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DECISION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

OF 22 JANUARY 1972

ON 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

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO ARTICLE 237 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND ARTICLE 205 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ,

WHEREAS THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK , IRELAND , THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE APPLIED TO ACCEDE TO THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND TO THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ,

HAVING OBTAINED THE OPINION OF THE COMMISSION ,

HAS DECIDED

TO ACCEPT THESE APPLICATIONS FOR ACCESSION ; THE CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES NECESSITATED THEREBY ARE TO BE THE SUBJECT OF AN AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MEMBER STATES AND THE PPLICANT STATES .

DONE AT BRUSSELS , 22 JANUARY 1972

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

G . THORN