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ID 692320 Last modified 26.03.2019
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Domain European Union; EU - European Community; European Communities; EC
  • an economic and political association of European States that came into being in 1967, when the legislative and executive bodies of the European Economic Community merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community: subsumed into the European Union in 1993
  • the former W European economic association created by the Treaty of Rome in 1957; in 1967 its executive and legislative bodies merged with those of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community to form the European Community (now part of the European Union)
Euroopa Ühendus former
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  • Maastrichti lepinguga muudeti selle ühenduse nimetus Euroopa Majandusühenduse (EMÜ) asemel Euroopa Ühenduseks (EÜ).
Euroopa Majandusühendus former
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  • Euroopa Majandusühendus (inglise European Economic Community; lühend EEC või EMÜ), 1993. aastast Euroopa Ühendus (lühend EÜ), oli rahvusvaheline organisatsioon, mis loodi 1957. aastal sõlmitud Rooma asutamislepingu põhjal 1958. aastast ning kestis 2009. aastani. See oli üks Euroopa Liidu eelkäijatest.
EMÜ abbreviation
European Community former
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  • By this Treaty, the HIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES establish among themselves a EUROPEAN COMMUNITY. The Community shall have as its task, by establishing a common market and an economic and monetary union and by implementing common policies or activities referred to in Articles 3 and 4, to promote throughout the Community a harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of economic activities, a high level of employment and of social protection, equality between men and women, sustainable and non-inflationary growth, a high degree of competitiveness and convergence of economic performance, a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment, the raising of the standard of living and quality of life, and economic and social cohesion and solidarity among Member States.
  • The Union shall be founded on the present Treaty and on the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter referred to as “the Treaties”). Those two Treaties shall have the same legal value. The Union shall replace and succeed the European Community.
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  • ceased on 1 December 2009 — date of entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon [13.06.2017]
EC abbreviation
European Economic Community former
EEC

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