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Table of Treaties, Instruments, and Legislation (In Chronological Order)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2025

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Colonialism and the EU Legal Order , pp. xvi - xx
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Table of Treaties, Instruments, and Legislation (In Chronological Order)

TreatiesFootnote *

  • Peace Treaty of Kiel, 4 January 1814, 294

  • Madrid Convention, 3 July 1880, 259

  • General Act of the Berlin Conference on West Africa, 26 February 1885, 5

  • General Act of the International Conference of Algeciras, 7 April 1906, 252, 254, 259

  • Treaty of Versailles, 28 June 1919, 351

  • Convention Regarding the Organization of the Statute of the Tangier Zone, 18 December 1923, 253

  • Montreux Convention Regarding the Regime of the Straits, 20 July 1936, 251

  • General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), 30 October 1947, 48, 51, 52, 55, 57, 159

  • European Convention on Human Rights, 4 October 1950, 247, 255, 256, 332, 339, 340, 347, 348, 352, 354, 357, 358

  • Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (Paris Treaty), 18 April 1951, 252, 257, 261, 269, 307, 354

  • Convention relating to the Status of Refugees, 28 July 1951, 188

  • Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, 25 March 1957, 136

  • Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (Rome Treaty), 25 March 1957, 1, 8, 9, 10, 12, 23, 50, 62, 63, 72, 81, 82, 89, 114,135, 136, 137, 139, 184, 205, 232, 240, 267, 268, 272, 366

  • Yaoundé Convention, 20 July 1963, 12, 13, 20, 43, 44–50, 53, 55, 57, 60, 61, 214, 232, 356

  • Protocol Relating to the Status of Refugees, 31 January 1967, 188

  • Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, 23 May 1969, 210

  • Second Yaoundé Convention, 29 July 1969, 45

  • Lomé Convention, 28 February 1975, 45, 52, 53, 57, 114, 159, 213, 214

  • Treaty of the Economic Community of West African States (Treaty of Lagos), 28 May 1975, 114, 161, 165, 169–176

  • United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, 10 December 1982, 57

  • Fourth Lomé Convention, 15 December 1989, 211

  • Treaty on European Union (Maastricht Treaty), 7 February 1992, 13, 36, 37, 47, 185, 203, 274

  • Euro-Mediterranean Agreement Establishing an Association between the EC and the Kingdom of Morocco, 26 February 1996, 276

  • Kyoto Protocol, 11 December 1997, 57

  • Belfast/Good Friday Agreement, 10 April 1998, 316, 317, 320–327, 331, 332, 339, 340

  • Cotonou Agreement, 23 June 2000, 160, 213

  • Constitutive Act of the African Union, 11 July 2000, 156

  • Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, 7 December 2000, 21, 116, 334

  • United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, 30 March 2007, 57

  • Treaty on European Union (Lisbon Treaty), 13 December 2007, 13, 47

  • Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Lisbon Treaty), 13 December 2007, 10, 13, 44, 127, 309, 328, 369

  • Trade Agreement between the EU and Colombia and Peru, 26 June 2012, 58

  • Association Agreement between the EU and Central America, 29 June 2012, 58

  • EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, 21 March 2014, 58

  • Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement between Canada and the EU, 30 October 2017, 58

  • Agreement Establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area, 21 March 2018, 155

  • Economic Partnership Agreement between the EU and Japan, 17 July 2018, 58, 160

  • Free Trade Agreement between the EU and Singapore, 13 February 2019, 58

  • Agreement on the Withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and European Atomic Energy Community, 24 January 2020, 316, 335

  • Samoa Agreement, 15 November 2023, 28, 159, 160, 225, 226

EU Instruments

Regulations

  • Règlement n° 3 la sécurité sociale des travailleurs migrants, OJ 1958 30/561, 97, 100

  • Règlement n° 4 les modalités d’application du règlement, n° 3, OJ 1958 30/597, 97, 100

