1972 Accession Treaty

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The 1972 Accession Treaty is the international agreement by which the United Kingdom formally joined the European Communities, the precursor to the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf accession treaty ⓘ
international agreement ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
appliesTo European Atomic Energy Community legal order ⓘ
European Economic Community legal order ⓘ
category 1972 in international relations ⓘ
Treaties of accession to the European Communities ⓘ
countryInvolved Ireland ⓘ
Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark

Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
dateSigned 1972-01-22 ⓘ
enteredIntoForce 1973-01-01 ⓘ
followedBy 1981 Accession Treaty ⓘ
hasConsequence expansion of the European Communities from six to nine members ⓘ
implementedBy European Communities Act 1972 (United Kingdom) ⓘ
language Danish ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Norwegian ⓘ
legalBasisFor Denmark membership of the European Communities ⓘ
Ireland membership of the European Communities ⓘ
United Kingdom membership of the European Communities ⓘ
note Norway did not become a member because its accession was rejected in a referendum ⓘ
officialName Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ
organizationInvolved European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ
European Communities ⓘ
European Economic Community ⓘ
placeSigned Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
precededBy founding treaties of the European Communities ⓘ
relatedTo European Communities enlargement of 1973 ⓘ
European Union ⓘ
resultedIn accession of Denmark to the European Communities ⓘ
accession of Ireland to the European Communities ⓘ
accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities ⓘ
planned accession of Norway to the European Communities ⓘ
shortName 1972 Accession Treaty ⓘ
Treaty of Accession 1972 ⓘ
signedBy Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Ireland

Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark

Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
Member States of the European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ
Member States of the European Economic Community ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
subject European integration ⓘ
accession to the European Communities ⓘ

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1972 Accession Treaty → officialName → Treaty concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ
linked to: 1972 Accession Treaty
1972 Accession Treaty → shortName → 1972 Accession Treaty ⓘ
1972 Accession Treaty → shortName → Treaty of Accession 1972 ⓘ
linked to: 1972 Accession Treaty
First Enlargement Treaty → shortName → 1972 Accession Treaty ⓘ