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Institutional Development and the Harmonisation of Technological Policy in the European Union

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During the past half a century or so, many arrangements for international economic integration have come into existence. The most important of these, the European Union is, in fact, an amalgamation of three separate communities: the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), established by the Treaty of Paris in 1952 and valid for 50 years; the European Economic Community (EEC), created in 1957 by the Treaty of Rome for an unlimited period; and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM), founded by another Treaty of Rome in 1957 and also of unlimited duration.2 The EEC Treaty provided for a drastic form of integration: a common customs union, the free movement of persons and capital, and integrated policies in a number of areas, such as agriculture, transportation, research and technology.

This chapter was first presented at a workshop at the University of London (Queen Mary and Westfield College) and at the London School of Economics.

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  1. University of Aegean, Greece

    George M. Korres (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Institute of Computational Mathematics, Crete Institute of Research and Technology, Greece

    George M. Korres (Professor) (Professor)

  3. Athens University of Economics and Business, Greece

    George C. Bitros (Professor of Economics) (Professor of Economics)

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Korres, G.M. (2002). Institutional Development and the Harmonisation of Technological Policy in the European Union. In: Korres, G.M., Bitros, G.C. (eds) Economic Integration. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230629257_11

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