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CEE European Economic Community What is CEE? It's undoubtedly the most important economic association of our continent , established in 1993 after the Treaty of Maastricht (1992) . This treaty was the last leg of a long project begun 40 years ago: the European Union . They were six European countries ( Italy , France , Belgium , Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany) to kick off " the dance " in 1951 and founded the European Coal and Steel Community ( CECA ) . The same later created the European Economic Community ( EEC ) : a very complex and difficult to reconcile differences especially not from the member countries had little orientation that the EU should have had : France aimed primarily because the control Atomic Energy Community , and especially Germany called for a common market free of customs barriers. Through the mediation of the Belgian Prime Minister and Italian Foreign Minister Gaetano Martino, came to the Treaties of Rome of March 25, 1957 , which marked the birth of the CEE and EURATOM. The European Union , following the great economic success , the high quality of life and a strong technological and industrial development , extended to other European countries which, in 1960 , Great Britain .

Main objectives

The European Union has the task of organizing a coherent and supportive relations between the Member States and their peoples .

The major objectives which are as follows : 

• The promotion of economic and social progress ( completion of the internal market in 1993 , launching the single currency in 1999) ;
  

• The statement of the European identity on the international scene ( European humanitarian aid to third countries , foreign policy and security policy , intervention in the management of international crises , the common position in international organizations ) ;
  

• The establishment of European citizenship ( which supplements national citizenship without replacing it and gives European citizens a number of civil and political rights ) ;
  

• The development of an area of freedom , security and justice ( which depends on the functioning of the internal market and in particular the free movement of persons )

The Institutions

The proper functioning of the European Union has given to five institutions;

• the European Parliament (elected by the citizens of the Member States );  

• the Council (representing the governments of the Member States );

• the Commission ( the executive body and the holder of the right of legislative initiative );

• the Court of Justice (ensuring compliance with the law);

• the Court of Auditors ( controlling the financial management of the Union) .  

These institutions will enlist the assistance of other organs :

• The Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions ( advisory bodies which represent the different categories of economic and social areas of the EU) ;

• The European mediator ( for receiving citizens' complaints about maladministration in the EU Community ) ;

• European Investment Bank ( EU financial institution );

• The European Central Bank ( responsible for monetary policy in the euro area ) .

It cooperates with::

• EUROLAB - European Federation of National Associations of Measurements, Testing and Analitycal Laboratories
• SWEDAC - Swedish Board for Accreditation and Conformity Assessment

Visit: CEE (http://www.europa.eu.int)
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