European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

address -- 9-11 rue de Varembe, CH-1211 Geneva 20, Switzerland

telephone -- [41] (22) 749 11 11

FAX -- [41] (22) 733 92 91

established -- 4 January 1960

effective -- 3 May 1960

aim -- to promote expansion of free trade

members -- (7) Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway,
Sweden, Switzerland

European Investment Bank (EIB)

address -- Bd Konrad Adenauer 100, L-2950 Luxembourg, Luxembourg

telephone -- [352] 43791

FAX -- [352] 437704

established -- 25 March 1957

effective -- 1 January 1958

aim -- to promote economic development of the EU

members -- (12) Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland,
Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, UK

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

note -- acronym retained from the predecessor organization Conseil
Europeen pour la Recherche Nucleaire

address -- CH-1211 Geneva 23, Switzerland

telephone -- [41] (22) 767 61 11

FAX -- [41] (22) 767 65 55

established -- 1 July 1953

effective -- 29 September 1954

aim -- to foster nuclear research for peaceful purposes only

members -- (19) Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,
Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

observers -- (6) EC, Israel, Russia, Turkey, United Nations
Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO),
Yugoslavia

European Space Agency (ESA)

address -- 8-10 rue Mario Nikis, F-75738 Paris CEDEX 15, France

telephone -- [33] (1) 42 73 76 54

FAX -- [33] (1) 42 73 75 60

established -- 31 July 1973

effective -- 1 May 1975

aim -- to promote peaceful cooperation in space research and
technology

members -- (13) Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland,
Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK

associate member -- (1) Finland

cooperating state -- (1) Canada

European Union (EU)

note -- evolved from the European Community (EC)

address -- c/o European Commission, Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049
Brussels, Belgium

telephone -- [32] (2) 299 11 11 FAX [32] (2) 295 01 38 through 295 01
40

established -- 7 February 1992

effective -- 1 November 1993

aim -- to coordinate policy among the 15 members in three fields:
economics, building on the European Economic Community's (EEC) efforts
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