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1986, Jan. 1
 
Spain and Portugal became full members of the EC, thus enlarging the community to 12. Finland became a full member of the EFTA.  1
 
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The Council of Industry Ministers began dismantling the controls on the system of monitoring and production quotas for the EC steel industry. (In June 1988 the council announced the end of steel production quotas system, effective July 1, 1988.)  2
 
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The EC approved the Eureka high-technology research program, which included more than 60 projects.  3
 
 
 
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