European Communities pillar

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The European Communities pillar was one of the three main structural components of the European Union established by the Maastricht Treaty, covering its core economic and supranational integration policies.

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Label Occurrences
European Communities pillar canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pillar of the European Union
supranational policy framework
aimedAt economic integration
establishment of a common market
progressive realization of an economic and monetary union
alsoKnownAs first pillar of the European Union
appliedTo member states of the European Union
characterizedBy community method of decision-making
consistedOf European Atomic Energy Community NERFINISHED
European Coal and Steel Community NERFINISHED
European Community NERFINISHED
coveredPolicyArea agriculture
cohesion policy
common commercial policy
competition policy
customs union
development cooperation
economic and monetary union
environment
fisheries
internal market
research and technological development
social policy (partly)
transport
createdBy Treaty of Maastricht NERFINISHED
endDate 2009-12-01
governedBy Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community NERFINISHED
Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community NERFINISHED
Treaty establishing the European Community NERFINISHED
hadDecisionMakingBody Council of the European Union NERFINISHED
European Parliament NERFINISHED
hadExecutiveBody European Commission NERFINISHED
hadJudicialBody Court of Justice of the European Communities NERFINISHED
hadLegalPersonality yes (through the European Community and Euratom)
hadLegislativeProcedure co-decision procedure
consultation procedure
cooperation procedure
integratedInto European Union legal order after 2009
legalNature supranational
parallelTo Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar NERFINISHED
Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters pillar NERFINISHED
partOf European Union
replacedBy European Union single institutional framework after Treaty of Lisbon
startDate 1993-11-01
supersededBy European Union with single legal personality under Treaty of Lisbon NERFINISHED
usedVotingSystem qualified majority voting in the Council (for many areas)
unanimity in the Council (for some areas)
wasOneOf three pillars of the European Union

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Maastricht Treaty 1992 pillar European Communities pillar
subject surface form: Maastricht Treaty