page_title: European Economic Community
section_title: Council
hierarchical_section_title: European Economic Community / Institutions / Council
caption_attribution_description: Title: Bonn, Ministerpräsidenten mit EU-Kommissar Delors&#160; Extra information: Von links: Franz-Josef Strauß, Jacques Delors&#160; People in the image: Strauß, Franz Josef: Verteidigungsminister, Ministerpräsident von Bayern, Vorsitzender der CSU, Bundesrepublik Deutschland * Delors, Jacques: Präsident der EG-Kommission, Wirtschaftsminister, Frankreich (GND 119099993) For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Factual corrections and alternative descriptions are encouraged separately from the original description. Additionally errors can be reported at this page to inform the Bundesarchiv. Alemannisch&#160;| Boarisch&#160;| беларуская&#160;| беларуская (тарашкевіца)‎‎&#160;| català&#160;| čeština&#160;| Deutsch&#160;| English&#160;| Esperanto&#160;| español&#160;| français&#160;| हिन्दी&#160;| hrvatski&#160;| italiano&#160;| 한국어&#160;| magyar&#160;| македонски&#160;| Plattdüütsch&#160;| polski&#160;| português&#160;| română&#160;| русский&#160;| slovenčina&#160;| slovenščina&#160;| suomi&#160;| svenska&#160;| українська&#160;| 中文（简体）‎&#160;| 中文（繁體）‎&#160;| +/− Original historic description:&#160; 19.5.1988 Die Regierungschefs der 11 Bundesländer der Bundesrepublik Deutschland führten mit dem Präsidenten der EG-Kommission Jacques Delors, Gespräche über die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Ländern und der Europäischen Gemeinschaft. Die Bundesrepublik Deutschland ist innerhalb Europas der einzige Staat mit einem föderativen System - in der Landesvertretung Bayern
context_page_description: The European Economic Community was a regional organisation that aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states. It was created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. Upon the formation of the European Union in 1993, the EEC was incorporated and renamed the European Community. In 2009, the EC's institutions were absorbed into the EU's wider framework and the community ceased to exist.
  The Community's initial aim was to bring about economic integration, including a common market and customs union, among its six founding members: Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany. It gained a common set of institutions along with the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community as one of the European Communities under the 1965 Merger Treaty. In 1993 a complete single market was achieved, known as the internal market, which allowed for the free movement of goods, capital, services, and people within the EEC. In 1994 the internal market was formalised by the EEA agreement.
context_section_description: The Council of the European Communities was a body holding legislative and executive powers and was thus the main decision making body of the Community. Its Presidency rotated between the member states every six months and it is related to the European Council, which was an informal gathering of national leaders (started in 1961) on the same basis as the Council.
  The Council was composed of one national minister from each member state. However the Council met in various forms depending upon the topic. For example, if agriculture was being discussed, the Council would be composed of each national minister for agriculture. They represented their governments and were accountable to their national political systems. Votes were taken either by majority (with votes allocated according to population) or unanimity. In these various forms they share some legislative and budgetary power of the Parliament. Since the 1960s the Council also began to meet informally at the level of national leaders; these European summits followed the same presidency system and secretariat as the Council but was not a formal formation of it.
caption: President Jacques Delors the last EEC Commission President.
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