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Mon 07 Jul 2007EADS to change management structureEuropean aerospace group EADS confirmed today it would scrap its dual-nationality management structure in the final quarter of 2007.Under the deal, reached hours before French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel were due to meet at Airbus headquarters in Toulouse, Rudiger Grube will become the group's sole chairman and Louis Gallois its chief executive.