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European Economic Community (EEC)

The Treaty of Rome established the European Economic Community (Photo: EU Commission)

Established with the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to create the so-called "common market" from January 1958. Now it belongs to the first pillar of the European Union.

Until 1972, the abbreviation EEC was used. Then it became EC, or European Community, under the 1992 Treaty of Maastricht.

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