Single European Act

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The Single European Act was a landmark 1986 European Community treaty that laid the groundwork for the EU’s single market by deepening economic integration and expanding supranational powers.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Community treaty ⓘ
foundational EU treaty ⓘ
aimedAt completion of the single European market ⓘ
deepening European economic integration ⓘ
expansion of supranational powers in the European Communities ⓘ
amended EEC Treaty ⓘ
linked to: Treaty of Rome

Euratom Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Rome ⓘ
appliesTo Member States of the European Communities ⓘ
classifiedAs landmark in European integration ⓘ
country European Communities ⓘ
created European Council as a treaty-based institution ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1987-07-01 ⓘ
expandedCompetenceIn economic and social cohesion ⓘ
environmental policy ⓘ
research and technological development ⓘ
social policy cooperation ⓘ
followedBy Treaty of Maastricht ⓘ
hasSubject European integration ⓘ
institutional reform of the European Communities ⓘ
single market ⓘ
inspiredBy White Paper on Completing the Internal Market ⓘ
introduced European Political Cooperation framework into the treaties ⓘ
cooperation procedure for legislation ⓘ
qualified majority voting in the Council for internal market measures ⓘ
language multilingual treaty ⓘ
legalBasisFor completion of the internal market by 1992 ⓘ
negotiatedBy Member states of the European Communities ⓘ
officialName Single European Act ⓘ
partOf European Union law acquis ⓘ
predecessorOf Treaty on European Union ⓘ
providedFor harmonisation of national laws affecting the internal market ⓘ
removal of fiscal barriers to trade within the Community ⓘ
removal of physical barriers to trade within the Community ⓘ
removal of technical barriers to trade within the Community ⓘ
ratifiedBy all then Member States of the European Communities ⓘ
region Europe ⓘ
resultedIn enhanced legislative role of the European Parliament ⓘ
greater use of qualified majority voting in the Council ⓘ
setDeadline 1992 for completion of the internal market ⓘ
shortName SEA ⓘ
signedAt Luxembourg ⓘ
The Hague ⓘ
signingDate 1986-02-17 ⓘ
1986-02-28 ⓘ
strengthened powers of the European Parliament ⓘ

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Margaret Thatcher government → treaty → Single European Act ⓘ
European integration → hasKeyEvent → Single European Act 1986 ⓘ
linked to: Single European Act
Treaty of Rome → amendedBy → Single European Act ⓘ
Merger Treaty → followedBy → Single European Act ⓘ
European Union internal market → strengthenedBy → Single European Act 1986 ⓘ
linked to: Single European Act
Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Single European Act 1986 ⓘ
linked to: Single European Act
General Court → establishedBy → Single European Act ⓘ
Treaty of Amsterdam → precededBy → Single European Act ⓘ
Single European Act → officialName → Single European Act ⓘ
Jacques Delors → knownFor → Single European Act ⓘ
Brussels Treaty of 1965 → followedBy → Single European Act ⓘ
Maastricht Treaty → amended → Single European Act ⓘ
subject linked to: Maastricht Treaty 1992
Treaties of Belgium → hasPart → Single European Act ⓘ
SEA → refersTo → Single European Act ⓘ
European Political Cooperation → legalBasis → Single European Act ⓘ
European Political Cooperation → codifiedIn → Title III of the Single European Act ⓘ
linked to: Single European Act
Stage 1 of EMU → legalBasis → Single European Act provisions on internal market ⓘ
linked to: Single European Act