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Alphand Plan for European Customs Union

During the conference of the sixteen nations in Paris, Hervé Alphand, who was part of the French delegation, proposed the creation of a European customs union. His ideas gave impetus to the creation of the European Customs Union Study Group (ECUSG).

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The blueprint is courtesy of the Dutch National Archive and was republished with permission. The original document an be found at Nationaal Archief, The Hague, Netherlands (NL-HaNA), Collection Van der Beugel, access number 2.21.183.08, inv.no. 20.

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