In a letter dated 17 January 1965, Émile Noël, Executive Secretary of the Commission of the European Economic Community (CEE), suggests to Walter Hallstein, President of the EEC Commission, that, in the Commission proposal on the number of Council meetings to be held in Luxembourg, no more than 12 meetings per year be held.

Since 1967, the Council of the European Communities holds its April, June and October meetings in Luxembourg, in the Kirchberg European Centre, the construction of which began in 1964.

Conference centre in the Tower Building in Kirchberg, Luxembourg. Since 1967, the Council holds its April, June and October meetings in this building.

View of the main entrance of the Kirchberg Conference Centre in Luxembourg. Since 1967, the Council holds its April, June and October meetings in this building.

In an article published on 2 October 2003, the Luxembourg newspaper Le Quotidien reports that, from Monday 6 October, because of the renovation work being carried out on the conference centre in the Tower Building in Kirchberg, the Kiem Conference Centre, in the Kirchberg district in Luxembourg, will host meetings of the Council of the European Union.

In an article published on 28 December 2004, one week before the launch of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union, the daily newspaper La Voix du Luxembourg describes the Kiem Centre as being the main venue for the holding of Council meetings in Luxembourg.

During renovation work on the Kirchberg Conference Centre and from 1 October 2003, the Council holds its April, June and October meetings in the Kiem Conference Centre in Luxembourg.