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DECLARATION

by the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany on the Applica to Berlin of the Decision concerning Accession to the European Coal and Steel Community and of the Treaty of Accession to the European Economi Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community

The Government of the Federal Republic of Germany reserve the right to declare, when the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland, the

DECLARATION

on the Economic and Industrial Dev

At the 6th Ministerial Meeting in the negot nd Ireland, held on 19 October 1971, Mr A Affairs of the Italian Republic, made, on beha he declaration appearing under I hereinafter.

Mr P. J. HILLERY, Mister for Foreign

Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern behalf of the Irish delegation, with the d

Ireland to the European Coal and Steel Community takes effect and upon depositing its instrument of ratification of the Treaty concerning the accession

hereinafter.

of the abovementioned countries to the European Economic Community and Declaration made by Mr A. MORO, M

to the European Atomic Energy Community that the Decision of the Counci! of 22 January 1972 concerning accession to the European Coal and Stee! Community and the Treaty referred to above shall equally apply to Land Berlin.

DECLARATION

by the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern

Ireland on the Definition of the Term " Nationals

At the time of signature of the Treaty of Accession, the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland make the following Declaration:

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"As to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. the terms nationals ", nationals of Member States Member States and overseas countries and territories

ог nationals of the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, the Treaty wherever used in establishing the European Atomic Energy Community or the Treaty estab lishing the European Coal and Steel Community or in any of the Community acts deriving from those Treaties, are to be understood to refer to:

(a) persons who are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies or British subjects not possessing that citizenship or the citizenship of any other Commonwealth country or territory, who, in either case. have the right of abode in the United Kingdom, and are therefore exempt from United Kingdom immigration control;

(b) persons who are citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies by birth or by registration or naturalisation in Gibraltar, or whose father was so born, registered or naturalised.”

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Italian Republic on behalf of the Comm

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1. The Irish delegation has stressed,that with serious economic and social imbalan nature. This delegation has stated that thes in order to achieve degree of harmonisati of the Community and particularly with monetary union. The kish delegation has a to employ its means to support the Irish at eliminating these imbalances and to tak problems in this field in the development policy at a later date.

2. The Irish delegation has submitted delegation indicating the general direction The Irish delegat regional programmes. Irish exporting industries are supported b also a question of measures the aim of w and social imbalances by the development

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1. The Community delegation empha follows from the Preamble to the Treaty of the Community consist in the consta working conditions of the peoples of the development of the economies of these existing between the various regions a favoured regions.

2. The common policies and the v Community in the economic and socia of the abovementioned objectives and The European Social Fund has been dire

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