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EU12

EU12 noun: collectively, the twelve member states of the EU from its inception in 1993 to 1994, consisting of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.

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Noun

EU12 (uncountable)

  1. (historical) Collectively, the twelve member states of the EU from its inception in 1993 to 1994, consisting of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
    • We turn first to the scenario of discriminatory intergration of the EU12, i.e. a lowering of real trade costs and a switch between segmented market pricing and integrated market pricing that affects only intra-EU12 trade.1995 November, Richard E. Baldwin, Rikard Forslid, Jan I. Haaland, Investment Creation and Investment Diversion: Simulation Analysis of the Single Market Programme (SNF Report), number 74/95, Bergen...

Questions about EU12

What does EU12 mean?
EU12 means collectively, the twelve member states of the EU from its inception in 1993 to 1994, consisting of Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom.
What part of speech is EU12?
EU12 is a noun.

Words near EU12 in the dictionary

  1. EU Speak
  2. eu-
  3. EU-speak
  4. eu-stress
  5. EU-wide
  6. EU12
  7. EU15
  8. EU25
  9. EU27
  10. EU28
  11. EUA

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