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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 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 , 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 TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY ,

DETERMINED IN THE SPIRIT OF THOSE TREATIES TO CONSTRUCT AN EVER CLOSER UNION AMONG THE PEOPLES OF EUROPE ON THE FOUNDATIONS ALREADY LAID ,

CONSIDERING THAT ARTICLE 237 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND ARTICLE 205 OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY AFFORD EUROPEAN STATES THE OPPORTUNITY OF BECOMING MEMBERS OF THESE COMMUNITIES ,

CONSIDERING THAT THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK , IRELAND , THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND HAVE APPLIED TO BECOME MEMBERS OF THESE COMMUNITIES ,

CONSIDERING THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AFTER HAVING OBTAINED THE OPINION OF THE COMMISSION , 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 ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , AND TO THIS END HAVE DESIGNATED AS THEIR PLENIPOTENTIARIES :

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF THE BELGIANS

MR G . EYSKENS , PRIME MINISTER ;

MR P . HARMEL , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR J . VAN DER MEULEN , AMBASSADOR ,

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK

MR J . O . KRAG , PRIME MINISTER ;

MR I . NOERGAARD , MINISTER OF EXTERNAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS ;

MR J . CHRISTENSEN , SECRETARY GENERAL FOR EXTERNAL ECONOMIC AFFAIRS , MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

MR W . SCHEEL , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR H.-G . SACHS , AMBASSADOR ,

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC

MR M . SCHUMANN , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR J.-M . BOEGNER , AMBASSADOR ,

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND

MR J . A . LYNCH , PRIME MINISTER ;

MR P . J . HILLERY , MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC

MR E . COLOMBO , PRIME MINISTER ;

MR A . MORO , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR G . BOMBASSEI FRASCANI DE VETTOR , AMBASSADOR ,

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG

MR G . THORN , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR J . DONDELINGER , AMBASSADOR ,

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS

MR W . K . N . SCHMELZER , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR T . E . WESTERTERP , STATE SECRETARY , MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR E . M . J . A . SASSEN , AMBASSADOR ,

PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF NORWAY

MR T . BRATTELI , PRIME MINISTER ;

MR A . CAPPELEN , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR S . CHR . SOMMERFELT , AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY ;

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

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE EDWARD HEATH , M . B . E . , M . P . , PRIME MINISTER ,

FIRST LORD OF THE TREASURY , MINISTER FOR THE CIVIL SERVICE ;

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ALEC DOUGLAS-HOME , K . T . , M . P . ,

HER MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS ;

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE GEOFFREY RIPPON , Q . C . , M . P . ,

CHANCELLOR OF THE DUCHY OF LANCASTER ;

WHO , HAVING EXCHANGED THEIR FULL POWERS FOUND IN GOOD AND DUE FORM , HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :