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EEC: see European Economic Community European Economic Community (EEC), organization established (1958) by a treaty signed in 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany (now Germany); it was known informally as the Common Market. ..... Click the link for more information. . European Economic Community (EEC)later European Community (EC) known as the Common MarketAssociation of European countries designed to promote European economic unity. It was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1957 to develop the economies of the member states into a single common market and to build a political union of the states of western Europe. The EEC also sought to establish a single commercial policy toward nonmember countries, to coordinate transportation systems, agricultural policies, and general economic policies, to remove measures restricting free competition, and to assure the mobility of labour, capital, and entrepreneurship among member states. The liberalized trade policies it sponsored from the 1950s were highly successful in increasing trade and economic prosperity in western Europe. In 1967 its governing bodies were merged into the European Community. In 1993 the EEC was renamed the European Community (EC); it is now the principal organization within the European Union. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In the December 2006 issue of Northern Ontario Business on EEC Energy Corp. Still, many of these complex syndromes are treated as types of ED for classification purposes and for peer support--a person with the EEC syndrome, for instance, might seek support from both the National Foundation for Ectodermal Dysplasias and from any one of the cleft palate support groups. Once this dispute mechanism was in place, the EEC brought a complaint against the United States for its FSC rules. |
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