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The Community's initial aim was to bring about economic integration, including a [[Single market|common market]] and [[customs union]], among its [[Inner Six|six founding members]]: [[Belgium]], [[France]], [[Italy]], [[Luxembourg]], the [[Netherlands]] and [[West Germany]]. It gained a common set of [[Institutions of the European Union|institutions]] along with the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] (ECSC) and the [[Euratom|European Atomic Energy Community]] (EURATOM) as one of the [[European Communities]] under the 1965 [[Merger Treaty]] (Treaty of Brussels). In 1993 a complete [[single market]] was achieved, known as the [[European single market|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. This agreement also extended the internal market to include most of the member states of the [[European Free Trade Association]], forming the [[European Economic Area]], which encompasses 15 countries.
Upon the entry into force of the [[Maastricht Treaty]] in 1993, the EEC was renamed the European Community to reflect that it covered a wider range than economic policy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Maastricht Treaty |url=https://www.europarl.europa.eu/about-parliament/en/in-the-past/the-parliament-and-the-treaties/maastricht-treaty |access-date=2024-08-30 |website=Maastricht Treaty |language=en}}</ref> This was also when the three European Communities, including the EC, were collectively made to constitute the first of the [[three pillars of the European Union]], which the treaty also founded. The EC existed in this form until it was abolished by the 2009 [[Treaty of Lisbon]], which incorporated the EC's institutions into the EU's wider framework and provided that the EU would "replace and succeed the European Community".{{Citation needed|date=March 2023|reason=Direct quotation used without providing source.}}
==History==
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