The Euratom Treaty, officially the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, established the

European Atomic Energy Community The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) is an international organisation established by the Euratom Treaty on 25 March 1957 with the original purpose of creating a specialist market for nuclear power in Europe, by developing nucl ...

. It was signed on 25 March 1957 at the same time as the

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( EEC Treaty). The Euratom Treaty is less well known because of the lower profile of the organisation that it founded. The EEC has evolved into what is now the

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, but Euratom has remained much the same as it was in 1957 although it is governed by the institutions of the European Union. It was established with its own independent institutions, but the 1967 Merger Treaty merged the institutions of Euratom and the European Coal and Steel Community with those of the EEC. The Euratom treaty has seen very little amendment because of later sensitivity surrounding

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in European

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. That has caused some to argue that it has become too outdated, particularly in the areas of democratic oversight. It was not included as part of the (unratified)

Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an un ratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European ...

, which sought to combine all previous treaties, over fears that including nuclear power in the treaty would turn more people against it. Nevertheless, it is one of the active

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Nuclear technology treaties Treaties of Austria Treaties of Bulgaria Treaties of Belgium Treaties of Croatia Treaties of Cyprus Treaties of the Czech Republic Treaties of Denmark Treaties of Estonia Treaties of Finland Treaties of the French Fourth Republic Treaties of West Germany Treaties of Greece Treaties of Hungary Treaties of Ireland Treaties of Italy Treaties of Latvia Treaties of Lithuania Treaties of Luxembourg Treaties of Malta Treaties of the Netherlands Treaties of Poland Treaties of Portugal Treaties of Romania Treaties of Slovakia Treaties of Slovenia Treaties of Spain Treaties of Sweden Treaties of the United Kingdom Treaties extended to Åland March 1957 events in Europe Events in Rome

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