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Organisation for European Economic Co-operation
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April 1948 - 1961
Areas Of Involvement:
economic growth
Related People:
Conte Carlo Sforza
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Organisation for European Economic Co-operation

international organization
Also known as: OEEC
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Organisation for European Economic Co-operation (OEEC), organization set up by a convention signed in Paris in April 1948 to coordinate efforts to restore Europe’s economy under the European Recovery Program (Marshall Plan). Among its many functions, the OEEC helped abolish quantitative trade restrictions between its member countries, allocated scarce resources among them, and devised a system for regular consultation on matters of common economic concern. In 1961 it was superseded by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, which included non-European members. See Economic Co-operation and Development, Organisation for.