Single European Act

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European Community treaty foundational EU treaty

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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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Single European Act canonical	10
Single European Act 1986	3

Statements (46)

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	Treaty of Rome ⓘ surface form: EEC Treaty Euratom Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Rome ⓘ
appliesTo	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Member States of the European Communities
classifiedAs	landmark in European integration ⓘ
country	European Economic Community ⓘ surface form: 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	Maastricht Treaty 1992 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Maastricht
hasSubject	European integration ⓘ institutional reform of the European Communities ⓘ single market ⓘ
inspiredBy	European Union internal market ⓘ surface form: 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 Union ⓘ surface form: Member states of the European Communities
officialName	Single European Act self-link ⓘ
partOf	European Union legal order ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Margaret Thatcher government → treaty → Single European Act ⓘ

European integration → hasKeyEvent → Single European Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single European Act 1986

Treaty of Rome → amendedBy → Single European Act ⓘ

Merger Treaty → followedBy → Single European Act ⓘ

European Union internal market → strengthenedBy → Single European Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single European Act 1986

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Single European Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single European Act 1986

General Court → establishedBy → Single European Act ⓘ

Treaty of Amsterdam → precededBy → Single European Act ⓘ

Single European Act → officialName → Single European Act self-link ⓘ

Jacques Delors → knownFor → Single European Act ⓘ

Brussels Treaty of 1965 → followedBy → Single European Act ⓘ

Maastricht Treaty 1992 → amended → Single European Act ⓘ

subject surface form: Maastricht Treaty

Treaties of Belgium → hasPart → Single European Act ⓘ