In this interview, André Dubois, former attaché in the Secretariat of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the influence of Christian Calmes, first Secretary-General of the institution, in the establishment of the General Secretariat.

In this interview, André Dubois, former attaché in the Secretariat of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the powers and the operation of this institution.

In this interview, Hubert Ehring, former Director in the Legal Service of the Secretariat of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the role of the Council vis-à-vis the High Authority and describes the main activities carried out by its Legal Service.

On 22 June 2005, in a plenary sitting of the European Parliament in Brussels, José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission, notes the achievements of the Luxembourg Presidency of the Council of the European Union.

Le 15 octobre 1956, lors des négociations à Val Duchesse pour l'élaboration des traités de Rome, la France soumet à la conférence intergouvernementale pour le Marché commun et l'Euratom un mémorandum relatif à l'institution d'un Comité monétaire.

Ayant été autorisé par le Comité des ministres à procéder à l'échange de notes prévu par l'article 11 de l'Accord spécial relatif au siège, le Secrétaire général du Conseil de l'Europe accuse le 28 novembre 1949 la réception de la lettre du représentant du Gouvernement français et lui fait savoir que le Conseil de l'Europe est aussi, pour sa part, prêt à appliquer ledit Accord.

The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) takes the chair at the first meeting of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) held on 8, 9 and 10 September 1952. In this letter, dated 27 August, Walter Hallstein, State Secretary at the Foreign Office, informs Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the ECSC, that the invitations have been sent to the Ministers for Foreign and Economic Affairs of the Member States. He includes the proposals regarding the subjects to be considered during this meeting in an annex to his letter.

On 15 August 1952, Walter Hallstein, State Secretary at the Foreign Office of the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), informs the representatives of the Federal Republic of Germany in The Hague, Brussels, Luxembourg, Paris and Rome that the establishment of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) is scheduled for early September. Meeting in Luxembourg, the Council is to be chaired by the representative of the FRG.