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01/01/1958 The European Economic Community is formed

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Free Trade With Europe? (1958)

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1958: First Council of the EEC

The European Economic Community was created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. The Community's initial aim was to bring about economic integration, including a common market and customs union, among its six founding members: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany.