by roll call

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Every roll-call vote on the dossier, in date and voting order, with each group's line at the date of the vote.

Each group's clear line at the date of the vote: a position with at least two thirds of the group's votes (at least 10 members voting), otherwise Divided; “< 10 voted” when fewer took part. Result: outcome, for–against–abstained (method).

  1. 16 Sept 2026 Final vote on the draft Council decision

    Adopted 549–75–30

    The Left
    Against
    Greens
    Against
    S&D
    For
    Renew
    For
    EPP
    For
    ECR
    For
    Patriots
    For
    ESN
    Divided
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The people on this dossier — pick up to 6. Each gets a column with their own position.

Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament16 Sept 2026

    Adopted text TA10-0296/2026 TA-10-2026-0296

    Compare with tabled for plenary

  2. Tabled for plenary16 Jul 2026

    Report A10-0204/2026 A-10-2026-0204

    Compare with committee draft

  3. Committee draft8 Jun 2026

    Draft report (LIBE) LIBE-PR-789883

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA10-0296/2026: Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of the Agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime.
  • Report A10-0204/2026: The report is a legislative resolution in which Parliament gives its consent to the conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data.
  • Draft report (LIBE): This is a draft report by the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs on the draft Council decision to conclude an agreement between the EU and Switzerland on transferring Passenger Name Record (PNR) data to fight terrorism and serious crime.

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What changed, 2

Between consecutive versions, newest pair first. The overviews are written by AI from the two texts; the comparison shows every change.

  1. Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament Report A10-0204/2026 → Adopted text TA10-0296/2026

    No change of substance: the two versions differ only in presentation — cover page, numbering or the parts a report carries that the adopted text does not.

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  2. Committee draft → Tabled for plenary Draft report (LIBE) → Report A10-0204/2026

    AI: What changed Written by AI from the official text — check the source

    The versions differ only in wording: one sentence in the explanatory statement is corrected to say Switzerland does not participate in implementing the Directive.

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Timeline, 6

Every recorded step, newest first, grouped by stage; the latest stage is open.

Plenary stage 2 steps · 16 Jul 2026–16 Sept 2026

  1. 16 September 2026

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 16 Sept 2026 Adopted text TA10-0296/2026Report A10-0204/2026

  2. 16 July 2026

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0204/2026

Committee stage 4 steps · 27 Apr 2026–14 Jul 2026

  1. 14 July 2026

    Committee vote: report adopted

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

  2. 30 June 2026

    Amendments tabled in committee

    Members of LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) proposed changes to the draft.

    Amendments in committee (LIBE)

  3. 8 June 2026

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (LIBE)

  4. 27 April 2026

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

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

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Texts, decisions, people and other dossiers related to this one.

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Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Permalink
https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0343
Official source
Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

European Parliament (2026). “Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime”. Dossier, 16 September 2026. procId 2025-0343, reference 2025/0343(NLE). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0343 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Procedure file (Legislative Observatory, OEIL), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025%2F0343(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/procedures/2025-0343 (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX 
@misc{epw-dossier-2025-0343,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{Conclusion of an agreement between the European Union and the Swiss Confederation on the transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-16},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0343}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2025-0343},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. procId 2025-0343, reference 2025/0343(NLE). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2025\%2F0343(NLE). Data: EP Open Data API: procedure record (CC BY 4.0)}
}