EU15

English

Noun

EU15 (uncountable)

1. (historical) Collectively, the fifteen member states of the EU between 1995 and 2004, after Austria, Finland and Sweden joined the union.
   • 2004, Vigdis Vestreng, Martin Adams, Justin Goodwin, Inventory Review 2004: Emission Data reported to CLRTAP and under the NEC Directive (MSC-W Technical Report), number 1/2004, EMEP, via National Library of Norway, →ISSN, page x:

     For the EU15 the magnitude of emissions for CO, NH₃ and SO₂ has generally decreased in the 2004 reporting round with respect to 2002 reports.

   • 2005 June, Ulf Winther, Merete Gisvold Sandberg, Arne Stokka, Inger Anne Setermo, Matthias Nowak, Lars Harald Vik, Håkon Hynne, Torunn Kvinge, Employment in the EU based on Farmed Norwegian Salmon, SINTEF; Fafo, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, page 19:

     Initially, calculations were carried out for EU15 plus Poland and Estonia, while the figures for "Other countries" are scaled by a Population factor to cover the EU25.

Coordinate terms

• EC6
• EC9
• EC10
• EC12
• EU12
• EU25
• EU27
• EU28