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 * The Treaty of Rome (1957) **

 The Treaty of Rome, establishing the European Economic Community (EEC), signed on March 25th, 1957 in Rome, and entered into force on January 1st, 1958. The Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) was signed at the same time and the two are therefore jointly known as the Treaties of Rome.

The EEC brings together France, Germany, Italy and the Benelux countries in a community whose aim is to achieve integration via trade with a view to economic expansion. After the Treaty of Maastricht the EEC became the European Community, reflecting the determination of the Member States to expand the Community's powers to non-economic domains. The establishment of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) in July 1952 was the first step towards a supranational Europe. For the first time the six Member States of this organisation relinquished part of their sovereignty, albeit in a limited domain, in favour of the Community.

This first drive towards integration soon came to a halt with the failure of the European Defence Community (EDC) in 1954.

Although there was reason to fear that the effort undertaken by the ECSC was doomed to fail, the Messina Conference of June 1955 endeavoured to add a new impetus to European construction. It was followed by a series of meetings of ministers or experts. A preparatory committee responsible for drafting a report on the creation of a European common market was created at the beginning of 1956. It met in Brussels under the Presidency of P.H. Spaak, the Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs at the time. In April 1956 this Committee submitted two drafts, which corresponded to the two options selected by the Member States: · The creation of a general common market; · The creation of an atomic energy community.

It was in Rome that the famous "Treaties of Rome" were signed in March 1957.

The first Treaty established the European Economic Community (EEC) and the second the European Atomic Energy Community, better known as Euratom.

Since ratification at national level did not pose any problems, these two Treaties entered into force on 1 January 1958.

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 //Source : Wikipedia, retrived on March 15th, 2009 ; the dates are corresponding to the entering into force of the Treaties

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**Sources** - Wikipedia, retrived on March 15th, 2009 ; the dates are corresponding to the enterring into force of the Treaties

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