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EEC

EEC

1 5.2
A group of European countries that worked to reduce trade barriers
  • noun
translation icon : CEE
  • Joining the EEC allowed for increased trade among member countries.
  • EEC Economic Community
  • EEC Community
  • EEC Treaty

Ted Heath, the Prime Minister of Britain, who took us into the European what became the European Union, the EEC.

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Examples

  • What should the EEC do to encourage habitat protection?

    Academic text (1991)

  • In July 1959, it applied for associate membership in the European Economic Community (EEC) and was accepted in September 1963.

    Academic text (2005)

  • Joining the EEC seemed like a great idea.

    Brexit: The Movie (2016)

  • All three countries are now members of the EEC and NATO.

    Academic text (1999)

  • After 1989, there was hope that Poland would become a member of the EEC very soon.

    Academic text (1995)

  • As the firm exports its products, it is in the process of updating the facilities to meet EEC standards.

    Academic text (1994)

  • The European Economic Community (EEC) was established by the Treaty of Rome in 1952.

    Academic text (1994)

  • Since its inception in 1958, the European Economic Community (EEC) has been a major catalyst for change in landscapes and life.

    Academic text (1999)

  • CELAD itself was set up by the EEC (now EU) in 1989 to bring together national coordinators for illicit drugs.

    Academic text (2007)

  • In 1976, the EC established a regulation, EEC 1163/76, that offered growers a subsidy for uprooting vines (Gilbert 1987, 97-99).

    Academic text (1993)

Synonyms

EC
vsEEC
28 5.8

A group of European countries that work together to remove trade barriers and make common rules

uses the specific economic word to signal the original focus
European Community
vsEEC
19 3.7

Countries in Europe that worked together after World War II to make trade and laws easier

is the earlier abbreviated name focusing on economic integration
Common Market
vsEEC
  • Archaic
4 3.7

A group of European countries that removed limits on trade and worked together economically

is the official abbreviated name for that specific organization
European Economic Community
vsEEC
1 4.3

An organization of European countries set up in 1957 that later became the European Union

is the abbreviated form used instead of the full name

Surface Forms

EEC singular
EECs plural

Etymology

EEC is short for European Economic Community, with economic meaning 'trade and money' and community meaning 'a group of countries'. It was created after World War II to make trade easier and to have countries work together, so EEC names that group of countries and their economic cooperation.