TREATY

between

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 Portuguese Republic,

the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

(Member States of the European Union)

and

the Kingdom of Norway,

the Republic of Austria,

the Republic of Finland

the Kingdom of Sweden,

concerning the accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Union.

(94/C 241/07)

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY,

THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN,

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

UNITED in their desire to pursue the attainment of the objectives of the Treaties on which the European Union is founded,

DETERMINED in the spirit of those Treaties to continue the process of creating an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe on the foundations already laid,

CONSIDERING that Article O of the Treaty on European Union affords European States the opportunity of becoming members of the Union,

CONSIDERING that the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden have applied to become members of the Union,

CONSIDERING that the Council of the European Union, after having obtained the opinion of the Commission and the assent of the European Parliament, has declared itself in favour of the admission of these States,

HAVE DECIDED to establish by common agreement the conditions of admission and the adjustments to be made to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, and to this end have designated as their Plenipotentiaries:

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS,

Mr Jean-Luc DEHAENE

Prime Minister

Mr Willy CLAES

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Ph. de SCHOUTHEETE de TERVARENT

Ambassador,

Permanent Representative of Belgium to the European Union

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK,

Mr Poul Nyrup RASMUSSEN

Prime Minister

Mr Niels Helveg PETERSEN

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Gunnar RIBERHOLDT

Ambassador,

Permanent Representative of Denmark to the European Union

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,

Dr Helmut KOHL

Federal Chancellor

Dr Klaus KINKEL

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs and Deputy Federal Chancellor

Dr Dietrich von KYAW

Ambassador

Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the European Union

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,

Mr Andreas PAPANDREOU

Prime Minister

Mr Karolos PAPOULIAS

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Theodoros PANGALOS

Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SPAIN,

Mr Felipe GONZÁLEZ MÁRQUEZ

President of the Government

Mr Javier SOLANA MADARIAGA

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Carlos WESTENDORP y CABEZA

State Secretary for Relations with the European Communities

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,

Mr Edouard BALLADUR

Prime Minister

Mr Alain JUPPÉ

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Alain LAMASSOURE

Minister with special responsibility for European Affairs

Mr Pierre de BOISSIEU

Ambassador,

Permanent Representative of France to the European Union

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND,

Mr Albert REYNOLDS

Prime Minister

Mr Dick SPRING

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Padraic McKERNAN

Ambassador

Permanent Representative of Ireland to the European Union

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC,

Mr Silvio BERLUSCONI

Prime Minister

Mr Antonio MARTINO

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Livio CAPUTO

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG,

Mr Jacques SANTER

Prime Minister

Mr Jacques F. POOS

Deputy Prime Minister

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Jean-Jacques KASEL

Ambassador,

Permanent Representative of Luxembourg to the European Union

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS,

Mr R. F. M. LUBBERS

Prime Minister

Dr P. H. KOOIJMANS

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Dr B. R. BOT

Ambassador

Permanent Representative of the Netherlands to the European Union

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY,

Mrs Gro HARLEM BRUNDTLAND

Prime Minister

Mr Bjoern TORE GODAL

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mrs Grete KNUDSEN

Minister for Trade, Minister for Merchant Shipping

Mr Eivinn BERG

Head of the Delegation entrusted with the negotiations

THE FEDERAL PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA,

Mr Franz VRANITZKY

Federal Chancellor

Mr Alois MOCK

Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Ulrich STACHER

Director General,

Federal Chancellory

Mr Manfred SCHEICH

Head of the Austrian Mission to the European Communities

THE PRESIDENT OF THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC,

Mr Aníbal CAVACO SILVA

Prime Minister

Mr José DURÃO BARROSO

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Vítor MARTINS

State Secretary for European Affairs

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,

Mr Esko AHO

Prime Minister

Mr Pertti SALOLAINEN

Minister for Foreign Trade

Mr Heikki HAAVISTO

Minister for Foreign Affairs

Mr Veli SUNDBAECK

State Secretary for Foreign Affairs

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF SWEDEN,

HE Mr Carl BILDT

Prime Minister

HE Mrs Margaretha af UGGLAS

Minister for Foreign Affairs

HE Mr Ulf DINKELSPIEL

Minister for European Affairs and Foreign Trade

Mr Frank BELFRAGE

Under-Secretary of State for European Affairs and Foreign Trade

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,

The Rt Hon John MAJOR

Prime Minister

The Rt Hon Douglas HURD

Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

Mr David HEATHCOAT-AMORY

Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office

EN FE DE LO CUAL, los plenipotenciarios abajo firmantes suscriben el presente Tratado.

