Statutory Instruments
EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Laid before Parliament in draft/00000000
Made
20th December 1972
Coming into Operation in accordance with Article 1
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 20th day of December 1972
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament in accordance with section 1 of the European Communities Act 1972 and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order 1972. It shall come into operation in respect of each treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. These dates will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2. The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3. The treaties specified in the Schedule to this Order are to be regarded as Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
W.G. Agnew
1. Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Austria, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5131).
2. Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Iceland, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5150).
3. Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Portuguese Republic, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5151).
4. Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5155).
5. Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Swiss Confederation, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5152).
6. Additional agreement concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5152).
This Order declares certain treaties to be Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.