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EC12

EC12 noun: collectively, the twelve member states of the European Community (EC) from 1986 to 1992, after Portugal and Spain joined the organization.

ec12: collectively, the twelve member states of the European Community (EC) from 1986 to 1992, after...
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Noun

EC12 (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Collectively, the twelve member states of the European Community (EC) from 1986 to 1992, after Portugal and Spain joined the organization.
    • In 1992, the estimated effects of liberalization on Hungarian and Polish exports to the EC12 were clearly larger than the predicted increases, while for the ex-Czechoslovakia they were rather close to predictions.1996 June, Margarida Ponte Ferreira, The Effects of Economic Integration on Exports: Comparing Southern and Eastern Europe (Working Paper), number 554, Norwegian Institue of International Affairs...
    • Figure 4 also shows that, although the EU25 broadly slowed down decision-making speed as compared with the EC12 and EC10, we find a significant difference from the EC15 only for those acts that were in the legislative process for around 200 days.2011 June, Robin Hertz, Dirk Leuffen, “Too big to run? Analysing the impact of enlargement on the speed of EU decision-making”, in European Union Politics, volume 12, number 2, SAGE Publications...

Questions about EC12

What does EC12 mean?
EC12 means collectively, the twelve member states of the European Community (EC) from 1986 to 1992, after Portugal and Spain joined the organization.
What part of speech is EC12?
EC12 is a noun.

Words near EC12 in the dictionary

  1. Eby
  2. Ebys
  3. EC
  4. ec.
  5. EC10
  6. EC12
  7. EC2
  8. EC6
  9. EC9
  10. ECA
  11. ecabapide

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