Concept: European Union in the concept vocabulary

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Concept URI	http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/3006
Preferred label	European Union
Definition	The 15 nations (Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, the UK, Austria, Finland and Sweden) that have joined together to form an economic community with common monetary, political and social aspirations. The EU came into being on 1 November 1993 according to the terms of the Maastricht Treaty; it comprises the three European Communities, extended by the adoption of a common foreign and security policy which requires cooperation between member states in foreign policy and security and cooperation in justice and home affairs.
Notation
Status	Valid
Status Modified	2013-12-05
Accepted Date	2013-12-05
Not Accepted Date
Has broader	4434 (international organisation) in gemet2/concept
Has narrower	11045 (European Monetary Fund) in gemet2/concept 11571 (Court of Justice of the European Communities) in gemet2/concept 1669 (European Communities) in gemet2/concept 2419 (EC Council of Ministers) in gemet2/concept 2989 (EU Council) in gemet2/concept 2991 (Euratom) in gemet2/concept 2993 (European Commission) in gemet2/concept 2996 (European Court of Justice) in gemet2/concept 2997 (European Environment Agency) in gemet2/concept 2998 (European Environmental Council) in gemet2/concept 3002 (European Parliament) in gemet2/concept
Is related to	13145 (Community finance) in gemet2/concept 13237 (Community budget) in gemet2/concept 13279 (EC Treaty) in gemet2/concept 1616 (Community law) in gemet2/concept 2422 (EC directive) in gemet2/concept 2534 (EC regulation) in gemet2/concept
Has exact match	http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_34779 http://eurovoc.europa.eu/4060
Has close match	http://data.uba.de/umt/_00050384 http://dbpedia.org/resource/European_Union
Source	DICLAW (A Dictionary of Law — Fourth edition) in gemet2/source