Document published in Strasbourg on 13 May 1955 relating the Council of Western European Union’s approval of the agreement concluded by the Governments of the Federal Republic of Germany and of the French Republic that grants the Saar European status under the aegis of Western European Union (WEU). The document also outlines the steps that are necessary for the implementation of the referendum on the Saar Statute, and sets out the principles of this referendum. Finally, it outlines the responsibilities and powers of the European Commissioner for the Saar.
On 14 May 1971, during the Conference of Foreign Ministers of the Member States of the European Communities in Paris, Franco Maria Malfatti, President of the Commission, delivers an address on the appropriateness of including the chapter relating to economic cooperation in the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe (CSCE) and on the problem of the recognition of the European Economic Community (EEC) by the USSR and the Communist countries.