Treaty of Paris (1951)
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| Treaty of Paris | |
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| Signed - location |
18 April 1951 Paris, France |
| Effective | 23 July 1952 |
| Expiration | 23 July 2002 |
| Signatories | Belgium France West Germany Italy Luxembourg The Netherlands |
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Wikisource original text: The Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) |
The Treaty of Paris, signed on 18 April 1951 between France, West Germany, Italy and the three BeNeLux countries Belgium, Luxembourg, and The Netherlands established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), which subsequently became part of the European Union. The treaty came into force on 23 July 1952 and expired on 23 July 2002, exactly fifty years after it came into effect.
The treaty was seen as foundational in bringing together Europe in peace after the Second World War. Some of the main enemies during the war were now sharing production of coal and steel, the key-resources which previously had been central to the war effort.
| 1948 Brussels |
1952 Paris |
1958 Rome |
1967 Brussels |
1987 SEA |
1993 Maastricht |
1999 Amsterdam |
2003 Nice |
2009? Lisbon |
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| European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) | |||||||||
| European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) | European Union (EU) | ||||||||
| European Economic Community (EEC) | → P I L L A R S → |
European Community (EC) | |||||||
| ↑European Communities↑ | Justice & Home Affairs (JHA) | ||||||||
| Police & Judicial co-operation in Criminal Matters (PJCC) | |||||||||
| European Political Cooperation (EPC) | Common Foreign & Security Policy (CFSP) | ||||||||
| Western European Union (WEU) | |||||||||
[edit] External links
- Treaty constituting the European Coal and Steel Community
- The history of the European Union 1945-1957
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