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REGULATION (EU) 2025/13 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 19 December 2024

on the collection and transfer of advance passenger information for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/818

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Decision 2002/917/EC of 3 October 2002 on the conclusion of the Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (1), and in particular Article 3(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus (hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 January 2003.
(2) Article 23 of the Agreement establishes a Joint Committee responsible for the management of the Agreement.
(3) Pursuant to Article 23(3) of the Agreement, the Joint Committee is required to establish its rules of procedure.
(4) The Joint Committee is responsible, in accordance with Article 24(2)(c) of the Agreement, for adapting Annex 1 to the Agreement regarding the conditions applying to road passenger transport operators and Annex 2 to the Agreement concerning the technical standards applying to buses and coaches. Furthermore, the Joint Committee is responsible, in accordance with Article 24(2)(e) of the Agreement, for adapting the requirements concerning the social provisions referred to in Article 8 of the Agreement in order to incorporate the new measures taken in the Union.
(5) In accordance with Article 24(1) of the Agreement, the Joint Committee is to ensure the proper implementation of the Agreement. To this end, a recommendation should be made advocating the use of a technical report for coaches and buses with a view to facilitating the monitoring of the provisions of Articles 1 and 2 of Annex 2 to the Agreement.
(6) The Union is required to adopt a position on the draft Decision and draft Recommendation of the Joint Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:


The position of the Union within the Joint Committee set up under Article 23 of the Interbus Agreement on the international occasional carriage of passengers by coach and bus shall be based on the attached draft Decision and draft Recommendation.
The rules of procedure of the Joint Committee as set out in Annex I to this Decision are hereby adopted.
Annex 1 to the Agreement regarding the conditions applying to road passenger transport operators, Annex 2 to the Agreement concerning the technical standards applying to buses and coaches and the requirements concerning the social provisions referred to in Article 8 of the Agreement are hereby adapted as set out in Annex II to this Decision.



(1)   OJ L 321, 26.11.2002, p. 11.

(1)   OJ L 321, 26.11.2002, p. 11.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2010/308/oj