<div><span style="font-size: 10pt;">European Union countries today decided to move the headquarters of the bloc's anti-piracy Atalanta patrols from London to the Spanish port of Rota on March 29, when Britain exits the EU.</span></div>''<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span> </div>''<div>An EU statement said in Brussels today that the member countries also agreed to transfer the London-based Martime Security Centre Horn of Africa, which informs shipping about piracy threats off Somalia, to the French port of Brest. The security centre will remain under the Atalanta command.</div>''<div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span> </div>''<div>The EU launched Atalanta in 2008 to fight brazen acts of piracy off the coast of Somalia, including the spectacular hijacking of a Spanish tuna boat in 2009.</div>