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Treaty establishing the EEC — Convention on certain institutions common to the European Communities (Rome, 25 March 1957)
TextThe entry into force of the Convention on certain institutions common to the European Communities, on the same date as the Rome Treaties to which it is annexed, provides for the three Communities to share a single Assembly and Court of Justice from the outset.
Report by the Luxembourg Government on the merger of the executive bodies (26 July 1960)
TextOn 26 July 1960, an internal report by the Luxembourg Government emphasises the importance of the merger of the executive bodies of the three European Communities.
'The merger of the European executive bodies' from Il Popolo (28 September 1960)
TextOn 28 September 1960, the Italian daily newspaper Il Popolo describes the progress of negotiations on the merging of the European executives and considers the formation and the role of the future Community bodies.
Faure report on the merger of the executive bodies (7 November 1960)
TextThe question of merging the executive bodies is discussed at the November 1960 session of the European Parliamentary Assembly and more specifically at the annual conference with the Councils of Ministers of the European Economic Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and Euratom, based on the report drawn up by Maurice Faure. This report, produced on behalf of the Committee on Political Affairs and Institutional Questions, presents the merger of the executive bodies as a necessary ‘rationalisation measure’.
Draft report from the Political Committee of the Parliamentary Assembly on the merger of the executive bodies (October 1961)
TextIn October 1961, following the request made on 18 September by the Council of the European Economic Community and the Council of the European Atomic Energy Community, the European Parliamentary Assembly’s Political Committee, with Maurice Faure as rapporteur, submits its draft report on the draft Convention establishing a Council of the European Communities and a European High Commission.
Address by the President of the High Authority to the Parliamentary Assembly (20 October 1961)
TextOn 20 October 1961, Piero Malvestiti, President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, gives an address to the European Parliamentary Assembly in which he gives his views on the question of the merger of the executive bodies.
Press conference held by Eugène Schaus: merging the executive bodies (CLT, 24 September 1963)
TonAt the end of a Council of Ministers of the Six, the Luxembourg Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eugène Schaus, explains the position of the Grand Duchy on merging the executives.
"Die Fusion der Exekutivorgane: Eine schnelle Entscheidung ist nötig" in Europe
TextEmanuele Gazzo, Chefredakteur der Agence Europe zeigt in seinem Leitartikel vom 9. Juli 1964 die institutionellen Probleme auf, die es zu lösen gilt, um eine Einigung über die Fusion der Exekutivorgane zu erzielen.