Laws ratifying the EEC and EAEC Treaties in Italy (14 October 1957) Caption: On 14 October 1957, the Gazzetta Ufficiale, Official Journal of the Italian Republic, publishes the Act which authorises Giovanni Gronchi, President of the Italian Republic, to ratify the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the annexes thereto, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) and the Convention on certain institutions common to the European Communities, signed in Rome on 25 March 1957 by the representatives of the six Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). Source: Gazzetta ufficiale. 14.10.1957, n° 317. Roma. "Leggi di ratifica". Copyright: (c) Translation CVCE.EU by UNI.LU All rights of reproduction, of public communication, of adaptation, of distribution or of dissemination via Internet, internal network or any other means are strictly reserved in all countries. Consult the legal notice and the terms and conditions of use regarding this site. URL: http://www.cvce.eu/obj/laws_ratifying_the_eec_and_eaec_treaties_in_italy_14_octo ber_1957-en-727f4ed6-8045-408b-a170-b95b24789dbb.html Last updated: 05/07/2016 1/2 § 59. — Act No 1203, 14 October 1957 — Ratification and implementation of the following international Agreements, signed in Rome on 25 March 1957: (a) Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and annexes, (b) Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and annexes, (c) Convention on certain institutions common to the European Communities (in Ordinary Supplement to Gazzetta Ufficiale No 317 of 23 December 1957). 1. The President of the Republic is authorised to ratify the following international Agreements signed in Rome on 25 March 1957: (a) Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and annexes; (b) Treaty establishing the European Economic Community and annexes; (c) Convention on certain institutions common to the European Communities. 2. The Agreements indicated in the preceding article shall be implemented wholly and in full with effect from the day on which they enter into force, in accordance with Articles 224, 247 and 7 respectively of the agreements indicated in Article 1(a), (b) and (c). 3. The Italian members of the European Parliament, as it is referred to in Articles 307 and 138 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, as well as in Section 1a of the Convention on certain institutions common to the European Communities, shall be elected by the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic from among their members in the number of eighteen per Chamber. 4. The Government shall be authorised, up to the entry into force of the second stage of the transitional period set out in Article 8 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, to issue, by decrees having the value of ordinary law and in accordance with the guiding principles contained in the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community, the measures required: (a) in order to fulfil the obligations laid down by Article 11 of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, together with the obligations contained in Chapter IX of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. […] 2/2.