# بينيلڪس

**بينيلڪس يونين** (ڊچ: Benelux Unie؛ فرانسيسي: Union Benelux؛ جرمن: Benelux-Union؛ لگزمبرگ جي ٻولي: Benelux-Unioun) يا صرف "بينيلڪس"، اولهائين يورپ ۾ ٽن پاڙيسري رياستن؛ بيلجيم، هالينڊ ۽ لڪسمبرگ، جو اتحاد، رسمي بين الاقوامي بين الاقوامي تعاون ۽ هڪ سياسي-اقتصادي يونين آهي. اها نالو هڪ پورٽمنٽو آهي، جيڪو هر ملڪ جي نالي جي پهرين ڪجهه اکرن کي شامل ڪرڻ مان ٺهيل آهي ۽ اهو پهريون ڀيرو ڪسٽم معاهدي، جن تي سال 1944ع ۾ دستخط ڪيو ويو ۽ جيڪا بينيلڪس يونين جي شروعات ڪئي، کي نالو ڏيڻ لاءِ استعمال ڪيو ويو. اهو هاڻي عام طور تي ٽنهي ملڪن جي جاگرافيائي، اقتصادي ۽ ثقافتي گروهه جي حوالي سان استعمال ڪيو ويندو آهي.

| Benelux Union * *Benelux Unie* (Dutch)
* *Union Benelux* (فرانسيسي)
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| Logo of the Benelux |
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| کوليو
Member states of the Benelux Union
* Luxembourg
Netherlands
Belgium
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| Administrative centre and largest agglomeration | Brussels ﻿ / ﻿ |
| دفتري ٻوليون | * French
* Dutch
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| قسم | Politico-economic union |
| Member states | * Belgium
* Netherlands
* Luxembourg
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| مقننه  | Parliament |
| قیام |
| • Customs union treaty signed | 5 September 1944 |
| • Customs union in effect | 1 January 1948 |
| • Renewal signed | 17 June 2008 |
| • Renewal in effect | 1 January 2010 |
| پکيڙ |
| • جملي | 75,140 چورس ڪلوميٽر (29,010 چورس ميل) |
| آبادي |
| • 2024 اندازو |  30,451,700 |
| •  گھاٽائي | 405/km2 (1,048.9/sq mi) |
| جِي ڊي پي (مساوي قوت خريد ) | 2025 لڳ ڀڳ |
| • ڪل |  $2.507 trillion |
| • في سيڪڙو |  $82,328 |
|  جِي. ڊي. پي  (رڳو نالي ۾ ) | 2025 لڳ ڀڳ |
| • ڪل |  $2.059 trillion |
| • في سيڪڙو |  $67,616 |
| ڪرنسي | Euro (EUR) |
| معياري وقت | CET (متناسق عالمي وقت+1) |
| • اونھارو ( روشني جي روزاني بچت وارو وقت) | CEST (متناسق عالمي وقت +2) |
|  ڊرائيونگ جو پاسو | right |
| **ویب سائيٽ** www.benelux.int |

The **Benelux Union** (Dutch: *Benelux Unie*; فرانسيسي: *Union Benelux*; جرمن: *Benelux-Union*; Luxembourgish: *Benelux-Unioun*) or **Benelux** is a politico-economic union, alliance and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name is a portmanteau formed from joining the first few letters of each country's name and was first used to name the customs agreement that initiated the union (signed in 1944). It is now used more generally to refer to the geographic, economic, and cultural grouping of the three countries.

The Benelux is an economically dynamic and densely populated region, with 5.6% of the European population (29.55 million residents) and 7.9% of the joint EU GDP (€36,000/resident) on 1.7% of the whole surface of the EU. In 2015, 37% of the total number of EU cross-border workers worked in the Benelux; 35,000 Belgian residents work in Luxembourg, while 37,000 others cross the border to work in the Netherlands each day. In addition, 12,000 Dutch and close to a thousand Luxembourg residents work in Belgium.

The main institutions of the Union are the Committee of Ministers, the Council of the Union, the General Secretariat, the Interparliamentary Consultative Council and the Benelux Court of Justice while the Benelux Office for Intellectual Property covers the same land but is not part of the Benelux Union.

The Benelux General Secretariat is located in Brussels. It is the central platform of the Benelux Union cooperation. It handles the secretariat of the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Benelux Union and the sundry committees and working parties. The General Secretariat provides day-to-day support for the Benelux cooperation on the substantive, procedural, diplomatic and logistical levels. The Secretary-General is Frans Weekers from the Netherlands and there are two deputies: Deputy Secretary-General Michel-Etienne Tilemans from Belgium and Deputy Secretary-General Jean-Claude Meyer from Luxembourg.

The presidency of the Benelux is held in turn by the three countries for a period of one year. Luxembourg holds the presidency for 2025.

About 80 percent of the Benelux population speaks Dutch, about 20 percent speaks French and one percent Luxembourgish as their native language. A small minority under one percent are native German speakers.

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