Klassifizierung der europäischen Organisationen entsprechend unterschiedlicher Kritierien: Zusammensetzung, Gründungsakt, Ziel, Organstruktur, Sitz (Stand: 1. September 2010)

Schaubild der Entwicklung der europäischen Organisationen, die von der CVCE behandelt werden; insbesondere wird die wachsende Zahl der Mitglieder seit 1949 dargestellt.

Am 5. Mai 1949 unterzeichnen die Außenminister von zehn Staaten (Belgien, Dänemark, Frankreich, Irland, Italien, Luxemburg, die Niederlande, Norwegen, Schweden und das Vereinigte Königreich) in London die Satzung des Europarates. Sie tritt am 3. August 1949 in Kraft.

Consolidated version of the Statute of the Council of Europe, including successive amendments made to the original Statute of 5 May 1949, the last of which date from April 2003.

Interactive map showing the 10 founding members of the Council of Europe in 1949, as well as the 37 subsequent accessions that determined the present composition of the organisation.

Am 4. Januar 1960 unterzeichnen die Botschafter oder Außenminister Dänemarks, Norwegens, Österreichs, Portugals, Schwedens, der Schweiz und des Vereinigten Königreichs in Stockholm das Abkommen zur Gründung der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA), das am 3. Mai 1960 in Kraft tritt.

Consolidated version of the Convention of 4 January 1960 establishing the European Free Trade Association, as amended on 21 June 2001.

Interactive map showing the seven founder members of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) in 1960, as well as the subsequent accessions and withdrawals that have determined the present composition of the organisation.

On 2 May 1992, in Oporto, the Foreign Ministers of the 12 Member States of the European Communities and those of the seven Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) sign the Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA). The Agreement enters into force on 1 January 1994.

Map showing the development of the European Economic Area (EEA) since the signature of the Oporto Agreement on 2 May 1992.

Chronological table on Member States of the European Free-Trade Association (EFTA) showing the date of their accession or withdrawal from the organisation, as well as the date of the free-trade agreements concluded between them and the European Economic Community (EEC) [to become the European Community (EC) after the Treaty on European Union came into force on 1 November 1993].

The Treaty of Economic, Social and Cultural Collaboration and Collective Self-Defence, signed in Brussels on 17 March 1948 by Belgium, France, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. It enters into force on 25 August 1948. Although this Treaty provides only for ‘cooperation’ between the contracting parties, ‘which will be effected through the Consultative Council referred to in Article VII’, and it does not provide for the establishment of an international organisation, in practice it leads to the creation of an organisation known as the ‘Brussels Treaty Organisation’ or ‘Western Union’.

Map showing the five founding Member States of Western Union (WU). The Brussels Treaty establishing Western Union is signed on 17 March 1948 and enters into force on 25 August 1948.

The Brussels Treaty of 17 March 1948, modified and completed by the protocols signed in Paris on 23 October 1954 which enter into force on 6 May 1955. The Federal Republic of Germany and Italy accede to the modified Treaty. The ‘Consultative Council’ becomes the ‘Council of Western European Union’ (Article VIII), and the organisation established by the Treaty is renamed ‘Western European Union’ (WEU).

In the Declaration (No 30) annexed to the Final Act of the Treaty of Maastricht, the Intergovernmental Conference notes two declarations in which the Member States of the European Union (EU) which are also Member States of Western European Union (WEU) agree to develop the dual role of WEU as ‘the defence component of the EU and as a means to strengthen the European pillar of the Atlantic Alliance’.

Diese Karte illustriert die Entstehung der Westeuropäischen Union (WEU), die im Jahr 1955 an die Stelle der Westunion tritt. Im Rahmen der Pariser Verträge wird das Protokoll zur Änderung und Ergänzung des Brüsseler Vertrags aus dem Jahr 1948 am 23. Oktober 1954 in der französischen Hauptstadt unterzeichnet und tritt am 6. Mai 1955 in Kraft.

Statement made on 31 March 2010 by the Presidency of the Permanent Council of Western European Union (WEU) regarding the termination of the Modified Brussels Treaty and the closure of WEU (due to take place in June 2011). This statement follows the entry into force of the 2007 Treaty of Lisbon on 1 December 2009, particularly the mutual assistance clause between the Member States of the European Union (Article 42(7), EU Treaty).

Map showing accessions to Western Union (WU) and Western European Union (WEU) and the status of their members. Established in 1954, WEU is the heir to WU, which came into being in 1948 with the signing of the Brussels Treaty. Since 30 June 2011, the WEU as such ceased to exist.

Karte der zehn Gründerstaaten der NATO, die am 4. April 1949 in Washington den Nordatlantikvertrag unterzeichneten. Der Vertrag trat am 24. August 1949 in Kraft.

Map showing the member countries and partner countries of NATO in 2005.

On 16 April 1948, in Paris, the representatives of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom and the Commanders-in-Chief of the French, British and US occupation zones in Germany sign the Convention establishing the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), which enters into force on 1 July 1948.

On 14 December 1960, in Paris, 18 European countries, the United States and Canada sign the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which replaces the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC).

On 14 December 1960, in Paris, 18 European countries, the United States and Canada sign the Convention on the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), which replaces the OEEC.