On 25 March 1957, a few hours before the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), the representatives of the Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), France, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands establish an Interim Committee, to be chaired by Count Jean-Charles Snoy et d’Oppuers, Secretary-General of the Belgian Foreign Ministry and Head of the Belgian Delegation to the Intergovernmental Conference on the Common Market and Euratom. The Committee is to make preparations for the establishment of the Community institutions before the Treaties actually enter into force.