Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities)

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accession treaty international agreement treaty

The Treaty of Accession 1972 was the international agreement that formalized the United Kingdom’s entry into the European Communities, marking its integration into the precursor of the European Union.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Treaties of accession to the European Communities	1
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 Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community	1
Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to European Communities)	1
UK Treaty of Accession 1972	1
United Kingdom accession to the European Communities	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	accession treaty ⓘ international agreement ⓘ treaty ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	First Enlargement Treaty ⓘ
appliesTo	United Kingdom law via European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ
category	1972 in international relations ⓘ Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Treaties of accession to the European Communities
countryAcceding	Denmark ⓘ Ireland ⓘ Norway ⓘ United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
effectiveFrom	1973-01-01 ⓘ
endedFor	United Kingdom on 2020-01-31 following Brexit ⓘ
enteredIntoForceOn	1973-01-01 ⓘ
historicalContext	first enlargement of the European Communities ⓘ
implementedBy	European Communities Act 1972 ⓘ surface form: European Communities Act 1972 (United Kingdom)
jurisdiction	European Economic Community ⓘ surface form: European Communities
language	Dutch ⓘ English ⓘ French ⓘ German ⓘ Italian ⓘ
legalBasisFor	United Kingdom membership of the European Communities ⓘ
officialName	Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) self-linksurface differs ⓘ 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 Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community
partOf	enlargement of the European Communities ⓘ
predecessorOf	United Kingdom’s membership in the European Union ⓘ
relatedTo	Euratom Treaty ⓘ Merger Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Rome ⓘ
resultedIn	accession of Denmark to the European Communities ⓘ accession of Ireland to the European Communities ⓘ accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities ⓘ planned accession of Norway to the European Communities ⓘ
shortName	1972 Accession Treaty ⓘ Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: UK Treaty of Accession 1972
signedAt	Brussels, Belgium ⓘ surface form: Brussels
signedBy	UK government ⓘ surface form: United Kingdom government Government of Denmark ⓘ surface form: government of Denmark Government of Ireland ⓘ surface form: government of Ireland Government of Norway ⓘ surface form: government of Norway governments of the six existing Member States of the European Communities ⓘ
signedOn	1972-01-22 ⓘ
statusOfNorwayAccession	not ratified following Norwegian referendum in 1972 ⓘ
subjectMatter	adaptations of the founding treaties of the European Communities ⓘ conditions of accession of the United Kingdom to the European Communities ⓘ
supersededBy	subsequent European Union treaties as regards institutional framework ⓘ
toOrganization	European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ European Economic Community ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) → category → Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaties of accession to the European Communities

Treaties of the United Kingdom → hasPart → Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to European Communities)

Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) → officialName → Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity 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 Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community

Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) → shortName → Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: UK Treaty of Accession 1972

Edward Heath → signed → Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) ⓘ

Foreign relations of the United Kingdom (historical) → significantEvent → Treaty of Accession 1972 (United Kingdom to the European Communities) ⓘ

this entity surface form: United Kingdom accession to the European Communities