The denomination European Community replaces that of European Economic community since November 1st 1993. The “economic” adjective was withdrawn from its name by the Traité of Maastricht in 1992. It is, with the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), an element of what is called the European Communities (plural), which in their turn is a pillar of the European Union.
Contrary to the European Union, European Community with the legal personality, being a Moral person of public International law.
See also: History of the European Union, European Economic community
The European Economic community was founded by the the Treaty of Rome the March 25th 1957, after the success of the Conférence of Messine.
The European directives are based on the treaty of the European Community, even if usually one wrongly allots them to the European Union, whose European Community is only one of the communities.
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