EU FRAMEWORK DECISION ON COMBATING TERRORISM COMES INTO FORCE
The controversial EU Framework Decision on combating terrorism came into force on 23 June 2002. Under Article 11.1 all EU "Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Framework Decision by 31 December 2002". The scope of the Framework Decision is ambiguous and could cover protests. This view, taken by civil society groups, is given further weight by a number of other measures introduced under the Spanish Presidency of the EU including the creation of a database on the Schengen Information System (SIS) of suspected "troublemakers".
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jul/01terrdec.htm
UK GOVERNMENT DEMANDING THAT AIRLINES COLLECT PERSONAL DATA ON EVERY PASSENGER
On 6 July 2002 the Guardian newspaper reported that the British Air Transport Association is objecting to Home Office plans to put through parliament a Statutory Instrument, under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, requiring airlines to record the name, gender, date of birth, home address etc plus the number of pieces of luggage they are carrying before each plane can take off. The airline industry (including British Airways, Virgin and British Midland) are objecting because the costs and delays this will entail (they say passengers will need to get to airports four hours before a flight). This idea was originally put forward by the US authorities at a secret meeting of the EU's high-level Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum on 26 October 2001.
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jul/05airdata.htm
The controversial EU Framework Decision on combating terrorism came into force on 23 June 2002. Under Article 11.1 all EU "Member States shall take the necessary measures to comply with this Framework Decision by 31 December 2002". The scope of the Framework Decision is ambiguous and could cover protests. This view, taken by civil society groups, is given further weight by a number of other measures introduced under the Spanish Presidency of the EU including the creation of a database on the Schengen Information System (SIS) of suspected "troublemakers".
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jul/01terrdec.htm
UK GOVERNMENT DEMANDING THAT AIRLINES COLLECT PERSONAL DATA ON EVERY PASSENGER
On 6 July 2002 the Guardian newspaper reported that the British Air Transport Association is objecting to Home Office plans to put through parliament a Statutory Instrument, under the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001, requiring airlines to record the name, gender, date of birth, home address etc plus the number of pieces of luggage they are carrying before each plane can take off. The airline industry (including British Airways, Virgin and British Midland) are objecting because the costs and delays this will entail (they say passengers will need to get to airports four hours before a flight). This idea was originally put forward by the US authorities at a secret meeting of the EU's high-level Strategic Committee on Immigration, Frontiers and Asylum on 26 October 2001.
See: http://www.statewatch.org/news/2002/jul/05airdata.htm