11 Facts About European Community

European Economic Community was a regional organization created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957, aiming to foster economic integration among its member states.

Shortly after its election, the Parliament proposed that the European Community adopt the flag of Europe design used by the Council of Europe.

In 1987 Turkey formally applied to join the European Community and began the longest application process for any country.

The EEC's areas of activities were enlarged and were renamed the European Community, continuing to follow the supranational structure of the EEC.

Council of the European Communities was a body holding legislative and executive powers and was thus the main decision making body of the Community.

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Since the 1960s the Council began to meet informally at the level of heads of government and heads of state; these European Community summits followed the same presidency system and secretariat as the Council but was not a formal formation of it.

Commission of the European Communities was the executive arm of the community, drafting Community law, dealing with the day to running of the Community and upholding the treaties.

Under the Community, the European Parliament had an advisory role to the Council and Commission.

The Single European Community Act gave Parliament more power, with the assent procedure giving it a right to veto proposals and the cooperation procedure giving it equal power with the Council if the Council was not unanimous.

Court of Justice of the European Communities was the highest court of on matters of Community law and was composed of one judge per state with a president elected from among them.

Since the end of World War II, sovereign European Community countries have entered into treaties and thereby co-operated and harmonised policies in an increasing number of areas, in the European Community integration project or the construction of Europe .