I should like to add two comments in my brief introduction: 1) PNR data may indeed only be used by the airlines and thus, not by the Member States’ authorities themselves, and, of course, their use by the airlines is subject to permission from the European Union. 2) The Presidency, too, is aware of the importance Parliament attaches to the general agreement between the EU and the United States in the field of data protection.
2) la Présidence est elle aussi consciente de l’importance que le Parlement attache à l’accord général conclu entre l’UE et les États-Unis dans le domaine de la protection des données.