On 13 April 1963, Georges Gorse, French Permanent Representative to the European Communities, sends a letter to Maurice Couve de Murville, French Foreign Minister, describing the procedure adopted by the Commission of the European Economic Community to finalise the association agreement between Greece and the EEC.
On 9 July 1961, Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC) sign an Association Agreement that provides for the possibility of future accession. The Agreement would enter into force on 1 November 1962.
On 9 July 1961, Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC) sign an Association Agreement that provides for the possibility of future accession. At the same time, an agreement on the measures and procedures to be implemented for the application of this Association Agreement is signed.
On 9 July 1961, Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC) sign an Association Agreement that provides for the possibility of future accession. At the same time, an agreement on the financial protocol annexed to this Association Agreement is signed.
On 9 July 1961, Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC) sign an Association Agreement that provides for the possibility of future accession. At the same time, an agreement on the administrative cooperation methods for the application of Articles 7 and 8 of this Association Agreement is signed.
On 9 July 1961, the association agreement between Greece and the European Economic Community is signed in Athens. On that occasion, Panaiotis Kanellopoulos, Vice-President of the Council of Ministers, highlights the fundamental political significance of the agreement.
On 9 July 1961, the Greek and European representatives attend a gala dinner in Athens following the signature of the association agreement between Greece and the EEC. In an address given at the dinner, Constantin Caramanlis, President of the Greek Council of Ministers, welcomes the new link between the Greek people and the Community.
On 9 July 1961, Jean Rey, European Commissioner and principle negotiator of the accession agreement between Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC), describes the agreement signed that same day in Athens as a decisive stage in the process of European unification.
In September 1961, Jean Rey, Member of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), draws attention to the economic implications of the association agreement, signed in Athens on 9 July 1961, between Greece and the EEC.
On 24 August 1962, the Council of the European Economic Community (EEC) issues a note on the objectives of the Association Agreement between Greece and the EEC.
On 1 November 1962, the Association Agreement between Greece and the European Community came into force. President of the Commission of the European Economic Community Walter Hallstein and Greek Prime Minister Konstantinos Karamanlis express their pleasure at future collaboration between the EEC and Greece.
At the time the Association Agreement between Greece and the European Economic Community (EEC) came into force on 1 November 1962, EEC Commission President Walter Hallstein gave a statement concerning the important role which Greece plays within Europe.
In this interview, Hans-August Lücker, former general rapporteur on the accession of Greece to the European Economic Community (EEC) in the European Parliament, recalls the importance for the Six of concluding an Association Agreement with Greece and emphasises the main aspects of the negotiations with regard to agriculture.