Benelux is the economic union of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg. Its origins lie in a customs convention signed in London by the three governments in exile during the Second World War, as they planned for the postwar period, and the arrangement took effect in 1948. A fuller economic union treaty was signed in 1958. The three small countries abolished most trade barriers between them and coordinated their economic policies, and their experience served as a model for wider European integration. The same three countries were founding members of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community, and the Benelux Union still cooperates on matters such as security and the environment.
Before and after
- from 19 August 1944 to 25 August 1944Liberation of Paris
- 20 August 1944Birth of Rajiv Gandhi
- from 29 August 1944 to 28 October 1944Slovak National Uprising
- from 30 August 1944 to 7 September 1959Grande Noirceur
- 5 September 1944Founding of Benelux
- from 14 September 1944 to 10 February 1945Battle of Hürtgen Forest
- from 15 September 1944 to 22 October 1944Battle of Angaur
- from 15 September 1944 to 25 April 1945Lapland War
- from 15 September 1944 to 24 November 1944Belgrade offensive
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The era
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