EC Library Guide on the Treaty of Rome: EU resources
A selection of EU publications on the European Economic Community 1
(by relevance)
The ABC of Community law by
Publication Date: 1984 -On the basis of the European Treaties (European Coal and Steel Community, European Economic Community and European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom)), which were signed in Paris in 1951 and Rome in 1957, thousands of decisions are taken each year which have a major impact on the running of the Member States and on the lives of European citizens.
Finances of Europe by
ISBN: 9282623068Publication Date: 1992In 'The Finances of Europe' the author describes the various rules and regulations governing the European Community's budget, pointing out the limits of its financial autonomy and introducing the various protagonists and their roles in the drawing up, implementation and monitoring of the Community's finances. From the initial struggles for budgetary power to the latest developments in the exercise of this power, all the financial mechanisms of the Community are described in this work, making it a valuable aid to understanding the subject.
- Individual choice and higher growth: The aim of consumer policy in the single market
European Commission, Eamonn Lawlor. Publications Office, 1990,
The consumer's role in a frontier-free Europe.
- 1992: The social dimension
European Commission. Publications Office, 1990,
- A common agricultural policy for the 1990s
European Commission. Publications Office, 1989,
CAP in readily understandable terms - its objectives, the results obtained, the cost and the shortcomings.
The European Community, the formative years: The struggle to establish the Common Market and the Political Union (1958-66) by
ISBN: 92-825-5936-XPublication Date: 1987The original version of this work was published in 1982 by Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, Baden-Baden. The title was "Aufbaujahre der Europäischen Gemeinschaft: das Ringen um den Gemeinsamen Markt und die Politische Union (1958-1966)".The customs union of the European Economic Community by
ISBN: 9282519112Publication Date: 1981The Customs Union was the foundation stone of the Common Market : today it has become one of the keys to the furtherance and consolidation of European integration.
- Facts sheets on the European Parliament and the activities of the European Community
European Parliament, Publications Office of the European Union, 1979-
The fact sheets present a precise synopsis of the Communities' achievements and of the part played by the EP in this development.
The establishment and initial work of the European Parliamentary Assembly after the Rome Treaties
European Parliament, Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services. Publications Office of the European Union, 2019.
The first Community assembly was the ‘Common Assembly’ provided for in the ECSC Treaty. The European Parliamentary Assembly was its historic and legal successor, but the establishment of the EEC and Euratom under the 1957 Rome Treaties meant that, as a single body serving the three Communities, it was no longer the seat of democratic representation for an organisation dealing with one sector, namely coal and steel, but of a system of Communities which embraced the entire range of productive activities and trade.
Community competition policy
European Economic and Social Committee, 1988
The competition policy plays an essential part in the completion of the single market, planned for 1992.
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