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{{Short description|1965 unification of the three economic communities of Europe}}
{{Infobox Treaty
|name            = Merger Treaty
|long_name       = Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities
|image           =
|image_width     =
|type            = Merging the judicial, legislative and administrative bodies of the three [[European Communities]];<br> and amending the three community treaties accordingly
|citations       = Subsequent amendment treaty: [[Single European Act|Single European Act (1986)]]
|date_draft      =
|date_signed     = 8 April 1965|location_signed = [[Brussels]], [[Belgium]]
|date_sealed     =
|date_effective  = 1 July 1967
|date_expiration = 1 May 1999 ([[Amsterdam Treaty]])
|parties     = {{Collapsible list |title= "[[Inner Six]]"
|{{flaglist|Belgium}}|{{flaglist|France}}|{{flaglist|West Germany}}|{{flaglist|Italy}}|{{flaglist|Luxembourg}}|{{flaglist|Netherlands}}|}}
|depositor       =Government of Italy
|language        =
|languages       =Dutch, French, German and Italian
|wikisource      =Merger Treaty
}}
The '''Merger Treaty''', also known as the '''Treaty of Brussels''',<ref>[http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-765619/Brussels-Treaty Brussels Treaty (European history 1965-93) - Britannica Online Encyclopedia]</ref> was a [[Treaties of the European Union|European treaty]] which unified the [[Executive (government)|executive]] [[Institutions of the European Union|institutions]] of the [[European Coal and Steel Community]] (ECSC), [[European Atomic Energy Community]] (Euratom) and the [[European Economic Community]] (EEC). The treaty was signed in [[Brussels]] on 8 April 1965 and came into force on 1 July 1967. It set out that the [[European Commission|Commission of the European Communities]] 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 Union|Council of the European Communities]] should replace the Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC, the Council of the EEC and the Council of Euratom.<ref>EUR-Lex, [https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=LEGISSUM:4301863 Treaty of Brussels (Merger Treaty)], updated 21 March 2018, accessed 29 January 2021</ref> Although each Community remained legally independent, they shared common institutions (prior to this treaty, they already shared a [[European Parliament|Parliamentary Assembly]] and [[European Court of Justice|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]].

This treaty was abrogated by the [[Amsterdam Treaty]] signed in 1997:

{{blockquote|Without prejudice to the paragraphs following hereinafter, which have as their purpose to retain the essential elements of their provisions, the Convention of 25 March 1957 on certain institutions common to the European Communities and the Treaty of 8 April 1965 establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, but with the exception of the Protocol referred to in paragraph 5, shall be repealed.|Article 9(1) of the [[Amsterdam Treaty]]}}

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* [https://www.cvce.eu/en/obj/treaty_establishing_a_single_council_and_a_single_commission_of_the_european_communities_8_april_1965-en-be427f35-bec6-4872-9afa-e9602d628aea.html Merger Treaty] [[European NAvigator]]

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