The European Parliament adopted by 633 votes to 52, with 20 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council decision on the conclusion, on behalf of the Union, of Amendment 1 to the Memorandum of Cooperation NAT-I-9406 between the United States of America and the European Union.
Parliament gave its consent to the conclusion of the agreement.
Amendment 1 of the Memorandum of Cooperation extends the scope of cooperation between the Parties to all phases of ATM modernisation (i.e. R&D, validation, demonstration and deployment), with the objective of ensuring global interoperability, and modifies the structure and governance of the Memorandum so as to optimise the implementation and management of the cooperative activities carried out thereunder.