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DeCS
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Descriptor English:
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European Union
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Descriptor Spanish:
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Unión Europea
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Descriptor Portuguese:
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União Europeia
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Synonyms English:
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Common Market
Community, European Economic
EEC
Economic Community, European
Euratom
European Atomic Energy Community
European Coal and Steel Community
European Common Market
European Community
European Economic Community
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Tree Number:
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I01.615.500.475
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Definition English:
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The collective designation of three organizations with common membership: the European Economic Community (Common Market), the European Coal and Steel Community, and the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom). It was known as the European Community until 1994. It is primarily an economic union with the principal objectives of free movement of goods, capital, and labor. Professional services, social, medical and paramedical, are subsumed under labor. The constituent countries are Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom. (The World Almanac and Book of Facts 1997, p842) |
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Indexing Annotation English:
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name specific European country if pertinent; CATALOGER: Use NAF entry
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History Note English:
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98(76)
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Allowable Qualifiers English:
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Record Number:
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5160
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Unique Identifier:
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D005062
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