Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities

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European Union founding treaty Merger Treaty international treaty

The Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, commonly known as the Merger Treaty, was a 1965 agreement that unified the executive institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community, and Euratom into a single set of bodies.

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Label	Occurrences
Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities canonical	3
Single Commission of the European Communities	2
Treaties of the European Communities	1
Treaty amending certain financial provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities	1

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This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1858055 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

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Target entity: Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities
Context triple: [Merger Treaty, officialName, Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities]

A. Single European Act
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.
B. Treaty of Rome
The Treaty of Rome is a 1957 international agreement that established the European Economic Community, laying a foundational step toward today’s European Union and its single market.
C. Treaty on European Union
The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundational agreement that created the modern European Union and introduced the framework for a single currency, common foreign and security policy, and closer political integration among its member states.
D. Schuman Declaration
The Schuman Declaration was a 1950 proposal by French foreign minister Robert Schuman to place French and German coal and steel production under a common authority, laying the foundation for European integration and ultimately the European Union.
E. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities
Target entity description: The Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, commonly known as the Merger Treaty, was a 1965 agreement that unified the executive institutions of the European Coal and Steel Community, the European Economic Community, and Euratom into a single set of bodies.

A. Single European Act
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.
B. Treaty of Rome
The Treaty of Rome is a 1957 international agreement that established the European Economic Community, laying a foundational step toward today’s European Union and its single market.
C. Treaty on European Union
The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundational agreement that created the modern European Union and introduced the framework for a single currency, common foreign and security policy, and closer political integration among its member states.
D. Schuman Declaration
The Schuman Declaration was a 1950 proposal by French foreign minister Robert Schuman to place French and German coal and steel production under a common authority, laying the foundation for European integration and ultimately the European Union.
E. Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is one of the EU’s primary founding treaties, setting out its institutional framework, policy competences, and detailed rules governing the functioning of the Union’s internal market and other key areas.
F. None of above. chosen

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union founding treaty ⓘ Merger Treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Brussels Treaty of 1965 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Brussels (1965)
appliesTo	European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ surface form: Euratom European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ European Economic Community ⓘ
cameIntoForceInYear	1967 ⓘ
category	1965 in international relations ⓘ 1967 in European Union law ⓘ Treaties concluded in 1965 ⓘ Treaties entered into force in 1967 ⓘ
concludedBy	Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Member States of the European Atomic Energy Community Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ Member States of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Member States of the European Economic Community
created	Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Single Commission of the European Communities Single Council of the European Communities ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1967-07-01 ⓘ
hasAlias	Brussels Treaty of 1965 ⓘ Merger Treaty ⓘ
historicalPeriod	European integration in the 1960s ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
legalBasisFor	Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Single Commission of the European Communities Single Council of the European Communities ⓘ
objective	to unify the executive institutions of the European Communities ⓘ
partOf	constitutional framework of the European Communities ⓘ primary law of the European Communities ⓘ
predecessorTo	later institutional provisions of the Treaties of the European Union ⓘ
region	Europe ⓘ
resultedIn	creation of a single institutional framework for the three European Communities ⓘ
signedIn	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
signedOn	1965-04-08 ⓘ
subjectMatter	institutional reform of the European Communities ⓘ
unifiedInstitution	Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ Commission of the European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ Commission of the European Economic Community ⓘ Council of the European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC ⓘ surface form: Council of the European Coal and Steel Community Single Council of the European Communities ⓘ surface form: Council of the European Economic Community
yearOfConclusion	1965 ⓘ

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

Merger Treaty → officialName → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities ⓘ

Treaty of Brussels (1975) → hasOfficialName → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty amending certain financial provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities

Treaty of Brussels (1975) → amends → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities ⓘ

Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities → created → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single Commission of the European Communities

Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities → legalBasisFor → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Single Commission of the European Communities

Brussels Treaty of 1965 → officialName → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities ⓘ

Brussels Treaty of 1965 → category → Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of the European Communities

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