
1 
This Order may be cited as the European Communities (Definition of Treaties) Order 1972. It shall come into operation in respect of each treaty specified in the Schedule to this Order on the date on which the treaty enters into force for the United Kingdom. These dates will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.
2 
The Interpretation Act 1889 shall apply for the interpretation of this Order as it applies for the interpretation of an Act of Parliament.
3 
The treaties specified in the Schedule to this Order are to be regarded as Community Treaties as defined in section 1(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
W.G. Agnew

SCHEDULE
1 
Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Republic of Austria, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5131).
2 
Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Republic of Iceland, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5150).
3 
Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Portuguese Republic, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5151).
4 
Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Coal and Steel Community, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Sweden, of the other part, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5155).
5 
Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Swiss Confederation, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5152).
6 
Additional agreement concerning the validity, for the Principality of Liechtenstein, of the Agreement between the Member States of the European Coal and Steel Community and the Swiss Confederation of 22 July 1972, signed at Brussels on 22 July 1972. (Cmnd. 5152).