The K-Zone: European Economic Community

The politico-legal body established by the TreatyOfRome in 1957, with the objective of creating a free trade area. In 1965, the MergerTreaty was signed, which had the effect of merging the governing institutions of the EEC with those of the ECSC and Euroatom. The resulting organization was called the EuropeanCommunities, reflecting the fact that there were three different Communities with common administration, rather than one `Community'. The term was changed to EuropeanCommunity (singular) by the TreatyOfMaastricht.

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