mic policies. The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC) which was to further the use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes. The original six countries signed the treaties, creating these two Communities on March 25,1957 in Rome. Often referred to as the Rome Treaties, they were ratified the same year and came into force in January 1958.The EEC, upon its birth, had several goals for its members. The most important was the gradual elimination of tax barriers and tariffs within and between the member nations. The idea was to turn the six original members into a customs union, with free trade between themselves and a uniform trade with the rest of the world; multiple entities acting with one economy. Another factor of the EEC was to equalize the tariffs and taxes on imports for all member countries. Without these two steps, there would be too much competition between members, and the EEC would loose its competitiveness with the rest of the world.The EEC had its aim towards an eventual economic union of its member nations, ultimately leading to political union. It worked for the free movement of labor and capital, the abolition of trusts and cartels, and the development of joint and reciprocal policies on labor, social welfare, agriculture, transport, and foreign trade. European Economic Community Becomes the European UnionThe European Economic Community existed until 1993 when the 1992 Maastricht Treaty took effect. The Maastricht treaty made it constitutionally possible to achieve Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), and developed the Union's inherent political dimension through the new Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP). The Council of Ministers of the EEC formally changed its name to Council of the European Union as a result of Maastricht Treaty. EUROPEAN UNIONThe European Union is a unique, treaty-based, institutional framework that defines and manages economic and political cooperation among its fifteen European member count...
