Select Committee on European Union Fifteenth Report



APPENDIX 4: list of abbreviations

API

Advance Passenger Information

Article 29

Working Party

Data Protection Working Party established under Article 29 of the Data Protection Directive 95/46/EC

BIA

Border and Immigration Agency

DHS

United States Department of Homeland Security

DG JLS

Directorate-General Justice Freedom and Security of the Commission

DPFD

Data Protection Framework Decision

EAW

European Arrest Warrant

EC

European Community

EDPS

European Data Protection Supervisor

EU

European Union

ICO

Information Commissioner's Office

JHA

Justice and Home Affairs

LIBE Committee

Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament

PIU

Passenger Information Unit set up under Article 3 of the draft Framework Decision

PNR

Passenger Name Record

QMV

Qualified majority voting

TEC

Treaty establishing the European Community

TEU

Treaty on European Union

 


 
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