Treaty establishing the European Community

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The Treaty establishing the European Community (EC Treaty, abbreviated to EC Treaty or EC for short) was adopted by Article 2 of the Treaty of Lisbon with effect from 1. December 2009 renamed the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The Treaty was originally called the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC Treaty). The Treaty of Maastricht 1992 renamed the EEC Treaty to the EC Treaty and renumbered it by the Treaty of Amsterdam 1997. The renamings were each accompanied by significant changes to the Treaty.

The EEC Treaty established the European Economic Community. It was closed indefinitely. The Treaty is one of the primary sources of law within European law. With the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon on 1 January In December 2009, the European Community was merged with the former European Union; they continue to exist as a sole legal entity under the name of the European Union.

The EEC Treaty and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), also signed in 1957, are known as the Treaties of Rome.

The first signatories were on 25. In March 1957 in Rome, the representatives of Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. The content of the contract had been worked out in advance at the Bilderberg conferences. It entered into force at the beginning of 1958 after the deposit of the last instrument of ratification (according to Art. 313 with the Government of the Italian Republic).

Subsequently, the following States acceded to the Treaty:
Kingdom of Denmark, Hellenic Republic, Kingdom of Spain, Republic of Ireland, Republic of Austria, Portuguese Republic, Republic of Finland, Kingdom of Sweden, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Republic of Estonia, Republic of Latvia, Republic of Lithuania, Republic of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovak Republic, Republic of Hungary, Republic of Slovenia, Republic of Malta, Republic of Cyprus, Romania, Republic of Bulgaria and Croatia.

The EC Treaty was the continuation of the desire for cooperation in Europe in certain areas after the Second World War and after the establishment of the Coal and Steel Union. This was preceded by attempts to establish a defence community (the EC Treaty), but these failed because the French National Assembly (parliament) voted 319 to 264 against voting on the intended treaty. This was followed by the realisation that European integration in the economic field would initially be easier to advance.

The essential provisions of the Treaty on European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC, Coal and Steel Union) were incorporated into the EC Treaty after its expiry in 2002.

The usual abbreviation is EGV, but when citing individual articles, the European Court of Justice wanted the abbreviation EC to be used if, according to the