The study is devoted to the analysis of European standards for the processing of passenger information (API) and passenger registration record (PNR) data and existing domestic draft laws aimed at their implementation. Attention is drawn to the importance of the analysis and use of API and PNR for security, intelligence and law enforcement agencies of the state in their activities related to the fight against terrorism, transnational organized crime, the prevention, detection and investigation of serious crimes, as well as the identification of criminals. This approach is in line with the content of the Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council, the Council of the EU, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions “EU Anti-Terrorism Agenda: Anticipate, Prevent, Protect, Respond” 02.12.2020 СОМ (2020) 795 final and Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions – The European Agenda on Security COM(2015) 185 final. The article emphasizes that the legal basis for the functioning of the system of receiving, processing, distributing, storing and protecting data about passengers of international flights is UN Security Council Resolutions No. 2170 (2014), No. 2178 (2014), No. 2309 (2016), No. 2396 (of 2017) and No. 2482 (of 2019); EU Council Directive 2004/82/ EC of April 29, 2004 on the obligation of carriers to report passenger data (API); European Parliament and Council Directive 2016/681 of April 27, 2016 on the use of Passenger Name Record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist and serious crimes. In order to implement the norms of EU law into the national legal field, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law of Ukraine “On Amendments to the Criminal and Criminal Procedure Codes of Ukraine in connection with the ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention of the Council of Europe on the Prevention of Terrorism, as well as to some legislative acts of Ukraine on improving the fight against terrorism”. This Law makes significant changes to the Laws of Ukraine “On Combating Terrorism”, “On Transport”, the State Program of Civil Aviation Safety, approved by the Law of Ukraine “On the State Program of Civil Aviation Safety”, which enshrine the right to receive and use information about passengers, exchange of available information about passenger is provided. In particular, it is established that the Anti-Terrorist Center under the Security Service of Ukraine is responsible for national coordination of the implementation of UN Security Council resolutions on countering international terrorism; interaction with special services, law enforcement agencies of foreign countries and international organizations on issues of combating terrorism and exchange of available information about passengers of international flights. Given the international obligations of Ukraine, the urgency of analyzing the main provisions of the existing draft laws on API and PNR is justified in order to form a unified state approach to the creation and operation of a modern system of receiving, processing, distributing, storing and protecting information about passengers of international flights. It has been proven that the most optimal option for the implementation of European standards in the field of API and PNR into national legislation is the implementation of the approach contained in the draft law of the Security Service of Ukraine “On the use of information about passengers to counter terrorism, serious and especially serious crimes”.

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