This internal memorandum of 12 December 1952 summarises the arguments which the Secretariat of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers intends to put to the Council in defence of its organisation plan. In particular, it outlines the need to adapt its staff to the working procedure of the Council, the provisional recruitment procedure, as well as the importance of maintaining equal treatment between the officials of the Secretariat of the Council and those of the other Community institutions and national administrations.
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.
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.