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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nounEU12 (uncountable)
  1. historicaluncountableCollectively, 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 29, 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: Stiftelsen for samfunns- og næringslivsforskning, via National Library of Norway, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 22
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