The Single European Act (SEA) sought to revise the Treaties of Rome setting up the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community. On 17 February 1986, representatives from 9 Member States (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and the United Kingdom) signed the Single Act during an official ceremony in Luxembourg. Some days after representatives from Denmark, Greece, and Italy signed the Single act on 28 February 1986 during a ceremony in The Hague. The SEA applied on 1 July 1987.

ceremony

Luxembourg

signature

The Hague

TINDEMANS, Leo C. (EPP, BE)

DUMAS, Roland (FR)

GENSCHER, Hans-Dietrich (DE)

GOEBBELS, Robert (S&D, LU)

ANDREOTTI, Giulio (CD, IT)

PAPOULIAS, Karolos (EL)

VAN DEN BROEK, Hans (NL)

ELLEMANN-JENSEN, Uff (DK)

FERNANDEZ ORDONEZ, Francisco (ES)

CHALKER, Baroness Lynda (UK)

BARRY, Peter (IE)

Signing ceremonies of the Single Act

Signature by L&eacute;o TINDEMANS, Belgian Minister for Foreign Affairs

Signature by Hans-Dietrich GENSCHER, German Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs

Francisco FERN&Aacute;NDEZ ORDO&Ntilde;EZ, Spanish Minister for Foreign Affairs

Roland DUMAS, French Minister for Foreign Affairs

Peter BARRY, Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs

Robert GOEBBELS, Luxembourgish Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs and International Trade and Development Cooperation

Hans van den BROEK, Dutch Minister for Foreign Affairs

Pedro PIRES DE MIRANDA, Portuguese Minister for Foreign Affairs

Lynda CHALKER, British Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Signature by Uffe ELLEMAN-JENSEN, Danish Minister for Foreign Affairs

Signature by Karolos PAPOULIAS, Greek Minister for Foreign Affairs

Signature by Giulio ANDREOTTI, Italian Minister for Foreign Affairs