  • Règlement n° 15 libre circulation des travailleurs, OJ 1961 57/1073, 86, 94

  • Règlement n° 62/65/CEE Fonds européen de développement, OJ 1965 81

  • Regulation (EEC) No. 1612/68 on freedom of movement for workers with the Community, OJ 1968 L 257/2, 94–95

  • Regulation (EEC) No. 816/70 common organisation of the market in wine, OJ 1970 L 99/1, 68

  • Regulation (EEC) No. 817/70 quality wines produced in specified regions, OJ 1970 L 99/20, 73

  • Regulation (EEC) No. 2313/71 wine originating in and coming from Algeria, OJ 1971 L 244/10, 73

  • Regulation (EC) No. 1488/96 MEDA in the framework of the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, OJ 1996 L 189, 280

  • Regulation (EC, Euratom) No. 99/2000 assistance to the partner states in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, OJ 2000 L 12, 280

  • Regulation (EC) No. 1638/2006 European Neighbourhood and Partnership Instrument, OJ 2006 L 310, 280

  • Regulation (EU) No. 978/2012 generalised tariff preferences, OJ 2012 L 303/1, 212, 227

  • Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 application for international protection, OJ 2013 L 180/31, 198, 224

  • Regulation (EU) 2016/399 Union Code governing the movement of persons, OJ 2016 L 77, 193

  • Regulation (EU) 2016/1953 European travel document, OJ 2016 L 331/13, 223

  • Regulation (EU) 2018/1806 visas, OJ 2018 L 303/39, 186

  • Regulation (EU) 2019/1155 Community Code on Visas, OJ 2019 L 188/25, 222

Regulation (EU) 2024/1351 on asylum and migration management, OJ 2024 L 2024/1351 Directives

  • Directive 2000/43/EC equal treatment irrespective of racial or ethnic origin, OJ 2000 L 180/22, 21, 116, 144, 199

  • Directive 2000/78/EC general framework for equal treatment, OJ 2000 L 303/16, 120, 144

  • Directive 2001/55/EC temporary protection, OJ 2001 L 212, 178

  • Directive 2004/38/EC on the right of citizens of the Union, OJ 2004 L 158, 37

  • Directive 2011/95/EU beneficiaries of international protection (recast), OJ 2011 L 337, 189

Decisions

  • Council Decision of 23 November 1998 CFA franc, OJ 1998 L 320/58, 167

  • Commission Decision of 20 October 2015 European Union Emergency Trust Fund, C(2015) 7293 final, 220

  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/357 CFA franc, OJ 2021 L 69/1, 167–168

  • Council Decision (EU) 2021/1764 Overseas Countries and Territories, OJ 2021 L 355/6, 13, 15, 310

  • Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1781 The Gambia, OJ 2021 L 360/124, 224

  • Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/382 displaced persons from Ukraine, OJ 2022 L 71/1, 193

  • Council Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1341 Ethiopia, OJ 2024 L 2024/1341, 224

National Legislation

Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) (Then Belgian Congo)

  • Decree of 5 December 1933, 187

Denmark

  • Constitutional Act of the Realm of Denmark 1849, 295

  • Lov om Styrelsen af Kolonierne i Grønland m.m., nr. 139–1908, 296

  • Lov om Grønlands Selvstyre, nr. 473, 302

  • Lov om Grønlands hjemmestyre, nr. 577, 301

Eritrea

  • Decree of 22 March 1930 of the governor of Eritrea, 187

France

  • Constitution of the Fourth Republic 1946

  • Constitution of the Fifth Republic 1958, 91

  • Decree no. 63/779 of 27 July 1963 promulgating the Labour Agreement of 1 June 1963 between France and Morocco, 116

Greenland

  • Landstingslov nr. 2 af 3. april 1981 om afholdelse af en folkeafstemning, 306, 308

Ireland

  • An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1800, 331

  • Constitution of Ireland 1937, 322

United Kingdom

  • An Act for the Union of Great Britain and Ireland 1800, 331

  • European Communities Act 1972, 334

  • Northern Ireland Act 1998, 331, 339

  • European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, 334, 335

  • European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020, 334, 335

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