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Treaty of Rome

The Six (referring to Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands) decided, on 25 March 1957 with the Treaty of Rome, to build a European Economic Community (EEC) based on a wider common market covering a whole range of goods and services.

-Taken from “Ten Historic Steps,” Europa.eu At-a-glance History Lesson

• The Treaty of Rome established a common market (based on the 4 freedoms), common policies and a customs union (part of the first of the 3 pillars).

Download a consolidated version of the Treaty of Rome (consolidated means that later changes and addemdums are included)

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Read a summary and order the original version from 1957 (Click the link on the bottom of the new page to order a free scanned file of the original treaty)

• Check our History page to see which events led to the creation of the Treaty, as welll as the effects of the Treaty on the European community.

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