In February 1957, with a view to the forthcoming debates in the French National Assembly on the ratification of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Jean François-Poncet, Secretary-General of the French Delegation responsible for negotiating the Treaties establishing the Common Market and Euratom, forwards a note to the members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Assembly in which he outlines the progress of the Val Duchesse negotiations and the positions taken by the French Delegation.