EC12

English

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.
   • 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, via National Library of Norway, →ISSN, page 34:

     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.

   • 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, →DOI, →ISSN, page 209:

     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.

Coordinate terms

• EC6
• EC9
• EC10
• EU12
• EU15
• EU25
• EU27
• EU28