Euratom

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The European Atomic Energy Community, or EURATOM, is an international organisation composed of the members of the European Union. It was established on March 25, 1957, by a second treaty of Rome, signed the same day as the more famous Treaty of Rome, instituting the European Economic Community (EEC). The European Atomic Energy Community is a separate entity, but membership and organization is fully integrated with the European Union. The organisational structures of EURATOM and EEC (together with the now defunct European Coal and Steel Community -ECSC-), have merged in 1967, by virtue of the Merger Treaty (signed in 1965).

The denomination "the Communities" (plural), as in the Commission of the European Communities and the Court of Justice of the European Communities are occasional reminders of the existence of two distinct institutions.

Some suggest that Euratom should disappear in a similar way to ECSC and merge the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community in a new European Community and Treaties.

Contents 1 Presidents of the European Atomic Community, 1958-1967 2 See also 3 External links 4 Timeline

Presidents of the European Atomic Community, 1958-1967

• Louis Armand (France) 1958-1959
• Étienne Hirsch (France) 1959-1962
• Pierre Chatenet (France) 1962-1967

See also

• Institutions of the European Union
• History of the European Union
• EU Directorate General Joint Research Centre - often incorrectly referred to as Euratom due to it being its origin.
• European Energy Community

External links

• DG Energy and Transport website on Nuclear Issues.

Timeline

Evolution of the Structures of European Union

European Union - EU treaties, structure, history
1952	1958	1967	1993	1999	2003	?
		EC - European Community...	E U R O P E A N   U N I O N   ( E U )
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
	European Economic Community (EEC)		European Community (EC)
	Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community)
		...European Communities: ECSC, EEC (EC, 1993), Euratom	Justice & Home Affairs
				Police & Judicial Co-operation in Criminal matters (PJCC)
			Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
Treaty of Paris	Treaties of Rome	Merger Treaty	Treaty of Maastricht	Treaty of Amsterdam	Treaty of Nice	European Constitution
"THREE PILLARS" - European Communities (EC, Euratom), Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal matters (PJCC)

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