Tax Collector. The mission of the Tax Collector is to collect all tax revenue due to the City in accordance with Connecticut State Statutes and to provide the taxpayers of the City with information and assistance in a prompt and courteous manner.
DEFINITION of 'European Community-EC'. The European Community is one of the three pillars of the European Union (EU).The pillars represent the three different areas of cooperation within the union. The European Community is the first pillar and represents supranational cooperation.The policies within this area allow the EU to issue legislation that directly binds its citizens.he pillars represent the three different areas of cooperation within the union. The European Community is the first pillar and represents supranational cooperation. The policies within this area allow the EU to issue legislation that directly binds its citizens.
The European Union, as it is now known, now consists of 25 member states and presidency of the organisation changes annually. Britain, Ireland and Denmark joined in 1973, Greece joined in 1981, Spain and Portugal in 1986, Austria, Finland and Sweden in 1995. On 1 May 2004, 10 new states from Eastern and Southern Europe joined the community. The EU is now the world's largest trading bloc by population, with about 455 million citizens.