On 12 May 1965, the European Parliament adopts a resolution on proposals from the European Commission relating to financing the common agricultural policy (CAP) and to the creation of own resources for the EEC.

On 29 September 1971, Paolo Cecchini, Head of the Task Force of the Commission of the European Communities for the enlargement of the Communities and chief negotiator for the trade agreements with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA), sends a note to Edmond Wellenstein, Head of the Delegation from the Commission of the European Communities to the negotiations on the enlargement of the Communities, in which he outlines the respective positions of Sweden and the Commission with regard to the country’s possible accession to the European Communities.

On 19 April 1973, the Commission of the European Communities sends the Council of the European Communities a communication summarising the progress achieved during the first stage of economic and monetary union. The communication sets out the lessons to be drawn from the first stage and sketches the broad lines of an action plan for the second stage.

On 27 July 1967, at a meeting held in Brussels with Jean Rey, President of the European Commission, in connection with the negotiations for Irish accession to the European Communities, John Lynch, Irish Prime Minister, emphasises his Government’s European credentials.

Summary of the lecture given by Étienne Davignon, Member of the European Commission from 1977 to 1985, to the Royal Institute for International Relations (IRRI-KIIB) on 11 September 1979 in Brussels, on the theme of the Commission’s role in a strengthened European Community.

On 27 February 1970, the Commission of the European Communities sets out some guidelines on the development of a plan by stages for an economic and monetary union.

On 28 June 1973, the Commission of the European Communities submits a report to the Council on the adjustment of short-term monetary support arrangements and the conditions required for the progressive pooling of reserves.

In its proposals to the Council of Ministers, the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC) includes a Regulation on the gradual establishment of a common organisation of the market in the fruit and vegetables sector.

Rules of Procedure of the Commission which entered into force on 1 January 2001.

In February 1984, the European Commission calls for greater budgetary discipline within the Community, since that will go some way towards correcting budgetary imbalances and increasing the Communities’ own resources.