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European Currency Unit

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Not to be confused with the euro. European Currency Unit ISO 4217 Code XEU Number 954 Denominations Plural usually ECUs Symbol ₠ (rare), ECU or XEU Demographics Date of introduction 13 March 1979 Replaced European Unit of Account Date of withdrawal 1 January 1999 Replaced by Euro User(s) European Economic Community European Union Valuation Pegged with 8 to 12 EEC currencies, proportionally (see article) Value 1 XEU = 1 EUR This infobox shows the latest status before this currency was rendered obsolete. Part of a series on the History of the European Union Timeline Pre-1945 ideas 1945–1957 1958–1972 1973–1993 1993–2004 2004–present Organisation European Communities (1958–2009) European Coal and Steel Community (1952–2002) European Economic Community (1958–1993) European Atomic Energy Community (1958–present) European Community (1993–2009) Just...

Common Agricultural Policy

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European Union This article is part of a series on the politics and government of the European Union Member States Austria Belgium Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Ireland Italy Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden United Kingdom Gibraltar Presidency of the Council of the European Union Austria (July - December 2018) Special member state territories EU 3 Withdrawal from the European Union UK invocation of Article 50 Brexit Treaties The Treaties Treaty of Paris (1951) Treaty of Rome (1957) Euratom Treaty (1957) Merger Treaty (1965) Single European Act (1986) Maastricht Treaty (1992) Amsterdam Treaty (1997) Treaty of Nice (2001) Treaty of Lisbon (2007) Article 7 Article 50 Op...