在1957年签定罗马条约时,欧洲与第三世界的关系具有显而易见的单边性质。构成今天非加太集团的大多数国家当时还是殖民地,受着殖民大国的支配。罗马条约以一附加专约的形式为这些殖民地提供援助。该专约在欧洲共同体及其成员国与它们的“海外国家 When the Treaty of Rome was signed in 1957, the relations between Europe and the Third World had an obvious unilateral character. Most of the countries that make up the ACP Group today were then colonies, dominated by the colonial powers. The Rome Treaty provided assistance to these colonies in an additional treaty. The pledge is made between the European Community and its member states and their “overseas countries.”