EC Library Guide on the Treaty of Rome: Introduction
The Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC, otherwise known as ‘Euratom’), or the Treaties of Rome, were signed on 25 March 1957 and came into force on 1 January 1958 (source: Fact sheets on the European Union, accessed 29 May 2024).
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- Treaty of Rome (EEC)
Summaries of EU Legislation
This summary explains the aim and key points of the Treaty of Rome. It also mentions that, the Treaty of Rome has been amended on a number of occasions, and today it is called the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union . - Treaty of Rome
European Parliament
The Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) was signed in Rome (Italy) on 25 March 1957 and entered into force 1st January 1958 .
- Fact sheets on the European Union: The first Treaties
European Parliament.
The decision to pool the coal and steel industries of six European countries, brought into force by the Treaty of Paris in 1951, marked the first step towards European integration. The Treaties of Rome of 1957 strengthened the foundations of this integration, as well as the notion of a common future for the six European countries involved.
History of a the Treaties of Rome
On 25 March 1957, six countries made history by signing two treaties in Rome. One of them established the European Economic Community (EEC), and the other set up Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community).
(Source: European Parliament, Multimedia Center)
- The Treaties of Rome
Kiran Klaus Patel. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics, 2019. (Retrieved 11 Jan. 2024)
Together with the Treaty of Paris (1951), which established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the two Treaties of Rome (1957) were the founding treaties of today’s European Union. Of the two Rome treaties, the more influential proved to be that which created the European Economic Community (EEC).
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