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Council Decision on the accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the EEC and to the EAEC (22 January 1972)
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Council Decision on the accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the EEC and to the EAEC (22 January 1972)

On 22 January 1972, the Council of the European Communities decides to accept the applications for accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the European Economic Community (EEC) and to the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC).

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Title Council Decision on the accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the EEC and to the EAEC (22 January 1972)
Document type Text
Source Decision of the Council of the European communities of 22 January 1972 on 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, in Official Journal of the European Communities (OJEC). 27.03.1972, No L 73, p. 4.
Keywords accession to the Community, Denmark, EC Decision, Norway, Republic of Ireland, United Kingdom
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Caption On 22 January 1972, the Council of the European Communities decides to accept the applications for accession of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom to the European Economic Community (EEC) and to the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC).
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Document extract Decision of the Council of the European communities of 22 January 1972 on 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 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to Article 237 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and Article 205 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, Whereas the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland have applied to accede to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, Having obtained the Opinion of the Commission, HAS DECIDED: To accept these applications for accession; the conditions of admission and the adjustments to the Treaties necessitated thereby are to be the subject of an agreement between the member States and the applicant States. Done at Brussels, 22 January 1972 For the Council The President G. THORN Read more in ENA
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Cartoon by Murschetz on the enlargement of the European Community (14 December 1971)
The first enlargement
Negotiations with Ireland, Denmark and Norway
Main agricultural products of the new Member States (1969)
The accession of the United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark to the European Communities (1973)
Treaty concerning the Accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom to the EEC and the EAEC (Brussels, 22 January 1972)
Denmark's accession
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