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Definitions.
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1.—(1) In this Act—
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“the European Communities” means the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community;
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“the treaties governing the European Communities” means—
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(a) “the ECSC Treaty”, that is to say, the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, signed at Paris on the 18th day of April, 1951,
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(b) “the EEC Treaty”, that is to say, the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, signed at Rome on the 25th day of March, 1957,
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(c) “the Euratom Treaty”, that is to say, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Rome on the 25th day of March, 1957,
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(d) the Convention on certain Institutions common to the European Communities, signed at Rome on the 25th day of March, 1957,
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(e) the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities, signed at Brussels on the 8th day of April, 1965,
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(f) the Treaty amending certain Budgetary Provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and of the Treaty establishing a single Council and a single Commission of the European Communities, signed at Luxembourg on the 22nd day of April, 1970,
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(g) the Treaty relating to the accession of Ireland to the European Economic Community and to the European Atomic Energy Community, signed at Brussels on the 22nd day of January, 1972,
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(h) the decision, of the 22nd day of January, 1972, of the Council of the European Communities relating to the accession of Ireland to the European Coal and Steel Community,
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as supplemented or amended by treaties or other acts of which the dates of entry into force are dates not later than the 1st day of January, 1973.
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(2) (a) In the foregoing subsection “treaties or other acts of which the dates of entry into force are dates not later than the 1st day of January, 1973” does not include a treaty or other act of which the date of entry into force is later than the 22nd day of January, 1972, unless the Government have, not later than the 1st day of January, 1973, by order declared that this section applies to it.
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(b) Where an order under this section is proposed to be made, a draft thereof shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the order shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.
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