On 16 January 1964, during a press conference, Dino Del Bo, President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), sets out the aims of the two recommendations adopted by the High Authority to protect the Community iron and steel market.

On 5 June 1959, in an internal memorandum, Tony Rollman, Director of the Steel Division of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), having recently returned from a business trip to Austria, outlines the position of the Austrian steel industry with a view to the conclusion of an Association Agreement between Austria and the ECSC.

On 12 July 1963, following exploratory talks between representatives of the Austrian Government and representatives of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), Jacques Bouiller, official in the Secretariat-General in the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the attitude of both parties towards the possible association of Austria with the European Common Market.

On 25 September 1963, following the exploratory talks between representatives of the Austrian Government and representatives of the Commission of the European Economic Community (EEC), Jacques Bouiller, official in the External Relations Directorate of the Secretariat-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), forwards to Charles Reichling, Director of External Relations in the Secretariat-General, an internal memorandum in which he outlines Austria’s cautious attitude towards a possible association with the Common Market.

It emerges from this judgment that the absence of consultation of the Economic and Social Committee, in cases where it is compulsory, constitutes an infringement of the Treaty or of an essential procedural requirement which, even if it hasn't been invoked by the applicant, could entail the annulment by the Court of its own motion.

In this interview, Jacques-René Rabier, who worked for Jean Monnet at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) from 1953 to 1955 and was Director of the Information Service of the High Authority from 1953 to 1958, reflects on the administrative organisation of the High Authority under the Presidency of Jean Monnet in Luxembourg.