Netherlands Advance Passenger Information

The aim of our Advance Passenger Information (API) Implementation Guide is to inform airlines that operate flights to airports in the Netherlands of the API-requirements of the government of the Netherlands. Therefore this Implementation Guide consists of a general part containing six chapters. In these chapters information is handled regarding:
Chapter 2. The airports of departure for which API-data is required
Chapter 3. The legal aspects of the implementation of an API-data system
Chapter 4. How to join the API-system of the Netherlands
Chapter 5. The transmission formats and addresses
Chapter 6. The data requirements of the authorities of the Netherlands
Chapter 7. The enforcement policy of the authorities of the Netherlands.

The Implementation Guide also has three separate parts containing the so called annexes. Although the Annexes come as separate volumes, they form an integral part of the Implementation Guide. Of these annexes:
Annex I: Covers the Aliens Act of the Netherlands and more specific the sections of this Act pertaining to the subject of API-data
Annex II: Handles the enforcement policy regarding the sending of API-data to the Royal Netherlands Marechaussee
Annex III: Deals with the technical aspects of the API-data (the structure as well as the segment details of the messages).