Talk:European Community

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Please note that it is not technically correct to describe the EC as the EU. The EC will remain until all three pillars are amalgomated under the draft constitution.

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Are you sure Sweden is a member of the European Community? It was not a member of the European Union when it was established, and the other 'new' EU members are not on the list.

Yes, Sweden is an EU member -- every member of the EU is in the EC, and every member in the EC is in the EU. The EU and the EC are basically the same organization. (Techincally, only the EC is legally an organization, and the EU is composed of the EC and also wider non-EC responsibilities in areas such as foreign policy, security and defence, policing and crime co-operation.) Also, all the the 'new' EU members are on the list -- your not thinking of the candidate countries are you? (They are not yet members.) --- Simon J Kissane

I expect there is some good Wiki reason why there isn't a list of country names here.

In regards to the date change... from the EU website: http://europa.eu.int/abc/treaties/index_en.htm

"The Treaty on European Union, which was signed in Maastricht on 7 February 1992, entered into force on 1 November 1993. The Maastricht Treaty changed the name of the European Economic Community to simply 'the European Community'."

I think that the entry into force date would be the appropriate changeover moment for the EEC name to the shortened EC, despite any preceding signings/ratifications.

-Mike Hollis

[edit] Rated

Article rated--if there are sources it should be nominated for Good Article Candidate (WP:GAC). →James Kidd (contr/talk/email) 12:25, 8 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] European Union and WTO.

"For legal reasons the European Union is known as the European Communities in WTO matters."
This is nonsense. The EU ist _not_ a WTO member, but the EC is. I'll delete this, okay? Henning Blatt 21:19, 11 February 2007 (UTC)