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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Merger Treaty canonical	5
Covenant of Merger	1
Merger Treaty (Brussels Treaty 1965)	1
Treaty of Merger	1

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Target entity: Merger Treaty
Context triple: [European Economic Community, mergedInstitutionallyByTreaty, Merger Treaty]

A. Treaty of Paris 1947
The Treaty of Paris of 1947 was a post–World War II peace agreement that formally ended hostilities between the Allied powers and several Axis-aligned European states, redrawing borders and imposing political and military terms.
B. Wormley Agreement
The Wormley Agreement refers to the informal political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election by granting Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
C. Treaty of Breslau
The Treaty of Breslau was a 1742 agreement between Prussia and Austria that ended the First Silesian War and ceded most of Silesia to Prussia.
D. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace agreement that formally ended World War I and imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic terms on Germany while reshaping the map of Europe.
E. Locarno Treaties
The Locarno Treaties were a series of 1925 diplomatic agreements in which Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy sought to stabilize post–World War I Europe by guaranteeing Western borders and promoting reconciliation with Germany.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

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Target entity: Merger Treaty
Target entity description: 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.

A. Treaty of Paris 1947
The Treaty of Paris of 1947 was a post–World War II peace agreement that formally ended hostilities between the Allied powers and several Axis-aligned European states, redrawing borders and imposing political and military terms.
B. Wormley Agreement
The Wormley Agreement refers to the informal political deal that resolved the disputed 1876 U.S. presidential election by granting Rutherford B. Hayes the presidency in exchange for the withdrawal of federal troops from the South, effectively ending Reconstruction.
C. Treaty of Breslau
The Treaty of Breslau was a 1742 agreement between Prussia and Austria that ended the First Silesian War and ceded most of Silesia to Prussia.
D. Treaty of Versailles
The Treaty of Versailles was the 1919 peace agreement that formally ended World War I and imposed punitive territorial, military, and economic terms on Germany while reshaping the map of Europe.
E. Locarno Treaties
The Locarno Treaties were a series of 1925 diplomatic agreements in which Germany, France, Belgium, Britain, and Italy sought to stabilize post–World War I Europe by guaranteeing Western borders and promoting reconciliation with Germany.
F. None of above. chosen

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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 ⓘ

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

European Economic Community → mergedInstitutionallyByTreaty → Merger Treaty ⓘ

European Coal and Steel Community → mergerTreaty → Merger Treaty ⓘ

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

Merger Treaty → alsoKnownAs → Merger Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Merger

European Atomic Energy Community → institutionalMergerInstrument → Merger Treaty ⓘ

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

Instrument of Accession → followedBy → Merger Treaty ⓘ

this entity surface form: Covenant of Merger

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

Brussels Treaty of 1965 → shortName → Merger Treaty ⓘ

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