   the treaty of rome, officially the treaty establishing the european economic community (teec), is an international agreement that led to the founding of the european economic community (eec) on 1 january 1958. it was signed on 25 march 1957 by belgium, france, italy, luxembourg, the netherlands and west germany. the word economic was deleted from the treaty's name by the maastricht treaty in 1993, and the treaty was repackaged as the treaty on the functioning of the european union on the entry into force of the treaty of lisbon in 2009. the teec proposed the progressive reduction of customs duties and the establishment of a customs union. it proposed to create a common market of goods, workers, services and capital within the eec's member states. it also proposed the creation of common transport and agriculture policies and a european social fund. it also established the european commission. == history ==  in 1951, the treaty of paris was signed, creating the european coal and steel community (ecsc). the treaty of paris was an international treaty based on international law, designed to help reconstruct the economies of the european continent, prevent war in europe and ensure a lasting peace. the original idea was conceived by jean monnet, a senior french civil servant and it was announced by robert schuman, the french foreign minister, in a declaration on 9 may 1950. the aim was to pool franco-german coal and steel production, as these two raw materials were the basis of the industry (including war industry) and power of the two countries. the proposed plan was that franco-german coal and steel production 
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