Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union
The Belgian-Luxembourg Economic Union ( French Union économique belgo-luxembourgeoise , UEBL for short ) has existed since 1922. The relevant contract was signed by Belgium and Luxembourg on July 25, 1921 in Brussels and came into force on December 22, 1922 . The aim of the Union is economic cooperation between the two countries. Most of the content of the contract consists of common excises and the Belgian-Luxembourg currency association (until the introduction of the euro in 2002).
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Although the population of Luxembourg in the referendum held on 28 September 1919 with a majority of over 60% for an economic connection to France had said, it came two years later to sign the contract for the U nion E conomique B ELGO L uxembourgeoise between Luxembourg and Belgium , as France opposed any economic connection with Luxembourg. The UEBL became a forerunner of the Benelux Economic Union .
According to the historian Charles Barthel, Luxembourg was forced to sign the contract, probably because of economic dependencies.
The contract was renewed in 1972, 1982, 1992, 2002 and 2012.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Loi du 5 mars 1922 portant approbation de la Convention d'Union économique signed à Bruxelles le 25 juillet 1921 entre le Luxembourg et la Belgique. Retrieved February 17, 2021 .
- ^ Text (English): League of Nations Treaty Series , Volume 9, pp. 224–245
- ↑ Emile Mayrisch et la question du contingent lorrain-luxembourgeois (1925) ( Memento of the original from December 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 276 kB), page 1
