1. For a detailed account, see, inter alia, R.C. Caruana, ‘The accession of Malta to the EU’, in G. Vassiliou, ed., The Accession Story. The EU from 15 to 25 Countries (Oxford, Oxford University Press 2007) pp. 259–296.
2. Agreement establishing an association between the European Economic Community and Malta, OJ 1971 L 61/2.
3. See further, inter alia, P.G. Xuereb, ‘Malta’ in A.E. Kellermann, et al., eds., The Impact of EU Accession on the Legal Orders of New EU Member States and (Pre-)Candidate Countries. Hope and Fears (The Hague, T.M.C. Press 2006) pp. 409–417, at pp. 409–411.
4. Treaty between the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Portuguese Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (Member States of the European Union) and the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union, OJ 2003 L 236/17.
5. ECJ, Case 6/64 Flaminio Costa v. ENEL [1964] ECR 585.