Extrait du procès-verbal de la troisième session du Conseil de la Communauté économique européenne (CEE) tenue à Strasbourg le 18 mars 1958. La constitution du Comité économique et social fait partie des questions communes au Marché commun et à l'Euratom traitées lors de la session. Les discussions à ce sujet portent sur la composition du Comité et notamment celle du troisième groupe.

Since Austria, Finland and Sweden acceded to the European Communities on 1 January 1995, the Economic and Social Committe has comprised 222 members (Article 14 of Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC).

Council Decision of 17 September 2002 appointing the members of the Economic and Social Committee for the period from 21 September 2002 to 20 September 2006 (2002/758/EC, Euratom).

Members' statute of the European Economic and Social Committee adopted on 11 December 2003.

In its Decision of 22 April 1958, the Council of the European Economic Community appoints the first members of the Economicand Social Committee.

Table showing the members of the Economic and Social Committee (2008).

List of the organisations representing employers, workers and various interests constituting the European Economic and Social Committee partners.

In this judgment of 30 June 1988, the Court of Justice pronounced on the rules laid down in Article 195 (now Article 259) of the EC Treaty concerning the appointment of members of the Economic and Social Committee.

Council Decision of 9 November 2000 appointing the members of the Consultative Committee of the European Coal and Steel Community (2000/C 352/01).