Pursuant to Article 6 of the Convention on the Transitional Provisions, annexed to the 1951 Treaty of Paris, the Assembly shall meet, having been convened by the President of the High Authority, one month after the High Authority takes up office in order to elect its officers and draw up its Rules of Procedure.
Signed on 18 April 1951, this Protocol annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) constitutes the legal basis for relations between the Community and the Council of Europe. It establishes an exchange of information between the two organisations and provides for the possibility of strengthening their cooperation by means of future agreements.
