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March 25, 1957 European Economic Community (EEC) and European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom) Treaties signed.
April 8, 1965Treaty merging the institutions of the three European Communities signed.
July 1, 1968 Customs union enters into force. Remaining customs duties in intra-Community trade are abolished 18 months ahead of what was scheduled in the Rome Treaty and the Common Customs Tariff is introduced to replace national customs duties in trade with the rest of the world.
January 1, 1973 Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom join the Community.
February 28, 1975The Community and the 46 African, Caribbean and Pacific countries (ACP) sign, in Lome, Togo, a Convention, known as Lome I, to replace the Yaounde Conventions.
March 13, 1979European Monetary System (EMS) becomes operative
January 1, 1981 Greece joins the European Community.
June 29, 1985European Council endorses "White Paper" plan to complete single market by end 1992.
January 1, 1986 Spain and Portugal join the Community.
July 1, 1987 Single European Act enters into force.
June 26-27, 1989 Madrid European Council endorses plan for Economic and Monetary Union.
October 3, 1990 The five Laender of the former German Democratic Republic enter the Community as part of a united Germany.
October 21, 1991 European Community and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) agree to form the European Economic Area (EEA).
December 11, 1991 A European Council is held in Maastricht, The Netherlands. It reaches an agreement on the draft Treaty on the European Union.
December 16, 1991 Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia sign first Europe Agreements on trade and political cooperation.
January 1, 1993 European single market is achieved on time.
November 1, 1993 Treaty on European Union enters into force after ratification by the member states.
January 1, 1995 Austria, Finland and Sweden join the European Union.
June 17, 1997 The European Council meets in Amsterdam and reaches a consensus on a draft Treaty. It approves various proposals facilitating the smooth passage to the third phase of the Economic and Monetary Union and adopts a resolution on growth and employment.
March 12, 1998 European Conference in London launches Europe-wide consultations on issues related to Common Foreign and Security Policy and Justice and Home Affairs.
March 30-31, 1998 EU opens membership negotiations with Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Poland and Slovenia
May 2, 1998Eleven EU member states qualify to launch the euro on January 1, 1999.
July 1, 1998 European Central Bank inaugurated in Frankfurt,Germany.
January 1, 1999 EMU and euro launched in eleven EU countries.
September 15, 1999 European Parliament approves new Commission led by Romano Prodi.
June, 2001 Tony Blair, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom defeats his euroskeptic opponents in a landslide election victory.
Jan - July, 2002 The euro will become legal tender and permanently replace national currencies in EMU countries.
December, 2002 European leaders hammered out an agreement to bring 10 new countries into the European Union. Most of the new members will be former Soviet eastern block states.
April, 2003 In Hungary, more than 80% of the voters vote to approved a referendum on EU membership.
June, 2005 France and the Netherlands rejected the EU constitution in separate referendums.
January 1, 2007Romania and Bulgaria become member states on