Benelux

Also known as Benelux Union, Benelux Economic Union, Benelux Customs Union

The Benelux Union (; ; ; ) or Benelux is a politico-economic union, alliance and formal international intergovernmental cooperation of three neighbouring states in Western Europe: Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. The name is a syllabic abbreviation formed from the initial syllable of each country's name and was first used to name the customs agreement that initiated the union (signed in 1944). It is now used more generally to refer to the geographic, economic, and cultural grouping of the three countries.

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The Benelux is a political and economic union of three neighboring Western European countries—Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg—whose name comes from the first syllables of each country. Originally created through a customs agreement signed in 1944, the term now broadly refers to the geographic, economic, and cultural partnership of these three nations.

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Geopolitical organization.common_name: Benelux
Geopolitical organization.conventional_long_name: Benelux Union
Geopolitical organization.linking_name: Benelux
Geopolitical organization.image_symbol: Benelux Logo.svg
Geopolitical organization.symbol_width: 175px
Geopolitical organization.symbol_type: Logo of the Benelux
Geopolitical organization.image_map: Benelux.svg
Geopolitical organization.map_width: 220px
Geopolitical organization.admin_center_type: Administrative centre
Geopolitical organization.admin_center: Brussels
Geopolitical organization.org_type: Politico-economic union
Geopolitical organization.membership_type: Member states
Geopolitical organization.legislature: Parliament
Geopolitical organization.established_event1: Customs union treaty signed
Geopolitical organization.established_event2: Customs union in effect
Geopolitical organization.established_date2: 1 January 1948
Geopolitical organization.established_event3: Renewal signed
Geopolitical organization.established_date3: 17 June 2008

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Benelux, coopération transfrontalière pour votre bien-être

Depuis 1944, la Belgique, les Pays-Bas et le Luxembourg coopèrent activement pour accroître durablement la prospérité des citoyens et des entreprises du Benelux.

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Wikidata facts

Official name: Union Benelux
Population: 30931639
Area: 74964
Official website: www.benelux.int
Image: Benelux schematic map.svg

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Commons category: Benelux
inception: 1944-09-05
street address: Regentschapsstraat 39
native label: Benelúks

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Contents

History
Renewal of the agreement
Benefits of the Benelux cooperation
Benelux pilot projects 2025
Activities since 2008
Cooperation with other geopolitical regions
Politics
Benelux institutions
Benelux Committee of Ministers
Benelux Council
Benelux Interparliamentary Assembly
Benelux Court of Justice
Benelux General Secretariat
Benelux legal instruments
Characteristics
Countries
See also
Notes
References
Further reading
External links

The Benelux is an economically dynamic and densely populated region, with 5.6% of the European population (29.55 million residents) and 7.9% of the joint EU GDP (€36,000/resident) on 1.7% of the whole surface of the EU. In 2015, 37% of the total number of EU cross-border workers worked in the Benelux; 35,000 Belgian residents work in Luxembourg, while 37,000 others cross the border to work in the Netherlands each day. In addition, 12,000 Dutch and close to a thousand Luxembourg residents work in Belgium.