Minutes of the second meeting of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), held in Luxembourg on 1 and 2 December 1952, in the version submitted to the Council on 16 December. One of the items on the agenda was the question of future ECSC levies.

On 9 March 1953, in Strasbourg, Paul-Henri Spaak, President of the Ad Hoc Assembly (with his back to the camera, first from the right), hands over to Georges Bidault (standing), President of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers, the draft European Political Community (EPC) Treaty, in the presence of Joseph Bech (facing the camera, first from the left), Alcide De Gasperi (second from the left), Paul van Zeeland (second from the right) and Konrad Adenauer (first from the right).

Internal memorandum, dated 26 September 1952, addressed to the Secretary-General of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers concerning a certain number of arguments which could be used to defend the proposed organisation of the Secretariat. The memorandum, in particular, refers to the conditions governing the selection of officials of the Secretariat: their qualifications for the post, the fair allocation of posts between the ECSC Member States and the balance between the various categories of officials.

Provisional Rules of Procedure of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) dated 9 September 1952.

From June 1953 to mid-April 1955, the offices of the Secretariat of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers are located in the building situated at 21 Avenue de la Porte Neuve in Luxembourg.

From September 1952 to May 1953, the offices of the Secretariat of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers are located in the building situated at 5 Avenue de la Liberté in Luxembourg.

List of the Secretaries-General of the Council since 1952 indicating the historical development of their functions (Secretary-General of the Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC, of the Councils of the European Communities, of the Council of the European Communities and of the Council of the European Union/High Representative for the Common Foreign and Security Policy).

Diagram showing the rotating presidencies of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), including the names and the offices of the presidents-in-office.

List of the Presidents of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).

Photo de famille des chefs d'État ou de gouvernement réunis lors du Conseil européen de Bruxelles des 29 et 30 mars 1985. De g. à dr. sur la photo: 1er rang: Andréas Papandréou (Premier ministre grec), Jacques Santer (Premier ministre luxembourgeois), Helmut Kohl (Chancelier de la République fédérale d'Allemagne), Wilfried Martens (Premier ministre belge), Margaret Thatcher (Premier ministre britannique), Bettino Craxi (Président du Conseil des ministres italien et président en exercice du Conseil de l'Union européenne), François Mitterrand (président de la République française), Poul Schlüter (Premier ministre danois), Garret Fitzgerald (Premier ministre irlandais) et Ruud Lubbers (Premier ministre néerlandais); 2e rang (de g. à dr.): Hans van den Broek (ministre néerlandais des Affaires étrangères), Yannis Charalambopoulos (ministre grec des Affaires étrangères), Léo Tindemans (ministre belge des Relations extérieures), Giulio Andreotti (ministre italien des Affaires étrangères), Roland Dumas (ministre français des Relations extérieures), Sir Geoffrey Howe (ministre britannique des Affaires étrangères et du Commonwealth), Lorenzo Natali (vice-président de la Commission des Communautés européennes chargé de la Coopération et du Développement et de l'Elargissement), Jacques Delors (président de la Commission des Communautés européennes), Hans-Dietrich Genscher (ministre fédéral Ouest-allemand des Affaires étrangères), Jacques Poos (ministre luxembourgeois des Affaires étrangères, du Commerce extérieur et de la Coopération), Uffe Ellemann-Jensen (ministre danois des Affaires étrangères) et Peter Barry (ministre irlandais des Affaires étrangères).