General view of officials attending the signing ceremony

Signing ceremony of the accession treaty of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom -  The signing ceremony of the accession treaty of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom was held on 22 January 1972 in the Egmont Palace of Brussels

Signing of the Accession Treaties by Norway: Andréas Zeier Cappelen, Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Trygve Bratteli, Norwegian Prime Minister, and Søren Christian Sommerfelt, Ambassador and Head of the Delegation for the accession negotiations of Norway to the EC, seated at the table from left to right

Speech by John Lynch, Irish Prime Minister, standing in the middle, at the podium

General view of participants to the signing ceremony:Jean Dondelinger, Luxembourg Permanent Representative to the EC, Tjerk Westerterp, Dutch Secretary of Sate for Foreign Affairs, Norbert Schmelzer, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs, Hans de Koster, Dutch Minister for Defence, seated in the front from right to left

Speech by Gaston Thorn,  Minister for Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg and Foreign Trade, standing at the podium

Signing of the Accession Treaty by Denmark:Ivar Nørgaard, Minister for Foreign Economic Affairs, European Affairs and Nordic Affairs, Jens-Otto Krag, Danish Prime Minister, and Jens Christensen, Secretary for Foreign Economy at the Danish Ministry for Foreign Affairs (seated from left to right)

Irish Foreign Minister Patrick Hillery and Prime Minister Jack Lynch sign for Ireland the adhesion Treaty in Brussels

Danish Minister for Foreign Economic Relations Ivar Norgaard, Prime Minister Jens Otto Krag and Secretary for Economic Affairs Jens Otto Christensen sign for Denmark the adhesion Treaty in Brussels

Ireland's adhesion's, United Kingdom's and Denmark's adhesion

Ministers pose for a group picture after the signature of Ireland's, United Kingdom's and Denmark's adhesion at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

British Foreign Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home, Prime Minister Edward Heath and negotiator Geoffrey Rippon sign for Great Britain the adhesion Treaty in Brussels

Edward HEATH, Prime Minister of United Kingdom from 1970 to 1974;Sir Alec DOUGLAS-HOME, British Foreign Minister and the negotiator Geoffrey RIPPON sign for Great Britain the adhesion Treaty in Brussels on 22 January 1972.

Accession of Denmark, Ireland and United Kingdom to the European Communities

Patrick HILLERY, Irish Foreign Minister and Jack LYNCH, Prime Minister sign for Ireland the adhesion Treaty in Brussels on 22 January 1972

Ivar NORGAARD, Danish Minister for Foreign Economic Relations; Jens Otto KRAG, Prime Minister and Jens Otto CHRISTENSEN, Secretary for Economic Affairs sign for Denmark the adhesion Treaty in Brussels.

Ivar NORGAARD, Danish Minister for Foreign Economic Relations;Jens Otto KRAG, Prime Minister and Jens Otto CHRISTENSEN, Secretary for Economic Affairsm sign for Denmark the adhesion Treaty in Brussels.

Ministers pose for a group picture after the signature of Ireland's, United Kingdom's and Denmark's accession to the European Communities at the Egmont Palace in Brussels

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