Treaty of Rome
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[edit] The treaty establishing the EEC
The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (EEC) and was signed by France, West Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg (the latter three as part of the Benelux) on March 25, 1957.
According to George C. McGhee, former US ambassador to West Germany, it was nurtured at Bilderberg meetings.[1] The treaty's original full name was the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community -- however the Treaty of Maastricht amended it and among other things removed the word "Economic" from the name of both the community and the treaty. The treaty is therefore now generally called the Treaty establishing the European Community (TEC) or the EC Treaty.
In March 2007 the BBC Today programme reported that the document signed by European leaders, considered to mark the birth of the European Union, “was signed as blank sheet of paper” as a result of the Italian state printer’s delays in printing the full document. [2] [3]
[edit] The treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
Another treaty was signed the same day establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).
[edit] The treaties of Rome
Both treaties in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (Treaty of Paris), which expired in 2001/02, have become known as the Treaties of Rome (plural). As well as the Treaty of Rome the Euratom Treaty came into force on 1 January 1958.
The original Treaty was amended by all the subsequent treaties; the Treaty of Nice sought to consolidate all treaties into one document but the EC Treaty as amended remains a single section within this, with its own article numbering.
Though the entry in force of the Treaty of Maastricht in 1992 was a further step in the direction of European integration, most decisions of the institutions of the Union are still taken on the legal basis of EC Treaty, which remains the main source of communitary legislation.
[edit] Signatories
The treaty was signed by:
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[edit] Timeline of the Treaties and EU Constitution
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| 1952 | 1958 | 1967 | 1993 | 1999 | 2003 | ? |
| EC - European Community... | E U R O P E A N U N I O N ( E U ) | |||||
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| European Economic Community (EEC) |
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| ...European Communities: ECSC, EEC (EC, 1993), Euratom | Justice & Home Affairs |
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| Police & Judicial Co-operation in Criminal matters (PJCC) |
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| Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) | ||||||
| Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community) | ||||||
| Treaty of Paris |
Treaties of Rome |
Merger Treaty |
Treaty of Maastricht |
Treaty of Amsterdam |
Treaty of Nice |
European Constitution |
| "THREE PILLARS" - European Communities (EC, Euratom), Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal matters (PJCC) | ||||||
| Preceded by Treaty of Paris (1951) |
EU treaties | Succeeded by Merger Treaty (1965) |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Origins - articles which explain how and why the Bilderberg meetings began..
- ^ BBC Today of 24 March 2007: What really happened when the Treaty of Rome was signed 50 years ago
- ^ icWales: EU landmark document was 'blank pages' about a BBC Today report of 24 March 2007
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[edit] External links
- Consolidated version of the Treaty (OJEC C325 of 24 December 2002)
- History of the Rome Treaties European NAvigator
- Treaty establishing the European Economic Community European NAvigator
- Happy Birthday EU - Union wide design competition to mark the 50th anniversary of the Treaty
- EUX.TV - WebTV channel with news and documentaries about the European Union
