mar 25, 1957 - Treaty of Rome

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The Treaty of Rome, also known as the EEC Treaty, was signed in 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany, and came into force on 1 January 1958. It is one of the two most important treaties in the European Union (EU). The treaty proposed the progressive reduction of customs duties, the establishment of a customs union, a common market for goods, labour, services, and capital across member states, a Common Agriculture Policy, Common Transport Policy, a European Social Fund, and the establishment of the European Commission. The treaty has been amended several times since 1957, with the 1992 Maastricht Treaty removing the word "economic" from its official title and the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon renaming it the "Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union".

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