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theresa-mayFollowing the vote of European Parliament’s LIBE Committee, UK Home Secretary Theresa May (pictured) said: "I have always been clear of the importance of Passenger Name Records in the fight against terrorism and serious crime and I welcome the results of today's (10 December) vote to finalize an effective EU Directive.

"Analysis of PNR is often the only way of identifying previously unknown individuals who pose a threat to the safety of the public here or abroad and, following the horrendous attacks in Paris last month, I am pleased that our EU counterparts also recognize the need for this crucial set of data.”

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1. PNR is the information necessary to enable reservations to be processed and may include how travel was reserved and paid for, contact details, seat numbers and travel itinerary - it has already proved invaluable for countries that currently use it for law enforcement. 
2. Since the Paris attacks there has been a further push to finalize an effective Directive on PNR before the end of this year. 
3. The Directive was passed by the LIBE Committee with 38 to 19 votes and two abstentions.  4. The Directive will now be voted on by the European Parliament plenary in the New Year and then formally adopted by the Council of the EU. 
5. The compromise text includes the UK's bottom line request for intra-EU PNR, removes the restriction of "transnational” crime from the definition of "serious crime” as the basis on which data can be analysed, and maintains an overall retention period of five years. These are all points the UK has lobbied hard to achieve.

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