The Treaty of Rome, signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany, established the European Economic Community, the direct institutional ancestor of today's European Union. It created a common market among its six founding members, committing them to the progressive removal of tariffs and other barriers to the free movement of goods, and set out common policies in areas including agriculture and trade, along with shared institutions to govern the new community. The treaty entered into force on 1 January 1958 and, alongside the parallel treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community signed the same day in Rome, laid the legal and institutional groundwork on which subsequent treaties, including the 1992 Maastricht Treaty, built the modern European Union.
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Document Type Creation Year Origin PlaceCapitoline Hill, Rome, Italy 1 Partially Attested
Current LocationGovernment of Italy (depositary) 1 Source names the depositary government, not a physical archive location. Classification
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Is there more than one Treaty of Rome?
Two treaties were signed on 25 March 1957, creating the European Economic Community and Euratom.
Yes. On 25 March 1957 the six founding countries signed two treaties, one creating the European Economic Community and one creating the European Atomic Energy Community, known as Euratom. Both bodies came into being on 1 January 1958. The European Union's own history page speaks of the Treaties of Rome for the pair, and of the Treaty of Rome when it names the one that established the European Economic Community.
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1. Wikipedia: Treaty of Rome
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Founding treaty
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25 March 1957
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Capitoline Hill in Rome, Italy
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Government of Italy
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Treaty establishing the European Economic Community
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In Era: The Contemporary Period, lead paragraph and infobox, date
The treaty was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany, and it came into force on 1 January 1958.
In Group: International Agreements and Pacts of the Cold War Era, 1946 to 1989, Lead
The treaty was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany, and it came into force on 1 January 1958.
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