Washington Delegation Press Room

• EU Interim Independent Overseer for EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Program Searches (8/27/10)
• EU-US Bank Data Transfer (Terrorist Finance Tracking Program) Legislation (7/27/10)
• European Commission VP/Justice, Fundamental Rights & Citizenship Commissioner Reding on Transatlantic Relations & Privacy (7/8/10)
• European Parliament Approves EU-US TFTP Bank Data Transfer (SWIFT II) Agreement; European Commission President Barroso; EU Home Affairs Commissioner Malmström; Video (7/8/10)
• European Parliament Civil Liberties Commiittee Approves Draft EU-US Bank Data Transfer Agreement; Video (7/5/10)
• EU-US Bank Data Transfer Agreement Signed (6/28/10)
• EU Seeks More Data Protection in New EU-US Draft Financial Data Transfers Agreement (6/22/10)
• EU Seeks High Privacy Standards in EU-US Data Protection Agreement; FAQs; Video (5/26/10)
• European Parliament Voices Privacy Concerns on Personal Data Transfers to US (4/22/10)
• European Parliament Wants to Limit Data Transfers to US (4/8/10)
• New EU-US Counterterrorism Bank Data Transfer Negotiations; Background (3/24/10); EU-US Counterterrorism Financial Messaging Data Processing & Transfer Agreement (11/09)
• European Parliament Wants PNR Data Transfer Rules for Non-EU States (3/5/10)
• European Parliament Votes down EU-US Financial Messaging Data Transfer Agreement; European Commission Reaction (2/11/10); Agreement Details (2/10/10)
• EU-US Data Protection & Info-Sharing Agreement Consultation through March 12; Details; Consultation (2/5/10)
• EU Council on EU-US Data Tranfers (12/2/09)
• Possible EU-US SWIFT Financial Network Interim Data-Sharing Deal (7/23/09)
• European Parliament Resolution on EU-US Data Transfers Agreement Terms (3/26/09)
• Data Protection Day 2009; Website (1/28/09)
• European Data Protection Supervisor on Transatlantic Information Sharing; Opinion Text (11/12/08)
• EU on US Terrorist Finance Tracking Program (3/7/08)
• EU-US PNR Agreement Official Texts: COUNCIL DECISION 2007/551/CFSP/JHA of 23 July 2007 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (2007 PNR Agreement); AGREEMENT between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (2007 PNR Agreement)
• EU Data Protection Supervisor on Data Protection Directive Implementation (7/25/07)
• EU Council Approves EU-US PNR Agreement; Text (7/23/07)
• EU-US PNR Agreement Texts:
  • COUNCIL DECISION 2006/729/CFSP/JHA of 16 October 2006 on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, of an Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security
  • AGREEMENT between the European Union and the United States of America on the processing and transfer of passenger name record (PNR) data by air carriers to the United States Department of Homeland Security 
• EU-US Reach New PNR Agreement (10/6/06)
  • Political PNR Agreement between the EU and the USA (still to be legally adopted by the EU Council)
  • Explanatory Letter on PNR from the US Department of Homeland Security to the European Commission
• Press Releases, May 30, 2006:
  • Washington Delegation News Release
  • European Court of Justice Press Release
  • EU Data Protection Supervisor Press Release
  • European Parliament Press Release
• Previous PNR Agreement Text; More
• EU-US Joint Statement, February 17-18, 2003
• Data Protection website