Im August 1971, im Vorfeld des Beitritts Großbritanniens, Dänemarks, Irlands und Norwegens zum Gemeinsamen Markt, beschreibt die deutsche Wochenzeitschrift Der Spiegel die künftigen Schwierigkeiten zwischen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft und der Europäischen Freihandelszone (EFTA).

On 22 July 1972, the six Member States of the European Economic Community (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands), the four candidate countries (Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom) and the six member countries of EFTA which are not candidates for accession to the European Communities (Austria, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland) sign tariff and trade agreements in Brussels.

On 22 July 1972, the six Member States of the European Economic Community (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands), the four candidate countries(Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom) and the six member countries of EFTA which are not candidates for accession to the European Communities (Austria, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland) sign tariff and trade agreements at the Palais d'Egmont in Brussels.

Am 22. Juli 1972 zeigt die österreichische Kino-Wochenschau einen Bericht über die Unterzeichnung der Assoziationsabkommen zwischen Österreich und der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG) durch den österreichischen Bundeskanzler Bruno Kreisky und den Handelsminister Josef Staribacher im Palais d'Egmont in Brüssel.

‘Destinies linked by baptism'. The tariffs agreement signed in Brussels on 22 July 1972 by the Member States of the European Economic Community (EEC) and of EFTA (Austria, Iceland, Portugal, Sweden and Switzerland), signal closer relations between the two economic blocs.

On 23 July 1972, the tariffs agreement signed in Brussels by the countries of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) puts an end to the 'Forest of signs in Europe' with a view to facilitating trade links between the 16 European countries.

Auf einer Europa-Konferenz am 13. November 1972 im Palais Palffy in Wien beschreibt Edmund P. Wellenstein, der Delegationschef der Europäischen Kommission für die Erweiterungsverhandlungen der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, die besonderen Probleme Österreichs bei der Neudefinierung der Beziehungen zwischen der Europäischen Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG) und der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA).

Auf einer Europa-Konferenz am 13. November 1972 im Palais Palffy in Wien erläutert Edmund P. Wellenstein, der Delegationschef der Europäischen Kommission für die Erweiterungsverhandlungen der Europäischen Gemeinschaften, die Gründe, die die Europäische Wirtschaftsgemeinschaft (EWG) nach der ersten Erweiterung der EWG zur Neudefinierung der Beziehungen mit der Europäischen Freihandelsassoziation (EFTA) veranlassten.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Head of the European Commission delegation for negotiations on enlargement of the European Communities from 1970 to 1973 and responsible for the free-trade agreements with the other countries in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), describes the main issues and proceedings of the negotiations with Austria, Switzerland, Portugal, Finland, Sweden and Iceland.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Head of the European Commission delegation for negotiations on enlargement of the European Communities from 1970 to 1973 and responsible for the free-trade agreements with the other countries in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), explains the specific difficulties involved in the negotiations with Finland, particularly referring to the nature of its relations with the Soviet Union.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Head of the European Commission delegation for negotiations on enlargement of the European Communities from 1970 to 1973 and responsible for the free-trade agreements with the other countries in the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), explains the specific difficulties associated with the negotiations with Iceland, particularly raising the question of the definition of fisheries areas.

In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, Head of the European Commission delegation for negotiations on enlargement of the European Communities from 1970 to 1973, recalls the ceremony held for the signing of the Treaties of Accession to the European Communities of Denmark, Ireland, Norway and the United Kingdom on 22 January 1972 at the Egmont Palace in Brussels.