European Communities pillar

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The European Communities pillar was one of the three main structural components of the European Union established by the Maastricht Treaty, covering its core economic and supranational integration policies.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
European Communities pillar canonical 1
European Community pillar 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf pillar of the European Union
supranational policy framework
aimedAt economic integration
establishment of a common market
progressive realization of an economic and monetary union
alsoKnownAs first pillar of the European Union
appliedTo member states of the European Union
characterizedBy community method of decision-making
consistedOf European Atomic Energy Community
European Coal and Steel Community
European Community
coveredPolicyArea agriculture
cohesion policy
common commercial policy
competition policy
customs union
development cooperation
economic and monetary union
environment
fisheries
internal market
research and technological development
social policy (partly)
transport
createdBy Treaty of Maastricht
endDate 2009-12-01
governedBy Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community
linked to: Euratom Treaty

Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community
Treaty establishing the European Community
linked to: Treaty of Rome
hadDecisionMakingBody Council of the European Union
European Parliament
hadExecutiveBody European Commission
hadJudicialBody Court of Justice of the European Communities
hadLegalPersonality yes (through the European Community and Euratom)
hadLegislativeProcedure co-decision procedure
consultation procedure
cooperation procedure
integratedInto European Union legal order after 2009
legalNature supranational
parallelTo Common Foreign and Security Policy pillar
Police and Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters pillar
partOf European Union
replacedBy European Union single institutional framework after Treaty of Lisbon
startDate 1993-11-01
supersededBy European Union with single legal personality under Treaty of Lisbon
usedVotingSystem qualified majority voting in the Council (for many areas)
unanimity in the Council (for some areas)
wasOneOf three pillars of the European Union

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Maastricht Treaty pillar European Communities pillar
subject linked to: Maastricht Treaty 1992
Justice and Home Affairs pillar distinguishedFrom European Community pillar
linked to: European Communities pillar