Merger Treaty

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European Union founding treaty international treaty treaty establishing European Communities institutions

The Merger Treaty was a 1965 agreement that unified the executive institutions of the European Communities, creating a single Commission and a single Council to streamline their governance.

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Covenant of Merger	1
Merger Treaty (Brussels Treaty 1965)	1
Treaty of Merger	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Union founding treaty ⓘ international treaty ⓘ treaty establishing European Communities institutions ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Brussels Treaty of 1965 ⓘ Brussels Treaty of 1965 ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Brussels (Merger Treaty) Merger Treaty ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Merger
appliesTo	European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ European Economic Community ⓘ
countrySignedIn	Belgium ⓘ
created	European Commission ⓘ surface form: single Commission of the European Communities Council of the European Union ⓘ surface form: single Council of the European Communities
dateEffective	1967-07-01 ⓘ
dateSigned	1965-04-08 ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1967-07-01 ⓘ
followedBy	Single European Act ⓘ
hasCategory	1965 in European Union law ⓘ Treaties entered into by member states of the European Communities ⓘ Treaties establishing European Communities institutions ⓘ
inForce	true ⓘ
language	Dutch ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ other official languages of the member states (authentic texts) ⓘ
legalStatus	amended by later European Union treaties ⓘ
mergedInstitution	European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ surface form: Commission of the European Atomic Energy Community European Commission ⓘ surface form: 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 Council of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Council of the European Economic Community High Authority of the ECSC ⓘ surface form: High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
officialName	Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities ⓘ
partOf	primary law of the European Communities ⓘ
placeSigned	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
precededBy	Treaty of Rome ⓘ surface form: Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community Treaty of Paris (1951) ⓘ surface form: Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community Treaty of Rome ⓘ
purpose	to merge the executive bodies of the three European Communities ⓘ to streamline governance of the European Communities ⓘ
resultedIn	European Commission ⓘ surface form: Commission of the European Communities Council of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Council of the European Communities
shortName	Treaty of Brussels (1975) ⓘ surface form: Treaty of Brussels (1965)
signatory	European Atomic Energy Community member states ⓘ European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ surface form: European Coal and Steel Community member states European Economic Community ⓘ surface form: European Economic Community member states
subjectMatter	institutional reform of the European Communities ⓘ
unified	executive institutions of the European Communities ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Merger Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Merger Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Merger

Instrument of Accession → followedBy → Merger Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenant of Merger

European Atomic Energy Community → institutionalMergerInstrument → Merger Treaty ⓘ

European Economic Community → mergedInstitutionallyByTreaty → Merger Treaty ⓘ

European Coal and Steel Community → mergerTreaty → Merger Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Merger Treaty (Brussels Treaty 1965)

Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) → relatedTo → Merger Treaty ⓘ