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|admin_center_type = Administrative center |admin_center = Brussels |capital = Brussels |largest_city = capital |latd=50 |latm=51 |latNS=N |longd=4 |longm=21 |longEW=E |official_languages = Dutch, French |org_type = Politico-economic union |membership_type = Member states |membership = |legislature = Parliament |established_event1 = Customs union treaty signed |established_date1 = 5 September 1944 |established_event2 = Customs union in effect |established_date2 = 1 January 1948〔 |established_event3 = Renewal signed |established_date3 = 17 June 2008 |established_event4 = Renewal in effect |established_date4 = 1 January 2010 |area_km2 = 76657 |population_estimate = 28.5 million |population_density_km2 = 380 |population_density_sq_mi = 984 |GDP_PPP_year = 2013 |GDP_PPP = $1.379 trillion〔() International Monetary Fund Statistics〕 |GDP_PPP_per_capita = $48,359 |currency = Euro |currency_code = EUR |drives_on = right |time_zone = CET |utc_offset = +1 |time_zone_DST = CEST |utc_offset_DST = +2 |official_website = }} The Benelux Union ((オランダ語:Benelux Unie); (フランス語:Union Benelux)) is a politico-economic union of three neighbouring states in central-western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.〔(Encyclopediae Britannica about the Benelux Treaty of Economic Union )〕 The name—''Benelux''—is formed from joining the first two or three letters of each country's name—''Be''lgium ''Ne''therlands ''Lux''embourg—and was first used to name the customs agreement that initiated the union (signed in 1944).〔''Revue de l'Institut International de Statistique'' (1947) Vol. 15, No. 1/4, page 43. However, according to ''The Economist'', it was coined in August 1946 by that newspaper's correspondent in Belgium ().〕 It is now used more generally to refer to the geographic, economic and cultural grouping of the three countries. In 1951, these countries joined West Germany, France, and Italy to form the European Coal and Steel Community, a predecessor of the European Economic Community (EEC) and today's European Union (EU). The main institutions of the Union are the Committee of Ministers, the Benelux Parliament, the Council of the Union and the Secretariat-General, while the Benelux Organization for Intellectual Property and the Benelux Court of Justice cover the same territory but are not part of the Union. The Benelux Secretariat-General is located in Brussels. It is the central administrative pillar of the Benelux Union. It handles the secretariat of the Committee of Ministers, the Council of Economic Union and the various committees and working parties. Moreover, it ensures the registry of the Benelux Court of Justice. == Politics == A Benelux Parliament (originally referred to as an "Interparliamentary Consultative Council") was created in 1955. This parliamentary assembly is composed of 21 members of the Dutch parliament, 21 members of the Belgian national and regional parliaments, and 7 members of the Luxembourg parliament. In 1944, exiled representatives of the three countries signed the London Customs Convention, the treaty that established the Benelux Customs Union. Ratified in 1947, the treaty was in force from 1948 until it was superseded by the Benelux Economic Union. The treaty establishing the Benelux Economic Union (''Benelux Economische Unie/Union Économique Benelux'') was signed on 3 February 1958 in The Hague and came into force on 1 November 1960 to promote the free movement of workers, capital, services, and goods in the region. Under the Treaty the Union implies the co-operation of economic, financial and social policies. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benelux」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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