Withdrawal of Greenland from the European Communities

Greenland Treaty

Long name: Treaty amending, with regard to Greenland, the Treaties establishing the European Communities
Signed	13 March 1984
Location	Brussels
Effective	1 February 1985
Signatories	10
Depositary	Government of the Italian Republic
Languages	All 8 official Languages of the European Communities
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The Greenland Treaty was an agreement between the member states of the European Communities, concerning Greenland's exit from the European Communities. It followed the Greenlandic referendum in 1982 in which voters supported exiting the EC.

The Treaty arranged for the exit of Greenland and amended earlier treaties of the European Communities. As such, it is an integral part of the constitutional basis of the European Union. The decision to withdraw was made after Greenland had achieved self-rule, was made to protect Greenland's rights to its fishing waters and to limit external influence.[2][3] When Denmark entered the EC in 1973, Greenland was a special part of Denmark with not much self-rule, so Greenland had no choice but had to enter the EC with Denmark. This was in opposite to the Faroe Islands, which had self-rule and decided not to enter the EC.

The Treaty entered into force on 1 February 1985 and as a result Greenland formally withdrew from the European Communities.

• Danish withdrawal from the European Union
• Greenland and the European Union
• Greenland (European Parliament constituency)
• Withdrawal from the European Union

• Harhoff, Frederik (1983), "Greenland's Withdrawal from the European Communities", Common Market Law Review, 20 (1): 13–33