The Merger Treaty, also known as the Treaty of Brussels, was a
European treaty which unified the
executive
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institutions of the European
Coal and Steel Community (ECSC),
European Atomic Energy Community
The European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom) is an international organisation established by the Euratom Treaty on 25 March 1957 with the original purpose of creating a specialist market for nuclear power in Europe, by developing nucl ...
(Euratom) and the
European Economic Community (EEC). The treaty was signed in
Brussels
Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, RĂ©gion de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...
on 8 April 1965 and came into force on 1 July 1967. It set out that the
Commission of the European Communities
The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...
should replace the High Authority of the ECSC, the Commission of the EEC and the Commission of Euratom, and that the
Council of the European Communities
The Council of the European Union, often referred to in the treaties and other official documents simply as the Council, and informally known as the Council of Ministers, is the third of the seven Institutions of the European Union (EU) as ...
should replace the Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC, the Council of the EEC and the Council of Euratom.
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Treaty of Brussels (Merger Treaty)
updated 21 March 2018, accessed 29 January 2021 Although each Community remained legally independent, they shared common institutions (prior to this treaty, they already shared a
Parliamentary Assembly and
Court of Justice) and were together known as the
European Communities. This treaty is regarded by some as the real beginning of the modern
European Union
The European Union (EU) is a supranational political and economic union of member states that are located primarily in Europe. The union has a total area of and an estimated total population of about 447million. The EU has often been de ...
.
This treaty was abrogated by the
Amsterdam Treaty
The Treaty of Amsterdam, officially the Treaty of Amsterdam amending the Treaty on European Union, the Treaties establishing the European Communities and certain related acts, was signed on 2 October 1997, and entered into force on 1 May 1999; i ...
signed in 1997:
Structural evolution of the European Commission
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References
External links
Merger Treaty European NAvigator
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