In March 1958, supported by the national government, the City Council proposes the City of Luxembourg as the seat of the European institutions. This is the document, drawn up by town planning experts, which justifies the application submitted to the European Commission when it visited Luxembourg on 19 and 20 March 1958.

Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the provisional location of certain institutions and departments of the Communities. In a meeting held on 8 April 1965 in Brussels, the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States decided provisionally to locate the institutions and other bodies of the European Communities in Strasbourg, Brussels and Luxembourg.

Decision of 12 December 1992 taken by common agreement between the representatives of the governments of the Member States on the location of the seats of the institutions and of certain bodies and departments of the European Communities. The Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank have their seats in Luxembourg.

Protocol annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaties establishing the European Community, the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Atomic Energy Community by the Treaty of Amsterdam of 2 October 1997.

This article by Marcel Mart, President of the European Court of Auditors from 1984 to 1989, concerns Luxembourg’s participation in the struggle for the seat of the European institutions, and forms part of the collection of essays published in 1993 in honour of Pierre Werner.

Published in a special supplement to La Voix du Luxembourg of April/May 2003 devoted to the European institutions within the Grand Duchy, this article contains explanations from Monique Schumacher, Director of the Luxembourg Information Office of the European Parliament, concerning the Luxembourgish roots of the Commission and Parliament.

This article, published on 18 December 2003 in the newspaper Luxemburger Wort when the European Parliament acquires the ‘Konrad Adenauer' building in Luxembourg, shows how the town's status as seat of the General Secretariat of the institution is strengthened as a result.

Aerial photograph of the European Parliament buildings in the Kirchberg district of Luxembourg.

Designed by the architect Pierre Bohler, the Debating Chamber of the European Parliament, situated on the rue du Fort Thüngen in Luxembourg, was formally opened in 1979 as a venue for the holding of plenary sittings until 1981. Since 1981, the Chamber has been an integral part of the Kirchberg Conference Centre.

On 11 February 2003, the European Commission adopts a plan for the consolidation of its services in Luxembourg and empowers Neil Kinnock, Commission Vice-President for Administrative Reform, to sign the final agreement with Luxembourg's Foreign Affairs Minister, Lydie Polfer.

The Commission's Jean Monnet Building, Luxembourg.

Albert Van Houtte, Registrar at the Court of Justice from 1953 to 1982, retraces 'the short history of the Court' based on his memories, in a work published on the 35th anniversary of this institution. In an informal and sometimes anecdotal tone, it comments on the installation of the Court in Luxembourg, the successive changes in premises, the first tasks of the Court, the origin of the Court's seal and the judges' robes, etc.

In 1959, the Court of Justice of the European Communities was based in a building located on rue de la Côte d'Eich, Luxembourg, until the 'Palais' of the Court was constructed in 1972 on the Kirchberg plateau.

From 1959 to 1972, the sittings of the Court of Justice are held in the courtroom of the building on the Côte d'Eich, Luxembourg.

On 9 January 1973, Pierre Werner, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, presided over the inauguration ceremony of the new building of the Court of Justice of the European Communities located on the Kirchberg Plateau in Luxembourg. In his speech, he emphasises the solidity of the 'edifice of judicial decisions' that the Court has constructed during its twenty years of existence.

The first building of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in its new location on the Kirchberg plateau, Luxembourg. The ‘Palais’ of the Court of Justice, completed in late 1972, was the first European institution building to be built on the plateau.

Working session of the Court of Justice of the European Communities in the 'Palais' courtroom, Kirchberg plateau, Luxembourg.

Examination of the reasons behind the establishment of a Court of First Instance.

Aerial view of the buildings of the Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance of the European Communities on the Kirchberg Plateau, Luxembourg. In the middle distance, in the centre of the photo, is the ‘Palais’ of the Court of Justice. In the foreground are its annexes. From left to right, in order of construction, are the Erasmus Building, opened on 5 October 1988, the Thomas More Building, opened on 19 February 1993, and the C Building, opened on 15 September 1994.

The main courtroom of the Court of Justice of the European Communities on the Kirchberg Plateau, Luxembourg.

In its article of 5 December 2002, the daily newspaper Luxemburger Wort gives an account of the proceedings of the official audience held the previous day at the Court of Justice of the European Communities to celebrate the 50th anniversary of its establishment. The article summarises the addresses given in the Court's main courtroom by Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, President of the Court of Justice, Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, Lene Espersen, Danish Justice Minister and President of the Council, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, and Ludwig Adamovich, President of the Austrian Constitutional Court.

Photograph taken on 4 December 2002, during the formal session of the Court of Justice on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the Court. From left to right, Lene Espersen, Danish Justice Minister and President of the Council, Ludwig Adamovich, President of the Austrian Constitutional Court, Pat Cox, President of the European Parliament, Romano Prodi, President of the European Commission, the Grand Duchess and the Grand Duke of Luxembourg and Gil Carlos Rodríguez Iglesias, President of the Court of Justice.

Published in a special supplement to La Voix du Luxembourg of April/May 2003 devoted to the European institutions within the Grand Duchy, this article draws attention to the challenges facing the Court of Justice of the European Communities on the eve of the enlargement of the Union to ten new Member States.

As the financial conscience of the Union, the Court of Auditors has the task of auditing the implementation of the budget and of indicating ways to improve financial management.

Former building of the European Court of Auditors, 29 rue Aldringen, Luxembourg.

View of the new building of the Court of Auditors, 12 rue Alcide de Gasperi, on the Kirchberg Plateau, Luxembourg. Inaugurated on 7 June 1988, the European Communities acquired ownership of this building on 4 January 1990.

The courtroom of the European Court of Auditors where the Members hold their meetings.

Printed in a special supplement to La Voix du Luxembourg of April/May 2003 devoted to the European institutions within the Grand Duchy, the article shows how the European Court of Auditors is organised into four audit groups and highlights the meticulous planning behind the work of the auditors.

Marcel Mart, President of the European Court of Auditors from 18 October 1984 to 17 October 1989.

François Colling (Luxembourg), Member of the European Court of Auditors from 1 January 1996 to 31 December 2007.

Address delivered by Juan Manuel Fabra Vallés, President of the European Court of Auditors, on 27 November 2002, in Luxembourg, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the institution.

On 27 November 2002, as part of the celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the European Court of Auditors, the President of the Court, Juan Manuel Fabra Vallés, delivers an address in the hemicycle of the Kirchberg Conference Centre, Luxembourg.

Henri Grethen (Luxembourg), Member of the European Court of Auditors since 1 January 2008.

From 1968 to 1980, the European Investment Bank (EIB) held its offices in the building at 2, Place de Metz, Luxembourg. This building, which had been the seat of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1952 to 1968, was purchased in 1968 by the Caisse d'Épargne de l'État de Luxembourg and leased to the EIB until 1980, when the EIB moved to its own premises on the Kirchberg Plateau.

Excerpt from the video made on its 40th anniversary by the European Investment Bank portraying the institution and its mission.

Interview with Corneille Brück taking place in 1993 published by Échos de l'Europe, the in-house publication of the European Commission in Luxembourg. Brück, at the time vice-president of the European Investment Bank, presents different aspects of the institution: its dual nature as a community body and as a bank, its mission, its decision-making bodies, its tasks, its seat, etc.

Published in a special supplement to La Voix du Luxembourg of April/May 2003 devoted to the European institutions within the Grand Duchy, this article describes the European Investment Bank: its nature, composition, organisation, function and activities.

The new European Investment Bank building, inaugurated on 2 June 2008, stands next to the current seat of the institution and means that all the staff can be housed on a single site in the Kirchberg district in Luxembourg.