An international entity set up and created by the
EU Treaty in 1992 which led to a “new phase in the process of
European integration initiated with the institution of the
European Communities”, which aimed at deepening economic integration and creating the conditions for future political integration of
Europe. Signed at Maastricht, the new treaty was based on the
European Communities (supplemented by the policies and forms of cooperation then instituted). The EEC, established in 1957 by the TR, was renamed EC. This, in turn, coexisted with the ECSC (1951) AU26: The in-text citation "ECSC (1951)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. and the EAEC (1957) AU27: The in-text citation "EAEC (1957)" is not in the reference list. Please correct the citation, add the reference to the list, or delete the citation. . The three treaties formed the Communities and the
EU, although autonomous, was not intended to replace them. As it is a single act of International Law, the T
EU was composed of three parts with distinct intentions: it instituted the
European Union; regulated the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP); and the provisions relating to justice and home affairs (CJAI). On the other hand, it introduced changes to the institutional treaties by inserting diplomatic clauses in the title dedicated to the final provisions. The
EU was structured in three distinct pillars (Communities, CFSP, and CJAI), with two logics of operation, corresponding to integrationist (community pillar) and cooperative (intergovernmental pillars) methods.
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