Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime (c. 681)

CHAPTER I General provisions

Article 1 Subject-matter and scope

1. This Directive provides for:

(a) the transfer by air carriers of passenger name record (PNR) data of passengers of extra-EU flights,

(b) the processing of the data referred to in point (a), including its collection, use and retention by Member States and its exchange between Member States.

2. PNR data collected in accordance with this Directive may be processed only for the purposes of preventing, detecting, investigating and prosecuting terrorist offences and serious crime, as provided for in points (a), (b) and (c) of Article 6(2).