Merger Treaty

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The Merger Treaty, signed in Brussels on 8 April 1965 and in force since 1 July 1967, first gathered together the organizational structures of the then three European Communities (European Coal and Steel Community, European Economic Community and Euratom). This formal name was Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities.

It created the European Commission and the Council of the European Communities to be the governing bodies for all three institutions, and it also had them share a single budget. This treaty is regarded by some as the real beginning of the modern European Union. The term European Communities or EC also came into use from this time onward.

It was abrogated by Amsterdam Treaty signed in 1997 which comprehended its mantle.

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• Merger Treaty European NAvigator

Timeline of the Treaties and EU Constitution

European Union - treaties, structure, history
1952	1958	1967	1993	1999	2003	?
		EC - European Community...	E U R O P E A N   U N I O N   ( E U )
European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC)
	European Economic Community (EEC)		European Community (EC)
		...European Communities: ECSC, EEC (EC, 1993), Euratom	Justice & Home Affairs
				Police & Judicial Co-operation in Criminal matters (PJCC)
			Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP)
	Euratom (European Atomic Energy Community)
Treaty of Paris	Treaties of Rome	Merger Treaty	Treaty of Maastricht	Treaty of Amsterdam	Treaty of Nice	European Constitution
"THREE PILLARS" - European Communities (EC, Euratom), Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), Police and Judicial Co-operation in Criminal matters (PJCC)

Preceded by: Treaty of Rome (1957)

EU treaties

Succeeded by: Single European Act (1986)