First Enlargement Treaty

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The First Enlargement Treaty was the 1972 agreement by which the United Kingdom (along with Denmark and Ireland) joined the European Communities, marking the first expansion of what would become the European Union.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf accession treaty ⓘ
treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs 1972 Treaty of Accession ⓘ
appliesTo European Communities legal order ⓘ
cameIntoForce 1973-01-01 ⓘ
countryInvolved Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Republic of Ireland

Kingdom of Denmark ⓘ
linked to: Denmark

Kingdom of Norway ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ⓘ
linked to: United Kingdom
effectOnMembership increased number of European Communities member states from six to nine ⓘ
followedBy Southern Enlargement accession treaties ⓘ
language Danish ⓘ
Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
German ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
legalStatus international treaty ⓘ
locationSigned Brussels ⓘ
linked to: Brussels, Belgium
note Norway did not become a member because the treaty was rejected in a Norwegian 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 Communities ⓘ
organizationInvolved European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ
European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ
European Communities ⓘ
European Economic Community ⓘ
partOf enlargement of the European Union ⓘ
history of European integration ⓘ
precededBy Founding Treaties of the European Communities ⓘ
linked to: EU Treaties
ratifiedBy Danish Parliament ⓘ
linked to: Folketing

Oireachtas of Ireland ⓘ
linked to: Oireachtas

United Kingdom Parliament ⓘ
linked to: British Parliament
region Europe ⓘ
relatedTo European Union enlargement policy ⓘ
resultedIn accession of Denmark to the European Communities ⓘ
accession of Ireland to the European Communities ⓘ
accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities ⓘ
expansion of the European Economic Community from six to nine member states ⓘ
first enlargement of the European Communities ⓘ
shortName 1972 Accession Treaty ⓘ
First Enlargement Treaty ⓘ
signed 1972 ⓘ
signedBy representatives of Denmark ⓘ
representatives of Ireland ⓘ
representatives of Norway ⓘ
representatives of the United Kingdom ⓘ
representatives of the six original member states of the European Communities ⓘ
subjectMatter accession conditions for new member states ⓘ
adaptation of the Treaties establishing the European Communities ⓘ
institutional adjustments of the European Communities ⓘ

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First Enlargement Treaty → shortName → First Enlargement Treaty ⓘ
1981 Accession Treaty → relatedTo → First enlargement of the European Communities ⓘ
linked to: First Enlargement Treaty