Purpose: to establish a completely integrated European common market and an eventual federation of Europe
Members (in 1992): Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
Note: The EC was formed from the union of the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom), the European Coal and Steel Community (ESC), and the European Economic Community (EEC or Common Market). The EC merged into the European Union in 1992.