TIL BEKRAEFTELSE HERAF har undertegnede befuldmaegtigede underskrevet denne traktat.

ZU URKUND DESSEN haben die unterzeichneten Bevollmaechtigten ihre Unterschriften unter diesen Vertrag gesetzt.

ÓAA ÐÉÓÔÙÓÇ ÔÙÍ ÁÍÙÔAAÑÙ, ïé õðïãaaãñáììÝíïé ðëçñaaîïýóéïé õðÝãñáoeáí ôçí ðáñïýóá óõíèÞêç.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned Plenipotentiaries have signed this Treaty.

EN FOI DE QUOI, les plénipotentiaires soussignés ont apposé leurs signatures au bas du présent traité.

DÁ FHIANÚ SIN, chuir na Lánchumhachtaigh thíos-sínithe à lámh leis an gConradh seo.

IN FEDE DI CHE, i plenipotenziari sottoscritti hanno apposto le loro firme in calce al presente trattato.

TEN BLIJKE WAARVAN de ondergetekende gevolmachtigden hun handtekening onder dit Verdrag hebben gesteld.

TIL BEKREFTELSE AV DETTE har nedenstaaende befullmektigede undertegnet denne traktat.

EM FÉ DO QUE, os plenipotenciários abaixo-assinados apuseram as suas assinaturas no final do presente Tratado.

TAEMAEN VAKUUDEKSI ALLA MAINITUT taeysivaltaiset edustajat ovat allekirjoittaneet taemaen sopimuksen.

SOM BEKRAEFTELSE PAA DETTA har undertecknade befullmaektigade ombud undertecknat detta foerdrag.

Hecho en Corfú, el veinticuatro de junio de mil novecientos noventa y cuatro.

Udfaerdiget i Korfu den fireogtyvende juni nitten hundrede og fireoghalvfems.

Geschehen zu Korfu am vierundzwanzigsten Juni neunzehnhundertvierundneunzig.

¸ãéíaa óôçí ÊÝñêõñá, óôéò aassêïóé ôÝóóaañéò Éïõíssïõ ÷ssëéá aaííéáêueóéá aaíaaíÞíôá ôÝóóaañá.

Done at Corfu on the twenty-fourth day of June in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety-four.

Fait à Corfou, le vingt-quatre juin mil neuf cent quatre-vingt-quatorze.

Arna dhéanamh in Corfú ar an ceathrú lá is fiche de Mheitheamh sa bhliain míle naoi gcéad nócha ceathair.

Fatto a Corfù, addì ventiquattro giugno millenovecentonovantaquattro.

Gedaan te Korfoe, de vierentwintigste juni negentienhonderd vierennegentig.

Utferdiget paa Korfu den tjuefjerde juni nittenhundreognittifire.

Feito em Corfu, em vinte e quatro de Junho de mil novecentos e noventa e quatro.

Tehty Korfulla kahdentenakymmenentenaeneljaentenae paeivaenae kesaekuuta vuonna tuhat

yhdeksaensataayhdeksaenkymmentaeneljae.

Uppraettat paa Korfu den tjugofjaerde juni aar nittonhundranittiofyra.

Pour Sa Majesté le Roi des Belges

Voor Zijne Majesteit de Koning der Belgen

Fuer Seine Majestaet der Koenig der Belgier

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For Hendes Majestaet Danmarks Dronning

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Fuer den Praesidenten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland

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Por Su Majestad el Rey de España

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Pour le Président de la République française

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Thar ceann Uachtarán na hÉireann

For the President of Ireland

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Per il Presidente della Repubblica italiana

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Pour Son Altesse Royale le Grand-Duc de Luxembourg

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Voor Hare Majesteit de Koningin der Nederlanden

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For Hans Majestet Konget av Norge

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Fuer den Bundespraesidenten der Republik OEsterreich

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Pelo Presidente da República Portuguesa

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Suomen Tasavallan Presidentin puolesta

Foer Republiken Finlands President

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For Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

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WHO, having exchanged their full powers found in good and due form,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: