EEC

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international organization regional organization

The EEC was a regional organization founded in 1957 to foster economic integration among its European member states and is a key precursor to the modern European Union.

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	international organization → regional organization →
abbreviation	EEC →
createdCustomsUnion	true →
customsUnionCompletion	1968 →
dissolvedOrReplaced	European Community →
founded	1957 →
foundingDate	25 March 1957 →
foundingLocation	Rome →
foundingMembers	Belgium → France → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands → West Germany →
foundingTreaty	Treaty of Rome →
fullName	European Economic Community →
headquarters	Brussels →
historicalPrecursorOf	European Single Market →
keyPrecursorOf	European Union →
legalSuccessor	European Community →
memberState	Belgium → France → Italy → Luxembourg → Netherlands → West Germany →
mergedInstitutionallyWith	European Atomic Energy Community → European Coal and Steel Community →
mergerTreaty	Treaty of Brussels (Merger Treaty) →
mergerTreatyDate	1967 →
officialLanguage	Dutch → French → German → Italian →
policyArea	common agricultural policy → common trade policy → competition policy → customs union →
purpose	creation of a common market → economic integration → promotion of free movement of capital → promotion of free movement of goods → promotion of free movement of persons → promotion of free movement of services →
regionServed	Europe →
supranationalOrganization	true →
transformationDate	1 November 1993 →
transformedByTreaty	Maastricht Treaty → Treaty on European Union →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
EEC → EEC →	abbreviation
European Economic Community →	alsoKnownAs
Common Market →	shortName