EEC

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf international organization
regional organization
abbreviation EEC
createdCustomsUnion true
customsUnionCompletion 1968
dissolvedOrReplaced European Community
linked to: European Union
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
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
historicalPrecursorOf European Single Market
keyPrecursorOf European Union
legalSuccessor European Community
linked to: European Union
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

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