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14 Official journal of the European Communities 27 . 3 . 72 ACT concerning the Conditions of Accession and the Adjustments to the Treaties PART ONE PRINCIPLES Article 1 2 . The new Member States undertake to accede to the conventions provided for in Article 220 of the For the purposes of this Act : EEC Treaty, and to the protocols on the interpreta tion of those conventions by the Court of Justice, — the expression "original Treaties" means the signed by the original Member States, and to this end Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel they undertake to enter into negotiations with the Community, the Treaty establishing the European original Member States in order to make the neces Economic Community and the Treaty establishing sary adjustments thereto . the European Atomic Energy Community, as sup plemented or amended by treaties or other acts which entered into force before accession ; the ex 3 . The new Member States are in the same situ pressions "ECSC Treaty", "EEC Treaty" and ation as the original Member States in respect of dec "Euratom Treaty" mean the relevant original larations or resolutions of, or other positions taken Treaties thus supplemented or amended ; up by, the Council and in respect of those concerning the European Communities adopted by common — the expression "original Member States" means agreement of the Member States ; they will accord the Kingdom of Belgium, the Federal Republic of ingly observe the principles and guidelines deriving Germany, the French Republic, the Italian Repub from those declarations, resolutions or other posi lic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and the tions and will take such measures as may be neces Kingdom of the Netherlands ; sary to ensure their implementation . — the expression "new Member States" means the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain Article 4 and Northern Ireland . 1 . The agreements or conventions entered into by Article 2 any of the Communities with one or more third States, with an international organization or with a From the date of accession, the provisions of the orig national of a third State, shall, under the conditions inal Treaties and the acts adopted by the institutions laid down in the original Treaties and in this Act, be of the Communities shall be binding on the new binding on the new Member States . Member States and shall apply in those States under the conditions laid down in those Treaties and in this Act. 2 . The new Member States undertake to accede , under the CQnditions laid down in this Act, to agree ments or conventions concluded by the original Article 3 Member States and any of the Communities, acting jointly, and to agreements concluded by the original 1 . The new Member States accede by this Act to Member States which are related to those agreements the decisions and agreements adopted by the Repre or conventions . The Community and the original sentatives of the Governments of the Member States Member States shall assist the new Member States in meeting in Council . They undertake to accede from this respect. the date of accession to all other agreements conclu ded by the original Member States relating to the functioning of the Communities or connected with 3 . The new Member States accede by this Act and their activities . under the conditions laid down therein to the internal 27 . 3 . 72 Official Journal of the European Communities 15 agreements concluded by the original Member States Article 7 for the purpose of implementing the agreements or conventions referred to in paragraph 2 . Acts adopted by the institutions of the Communities to Which the transitional provisions laid down in this Act relate shall retain their status , in law; in particu 4 . The new Member States shall take appropriate lar, the procedures for amending those acts shall con measures , where necessary, to adjust their positions tinue to apply. in relation to international organizations and interna tional agreements to which one of the Communities Article 8 or to which other Member States are also parties, to the rights and obligations arising from their accession Provisions of this Act the purpose or effect of which to the Communities . is to repeal or amend acts adopted by the institutions of the Communities, otherwise than as a transitional measure, shall have the same status in law as the pro Article 5 visions which they repeal or amend and shall be sub ject to the same rules as those provisions . Article 234 of the EEC Treaty and Articles 105 and 106 of the Euratom Treaty shall apply, for the new Article 9 Member States , to agreements or conventions conclu * ded before accession . 1 . In order to facilitate the adjustment of the nevt Member States to the rules in force within the Com munities, the application of the original Treaties and acts adopted by the institutions shall, as a transitional Article 6 measure, be subject to the derogations provided for in this Act. The provisions of this Act .may not, unless otherwise provided herein, be suspended, amended or repealed 2 . Subject to the dates, time limits and special pro other than by means of the procedure laid down in visions provided for in this Act, the application of the the original Treaties enabling those Treaties to be transitional measures shall terminate at the end of revised . 1977. PART TWO ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES TITLE I "The number of these delegates shall be as follows : Belgium 14 PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS Denmark 10 Germany 36 CHAPTER 1 France 36 Ireland 10 The Assembly Italy 36 Article 10 Luxembourg 6 Netherlands 14 The following shall be substituted for Article 21(2) of the ECSC Treaty, Article 138(2) of the EEC Treaty Norway 10 and Article 108(2) of the Euratom Treaty : United Kingdom 36." 16 Official Journal of the European Communities 27 . 3 . 72 CHAPTER 2 adoption by the Council of acts which require unanimity . The Council Decisions of the Council, other than those for which a qualified majority or unanimity is re Article 11 quired , shall be taken by a vote of the majority of its members ; this majority shall be considered to The following shall be substituted for the second be attained if it represents an absolute majority of paragraph of Article 2 of the Treaty establishing a the representatives of the Member States , includ Single Council and a Single Commission of the Euro ing the votes of the representatives of two Mem pean Communities : ber States which each produce at least one eighth of the total value of the coal and steel output of "The office of President shall be held for a term the Community . However, for the purpose of of six months by each member of the Council in applying those provisions of Articles 78 , 78b and turn , in the following order of Member States : 78d of this Treaty which require a qualified ma Belgium , Denmark, Germany, France, Ireland , jority, the votes of the members of the Council Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands , Norway, United shall be weighted as follows : Belgium 5 , Denmark Kingdom." 3 , Germany 10 , France 10, Ireland 3 , Italy 10 , Luxembourg 2 , Netherlands 5 , Norway 3 , United Kingdom 10 . For their adoption, acts shall require Article 12 at least forty-three votes in favour, cast by not 'less than six members . The following shall be substituted for Article 28 of the ECSC Treaty : Where a vote is taken , any member of the Coun cil may act on behalf of not more than one other "Article 28 member . When the Council is consulted by the High Auth The Council shall deal with the Member States ority, it shall consider the matter without neces through its President . sarily taking a vote . The minutes of its proceed ings shall be forwarded to the High Authority . The acts of the Council shall be published in such Wherever this Treaty requires that the assent of a manner as it may decide." the Council be given, that assent shall be con sidered to have been given if the proposal sub mitted by the High Authority receives the ap proval : Article 13 — of an absolute majority of the representatives The following shall be substituted for the fourth of the Member States, including the votes of the representatives of two Member States paragraph of Article 95 of the ECSC Treaty : which each produce at least one eighth of the total value of the coal and steel output of the " These amendments shall be proposed jointly by Community ; or the High Authority and the Council, acting by a nine-tenths majority of its members, and shall be — in the event of an equal division of votes and submitted to tne Court for its opinion . In con if the High Authority maintains its proposal sidering them , the Court shall have full power to after a second discussion, of the representa assess all points of fact and of law . If as a result tives of three Mffmber States which each pro of such consideration it finds the proposals com duce at least one eighth of the total value of patible with the provisions of the preceding para the coal and steel output of the Community . graph, they shall be forwarded to the Assembly and shall enter into force if approved by a ma Wherever this Treaty requires a unanimous deci jority of three quarters of the votes cast and two sion or unanimous assent, such decision or assent thirds of the members of the Assembly." shall have been duly given if all the members of the Council vote in favour . However, for the pur poses of applying Articles 21 , 32, 32a, 78d and 78f of this Treaty, and Article 16, the third para Article 14 graph of Article 20, the fifth paragraph of Article 28 and Article 44 of the Protocol on the Statute of The following shall be substituted for Article 148(2 ) the Court of Justice, abstention by members pre of the EEC Treaty and Article 118(2 ) of the Euratom sent in person or represented shall not prevent the Treaty : 27 .