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The European Union (EU) is an economic trading bloc comprising 27 nations. The Member States are (in order of accession): Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Denmark, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Austria, Finland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovak Republic, Bulgaria and Romania. Given its membership, the EU is one of the world’s most important trading entities.
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Moens, G., Trone, J. (2010). The Political Institutions of the European Union. In: Commercial Law of the European Union. Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-8774-4_1
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