263 Andreea Marica Measures and regulatory changes within the European Union... for civilian and military use. Of particular concern is the loophole that would permit the reactivation of firearms and thus legislative measures have been taken to ensure that for firearms that have been deactivated this is done so irreversibly122. Another series of loopholes in the current legal framework will be closed with the proposal for a firearms directive, which aims to enhance the dissemination of information, strengthen tracing, standardise the market and establish common rules for the deactivation of firearms123, as well as to prohibit the sale of firearms and their components online, given the increased use of this sales channel for firearms and the difficulties encountered online as regards checking the legality of permits for the possession of firearms124. Passenger Name Record (PNR) Recent terrorist attacks in the EU have once again highlighted the high threat level that we face. Consequently, it has been deemed necessary to implement a series of measures to guarantee a high level of security for all citizens. Measures, however, that cannot be carried out without a certain degree of intrusion into the right to privacy125. Accordingly, it has been seen as vital that competent authorities be able to evaluate and identify passengers who before this evaluation were not flagged up as terrorism offence suspects yet for whom, once the analysis has been undertaken, PNR data indicate that they may been involved in such activities and hence should be subject to an additional investigation126. On the basis of the new Directive, airlines are obliged to provide the competent authorities of Member States with the PNR data127 of flights entering or exiting the EU, 122 Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/2403 of 15 December 2015 establishing common guidelines on deactivation standards and techniques for ensuring that deactivated firearms are rendered irreversibly inoperable. 123 Draft Council conclusions on strengthening the use of means of fighting trafficking of firearms, Press Release 713/15, 8.10.2015. 124 Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Directive 91/477/EEC on control of the acquisition and possession of weapons. Brussels, 18.11.2015 COM(2015) 750 final, p.10. 125 Meeting of the Consultative Forum of Prosecutors General and Directors of Public Prosecutions of the Member States of the European Union and Workshop on Data Retention in the Fight Against Serious Crime: The Way Forward Eurojust, The Hague, 10-11 December 2015. Doc. 5930/16, 1.13. 126 Directive (EU) 2016/681 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the use of passenger name record (PNR) data for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution of terrorist offences and serious crime. OJEU L119, 4.5.2016. Recital 7. 127 Passenger name record data as far as collected by air carriers: 1. PNR record locator; 2. Date of reservation/issue of ticket; 3. Date(s) of intended travel; 4. Name(s); 5. Address and contact information (telephone number, e-mail address); 6. All forms of payment information, including http://revista.ieee.es/index.php/ieee
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