European Community

The European Community (EC) was the supranational organization established by treaties like the Treaty of Rome (1957) that integrated European states economically and legally, creating community law that could bind member states and their market actors through a legal framework transcending national borders. It later became a pillar of the European Union before being subsumed into it.

Claims that use this term

• European Community law gave market actors a supranational forum beyond their own state.
• European Community law served as the model for scaling a supranational trade constitution globally