This edition of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and documents concerning Accessions to those Communities is published in two volumes. It has been brought up to date as at 1 July 1987 by the services of the Community Institutions on the basis of the official texts in force on that date and is published in the Spanish, Danish, German, Greek, English, French, Irish, Italian, Dutch and Portuguese languages. This first volume contains the Treaties establishing the European Communities, the Treaties amending those Treaties and the Single European Art. It also contains a certain number of Resolutions and Declarations. The second volume contains the documents concerning the Accessions to the Communities of Denmark, Ireland, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Greece, Spain and Portugal. Throughout the texts reproduced in the two volumes, the term "Assembly' has, where necessary, been replaced, in accordance with Article 3 of the Single European Act, by the terms 'European Parliament'. The two collections of texts have been prepared for documentation purposes and do not involve the responsibility of the Institutions.

English language translation of the text of the treaty setting up the EC - includes in annex lists of tariff headings in respect of trade agreements between EC countries, protocols and conventions, the final act and declarations, and amendments to annexes to the treaty.

Brings together the texts of all the key European Union treaties, including the Treaty of Rome, Maastricht, the Social Charter, ESSC and Euratom. A commentary on the Treaty texts and their amendments is included, with particular emphasis on policy implications and the structure of the Treaties.