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Chap10101999CRCPressLLCTheEuropeanUnionCONTENTSEUDirectivesandEnvironmentalProgramsEUStandardsfortheSafetyofMachineryDirectoryofCommunityLegislationinForceRelatingtotheEnvironmentTheEuropeanUnion(EU)isacommunityof15countriesand372millioncitizens.TheEUwasoriginallyaneconomicassociation(EuropeanCommunity)formedin1958(TreatyofRome)withsixmemberstates.Componentorganizationsdatebackto1951.OnNovember1,1993,withtheTreatyoftheEuropeanUnion(Maastrict,TheNetherlands),theECbecametheEuropeanUnion(EU).OfficialcommunitylanguagesincludeSpanish,German,Greek,English,French,Italian,Dutch,Portugese,Finnish,andSwedish.TheEUisthecollectivedesignationofthreeorganizationswithcommonmembership:•EuropeanEconomicCommunity(EEC)(commonmarket)•TheEuropeanCoalandSteelCommunity•TheEuropeanAtomicEnergyCommunity(Euratom)Inaddition,theEuropeanEconomicArea(EEA)iscomprisedofthe15membercountriesintheEUaswellasIceland,Liechtenstein,andNorway.AsofJanuary1,1995,thefifteenmemberstates(countries)oftheECincludedGoalsoftheEurope