Treaties that create institutions or set common rules for commerce, intellectual property and the environment: the European treaties that created and reformed the Union, the North American free trade agreement, the patent cooperation treaty and the conventions on wetlands, oil pollution at sea and Antarctica. A document belongs here when its cited article describes such a treaty. It excludes peace and security treaties.
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Antarctic Treaty System (Wikipedia)
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The Antarctic Treaty and related agreements, collectively known as the Antarctic Treaty System (ATS), regulate international relations with respect to Antarctica, Earth's only continent without a native human population.
MARPOL 73/78 (Wikipedia)
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The International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973 as modified by the Protocol of 1978, or "MARPOL 73/78" (short for "marine pollution") is one of the most important international marine environmental conventions.
North American Free Trade Agreement (Wikipedia)
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The North American Free Trade Agreement (Spanish: Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte, TLCAN; French: Accord de libre-échange nord-américain, ALÉNA), referred to colloquially in the Anglosphere as NAFTA ( NAF-tÉ™), was an agreement signed by Canada, Mexico, and the United States that created a trilateral trade bloc in North America.
Patent Cooperation Treaty (Wikipedia)
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The Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) is an international patent law treaty, concluded in 1970.
Ramsar Convention (Wikipedia)
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The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance Especially as Waterfowl Habitat is an international treaty for the conservation and sustainable use of Ramsar sites (wetlands).
Single European Act (Wikipedia)
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The Single European Act (SEA) was the first major revision of the 1957 Treaty of Rome.
Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe (TCE; commonly referred to as the European Constitution or as the Constitutional Treaty) was an unratified international treaty intended to create a consolidated constitution for the European Union (EU).
Treaty of Nice (Wikipedia)
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The Treaty of Nice reformed the institutional structure of the European Union to withstand eastward expansion, a task which was originally intended to have been done by the Amsterdam Treaty, but failed to be addressed at the time.
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (Wikipedia)
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The Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties (VCLT) is an international agreement that regulates treaties among sovereign states.
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