BRUSSELS, Belgium, June 29, SPA -- The European Union on Friday reached an agreement to share data on trans-Atlantic air passengers with the United States, diplomats said. Envoys from the EU's 27 nations reached a «basicpolitical understanding» on a deal struck earlier by EUand U.S. negotiators, under which the amount of data handed over would be reduced but U.S. authorities would be able to hold on to the information for longer, the diplomats said. Governments will attempt to formally endorse the deal later this summer, after national parliaments study it, theysaid. «We'll try to finish this in August. Some countrieswant to study the ins and outs of the deal,» an EUambassador said on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, according to a report of the Associated Press.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/463303