First Enlargement Treaty

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accession treaty treaty

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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Label	Occurrences
First Enlargement Treaty canonical	2

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accession treaty ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) ⓘ surface form: 1972 Treaty of Accession
appliesTo	European Union legal order ⓘ surface form: European Communities legal order
cameIntoForce	1973-01-01 ⓘ
countryInvolved	Republic of Ireland ⓘ surface form: Ireland Denmark ⓘ surface form: Kingdom of Denmark Kingdom of Norway ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
note	Norway did not become a member because the treaty was rejected in a Norwegian referendum ⓘ
officialName	Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) ⓘ surface form: 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 Economic Community ⓘ surface form: European Communities European Economic Community ⓘ
partOf	enlargement of the European Union ⓘ history of European integration ⓘ
precededBy	EU Treaties ⓘ surface form: Founding Treaties of the European Communities
ratifiedBy	Folketing ⓘ surface form: Danish Parliament Oireachtas ⓘ surface form: Oireachtas of Ireland British Parliament ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom Parliament
region	Europe ⓘ
relatedTo	European Union enlargement ⓘ surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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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Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) → alsoKnownAs → First Enlargement Treaty ⓘ

First Enlargement Treaty → shortName → First Enlargement Treaty self-link ⓘ