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Document 11985I/TTE/02

DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, TREATY ( SIGNED ON 12 JUNE 1985 ) BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, IRELAND, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ( MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ) AND THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND TO THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, ARTICLE 2

OJ L 302, 15.11.1985, p. 13 (DA, DE, EL, EN, FR, IT, NL)

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11985I/TTE/02

DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, TREATY ( SIGNED ON 12 JUNE 1985 ) BETWEEN THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, IRELAND, THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ( MEMBER STATES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ) AND THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND TO THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY, ARTICLE 2

Official Journal L 302 , 15/11/1985 P. 0013


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Article 2

1 . This Treaty will be ratified by the High Contracting Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements . The instruments of ratification will be deposited with the Government of the Italian Republic by 31 December 1985 at the latest .

2 . This Treaty will enter into force on 1 January 1986 , provided that all the instruments of ratification have been deposited before that date and that all the instruments of accession to the European Coal and Steel Community are deposited on that date .

If , however , one of the States referred to in Article 1 ( 1 ) has not deposited its instruments of ratification and accession in due time , the Treaty shall enter into force for the other State which has deposited its instruments . In this case , the Council of the European Communities , acting unanimously , shall decide immediately upon such resulting adjustments as have become indispensable , to Article 3 of this Treaty and to Articles 14 , 17 , 19 , 20 , 23 , 383 , 384 , 385 , 386 , 388 , 397 , and 402 of the Act of Accession , to the provisions of Annex I to that Act concerning the composition and functioning of various committees , and to the relevant Articles of Protocol 1 on the Statute of the European Investment Bank annexed thereto ; acting unanimously , it may also declare that those provisions of the aforementioned Act wich refer expressly to the State which has not deposited its instruments of ratification and accession have lapsed , or it may adjust them .

3 . Notwithstanding paragraph 2 , the institutions of the Community may adopt before accession the measures referred to in Articles 27 , 91 , 161 , 163 , 164 , 165 , 171 , 179 , 258 , 349 , 351 , 352 , 358 , 366 , 378 and 396 of the Act of Accession and Articles 2 , 3 and 4 of Protocol 2 . These measures shall enter into force only subject to and on the date of the entry into force of this Treaty .

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