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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 HELLENIC REPUBLIC ,

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 ,

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 FOUNDATION 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 HELLENIC REPUBLIC HAS APPLIED TO BECOME A MEMBER 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 THIS STATE ,

HAVE DECIDED TO ESTABLISH BY COMMON AGREEMENT THE CONDITIONS OF ADMISSION AND THE ADJUSTMENT 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 WILFRIED MARTENS ,

PRIME MINISTER ;

MR HENRI SIMONET ,

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR JOSEPH VAN DER MEULEN ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF DENMARK ,

MR NIELS ANKER KOFOED ,

MINISTER FOR AGRICULTURE ;

MR GUNNAR RIBERHOLDT ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY ,

MR HANS-DIETRICH GENSCHER ,

FEDERAL MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR HELMUT SIGRIST ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC ,

MR CONSTANTINOS KARAMANLIS ,

PRIME MINISTER ;

MR GEORGIOS RALLIS ,

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR GEORGIOS CONTOGEORGIS ,

MINISTER WITHOUT PORTFOLIO , RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS WITH THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE FRENCH REPUBLIC ,

MR JEAN FRANCOIS-PONCET ,

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR PIERRE BERNARD-REYMOND ,

STATE SECRETARY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR LUC DE LA BARRE DE NANTEUIL ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF IRELAND ,

MR JOHN LYNCH ,

PRIME MINISTER ;

MR MICHAEL O'KENNEDY ,

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR BRENDAN DILLON ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

THE PRESIDENT OF THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC ,

MR GIULIO ANDREOTTI ,

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS ;

MR ADOLFO BATTAGLIA ,

UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR EUGENIO PLAJA ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE GRAND DUKE OF LUXEMBOURG ,

MR GASTON THORN ,

PRESIDENT OF THE GOVERNMENT , MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR JEAN DONDELINGER ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN OF THE NETHERLANDS ,

MR CH . A . VAN DER KLAAUW ,

MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS ;

MR J . H . LUBBERS ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

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

THE RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD CARRINGTON ,

SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH AFFAIRS ;

SIR DONALD MAITLAND ,

AMBASSADOR , PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ;

WHO , HAVING EXCHANGED THEIR FULL POWERS FOUND IN GOOD AND DUE FORM ,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS :