In Taverne's case, he had been fighting efforts by the Lincoln Constituency Labour Party to deselect him largely over his support for British membership of the European Communities.

With the Merger Treaty of 1967, the ECSC's Special Council of Ministers and the Council of the EAEC ( together with their other independent institutions ) were merged into the Council of the EEC which would act as a single Council of the European Communities.

The registration and completion of the liquidation of an SE must be disclosed for information purposes in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

However, the Council of Europe agreed that the European Communities could use the flag and it had promoted its use by other regional organisations since it was created.

Its shareholders are: the European Investment Bank ( 62 %); the European Communities, represented by the European Commission ( 29 %); and 30 privately owned EU financial institutions ( 9 %).

The 75 existing GATT members and the European Communities became the founding members of the WTO on 1 January 1995.

The European Union is particularly strict in enforcing irradiation labeling requiring its member countries to perform tests on a cross section of food items in the market-place and to report to the European Commission ; the results are published annually in the OJ of the European Communities.

* European Communities ( Jersey ) Law 1973

Luxembourg is the site of the European Court of Justice, the European Court of Auditors, the Statistical Office of the European Communities ( Eurostat ) and other vital EU organs.

A person who before the Court of Justice of the European Communities swears anything which he knows to be false or does not believe to be true is, whatever his nationality, guilty of perjury.

A person guilty of an offence under section 11 ( 1 ) of the European Communities Act 1972 may be proceeded against and punished in England and Wales as for an offence under section 1 ( 1 ).

Section 1 ( 4 ) has effect in relation to proceedings in the Court of Justice of the European Communities as it has effect in relation to a judicial proceeding in a tribunal of a foreign state.

In 1961, the Socialists in the European Parliament attempted to produce a common European Socialist Programme but were neglected due to the applications of Britain, Denmark, Ireland and Norway to join the European Communities.

In 1992, with the European Communities becoming the European Union and with the Treaty of Maastricht establishing the framework for political parties at the European Level, the Confederation was able to mobilize a majority of delegates in favour of transforming the Confederation into the Party of European Socialists.

As Sandburg said at the time: `` It is as ancient as the medieval European ballads brought to the Appalachian Mountains, it is as modern as skyscrapers, the Volstead Act, and the latest oil well gusher ''.

The Bahamas is a beneficiary of the U. S .- Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act ( CBTPA ), Canada's CARIBCAN program, and the European Union's Lome IV Agreement.

It continued therefore to engage in the Grand Coalition ( a coalition with the Socialist Group, or occasionally the Liberals ) to generate the majorities required by the cooperation procedure under the Single European Act.

Genscher also was an active participant in the further development of the European Union, taking an active part in the Single European Act Treaty negotiations in the mid 1980s, as well as the joint publication of the Genscher-Colombo plan with Italian Minister of Foreign Affairs Emilio Colombo which advocated further integration and deepening of relations in the European Union towards a more federalist European State.

Since the passage of the Human Rights Act 1998, the courts have been able to declare an Act of Parliament to be incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights, but such a declaration of incompatibility has no legal effect unless and until it is acted upon by the government.

::( c ) Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights, imported into English law by the Human Rights Act 1998 provides that a person of unsound mind may only be detained where proper account of objective medical expertise has been taken.

* 2004 – In Rome, European heads of state sign the Treaty and Final Act establishing the first European Constitution which, however, failed to be ratified by all signatory countries and therefore never entered into force.

Coercive plea bargaining has been criticized on the grounds that it infringes an individual's rights under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, incorporated in the UK's Human Rights Act 1998.

** The Single European Act is passed by the European Community.

* February 17 – The Single European Act is signed.

* June 9 – Final Act of the Congress of Vienna is signed: A new European political situation is set.

In early September 1989, a collection of Powell's speeches on Europe was published titled Enoch Powell on 1992 ( 1992 being the year set for the creation of the Single Market by the Single European Act of 1986 ).

On 5 November, the European printed an article by Powell in which he said he did not expect the European Communities Act 1972 to be amended or repealed but added, " Still, something has happened.

In the first major revision of the treaties since the Merger Treaty, leaders signed the Single European Act in February 1986.

In FY 1999, the United States was to provide $ 30 million through the Support for East European Democracy ( SEED ) Act, up from $ 27 million the previous year.

The next important step in lobbying development was the Single European Act of 1986, which both created the qualified majority vote for taking decisions in the Council and enhanced the role of the Parliament, again making EU legislation more complex and lobbying further more important and attractive for stakeholders.

Noted legislative achievements during this phase of the Civil Rights Movement were passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964, that banned discrimination based on " race, color, religion, or national origin " in employment practices and public accommodations ; the Voting Rights Act of 1965, that restored and protected voting rights ; the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, that dramatically opened entry to the U. S. to immigrants other than traditional European groups ; and the Fair Housing Act of 1968, that banned discrimination in the sale or rental of housing.

In 1972, they completed the European treble by winning the Dutch Eredivisie, KNVB Cup, and the European Cup ; to date, they are the only team to keep the European Cup and accomplish the European treble.

Ajax completed the treble of European Cup, Dutch National Championship and the KNVB Cup in 1972 before adding the Intercontinental Cup.

Banks would play in ten of the next 12 internationals as England tried to qualify for the 1972 European Championships but lost yet again to West Germany prior to the finals stage.

His England career ended the same year with yet another game against West Germany, in the qualification stages for the 1972 European Championships, which England lost.

He resigned both the deputy leadership and his shadow cabinet position in April 1972 however, over the party's policy on favouring a referendum on British membership of the European Economic Community ( EEC ).

In 1972, Franklin Loufrani introduced the happy face to a European audience, giving it the name " Smiley ".

After the 1972 season, European long track skaters founded a professional league, International Speedskating League, which included Ard Schenk, three-time Olympic gold medallist in 1972, as well as five Norwegians, four other Dutchmen, three Swedes, and a few other skaters.

* 1972 – In a referendum, the people of Norway reject membership of the European Community.

The WHO also helped contain the last European outbreak in Yugoslavia in 1972.

* September 25 – Norwegian EC referendum, 1972: Norway rejects membership in the European Economic Community.

During 1972, the same year he again spoke publicly of his opposition to the immigration of Ugandan Asians, Powell was also defeated in his struggle against the European Communities Bill, which helped prepare the UK to join the common market, which he had spent three years campaigning to prevent from happening.

He was also the third President of the European Commission from 1970 to 1972.

In 1972, the UN Conference on the Human Environment in Stockholm, tried to address the issues on Sweden ’ s plead for international intervention on trans-boundary pollution from other European industrialized nations.

Models were produced by Japanese manufacturers Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki, and European companies such as Puch, Fantic, Gilera, Gitane and Garelli from 1972 onwards, the most famous of which was the Yamaha FS1-E.

Douglas Smith ( c. 1910-15 October 1972 ) began his broadcasting career with the BBC European Service ( now the World Service ) in 1946 and later worked as an announcer and newsreader on the Home Service and the Third Programme.

The European Molecular Biology Laboratory EMBL made use of the possibilities that arose with the new technology and in 1972 established a permanent branch at DESY with the aim of analyzing the structure of biological molecules by means of synchrotron radiation.

Like many European manufacturers, collaboration with other firms increased ; Peugeot worked with Renault from 1966 and Volvo from 1972.

Two plebiscites to join the European Union failed by narrow margins in 1972 and 1994.