Euratom

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).

Related Topics:
International organisation - European Union - March 25 - 1957 - Treaty of Rome - European Economic Community - European Coal and Steel Community - 1967 - Merger Treaty - 1965

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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.

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Some people suggest Euratom dissapear in a similar way to ECSC and merge the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community in a new European Community and Treaties.

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