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Article 1

For the purposes of this Act:

- the expression "original Treaties" means:

(a) the Treaty establishing the European Community ("EC Treaty") and the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community ("Euratom Treaty"), as supplemented or amended by treaties or other acts which entered into force before this accession,

(b) the Treaty on European Union ("EU Treaty"), as supplemented or amended by treaties or other acts which entered into force before this accession;

- the expression "present Member States" means the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

- the expression "the Union" means the European Union as established by the EU Treaty;

- the expression "the Community" means one or both of the Communities referred to in the first indent, as the case may be;

- the expression "new Member States" means the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic;

- the expression "the institutions" means the institutions established by the original Treaties.

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