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1. Air carriers shall collect the API data pursuant to Article 4 in a manner that ensures that the API data that they transfer in accordance with Article 6 are accurate, complete and up to date.

2. Air carriers shall collect the API data referred to in Article 4(2), points (a) to (d), using automated means to collect the machine-readable data of the travel document of the passenger concerned. They shall do so in accordance with the detailed technical requirements and operational rules referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article, once such rules have been adopted and are applicable. Where air carriers provide an online check-in process, they shall enable passengers to provide the API data referred to in Article 4(2), points (a) to (d), by automated means during that online check-in process. For passengers that do not check in online, air carriers shall enable those passengers to provide those API data by automated means during check-in at the airport with the assistance of a self-service kiosk or of air carriers’ staff at the counter. Where the use of automated means is not technically possible, air carriers shall exceptionally collect the API data referred to in Article 4(2), points (a) to (d), manually, either as part of the online check-in or as part of the check-in at the airport, in such a manner as to ensure compliance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

3. Any automated means used by air carriers to collect API data under this Regulation shall be reliable, secure and up to date. Air carriers shall ensure that API data are encrypted during the transfer of such data from the passenger to the air carrier.

4. During a transitional period, and in addition to the automated means referred to in paragraph 3, air carriers shall make it possible for passengers to provide API data manually as part of the online check-in. In such cases, air carriers shall use data verification techniques to ensure compliance with paragraph 1.

5. The transitional period referred to in paragraph 4 shall not affect the right of air carriers to verify, at the airport prior to the boarding of the aircraft, API data collected as part of the online check-in in order to ensure compliance with paragraph 1, in accordance with the applicable Union law.

6. The Commission is empowered to adopt, as of the date four years after the start of operations of the router referred to in Article 34, and on the basis of an evaluation of the availability and accessibility of automated means to collect API data, a delegated act in accordance with Article 44 to terminate the transitional period referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article.

7. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 44 to supplement this Regulation by laying down detailed technical requirements and operational rules for the collection of the API data referred to in Article 4(2), points (a) to (d), using automated means in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, and for the manual collection of API data in exceptional circumstances in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article and during the transitional period referred to in paragraph 4 of this Article. Those technical requirements and operational rules shall include requirements for data security and for using the most reliable automated means available to collect the machine-readable data of a travel document.

8. Air carriers that use automated means to collect the information referred to in Article 3(1) and (2) of Directive 2004/82/EC shall be entitled to do so applying the technical requirements relating to such use referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article, in accordance with that Directive.