At the conference held from 25 to 28 March 1987 in Rome to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Jacques Van Helmont, former colleague of Jean Monnet at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the consequences of France’s failure to ratify the European Defence Community (EDC) Treaty for the action taken by Jean Monnet and the ECSC for the revival of the European integration process.

At the conference held from 25 to 28 March 1987 in Rome to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Pierre Uri, former Head of the Economic Affairs Division of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), refers to the work which culminated in the resolution on European revival adopted on 3 June 1955 by the Foreign Ministers of the Six at the end of the Messina Conference.

At the conference held from 25 to 28 March 1987 in Rome to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Pierre Uri, former Director of the ‘General Economy’ Department of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the approach taken, in the spring of 1956, towards the drafting of the final report, by the Heads of Delegation of the Six, on the Common Market and Euratom (‘Spaak Report’).

At the conference held in Rome from 25 to 28 March 1987 to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), Pierre Uri, former Head of the Economic Affairs Division of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), considers the economic and institutional philosophy underpinning the Rome Treaties.

At the conference held from 25 to 28 March 1987 in Rome to mark the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Treaties establishing the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), the Dutchman, Dirk Spierenburg, former member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), outlines the attitude of the Netherlands authorities and, in particular, that of the Netherlands Prime Minister, Willem Drees, to the plan for a Common Market.

On 10 June 1955, René Mayer, former President of the French Council of Ministers, takes up his duties as President of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). During his first press conference, he describes the High Authority as a revolutionary institution.

On 7 October 1953, Jean Monnet, President of the High Authority of the ECSC, presents the first European passports to certain European officials in Luxembourg which enable them to cross the borders of the Six without hindrance.

In a speech delivered during the inaugural session of the ECSC Court of Justice, the President of the High Authority, Jean Monnet, describes how the institution fits into the operational structure of the ECSC and outlines its role. He particularly stresses the supranational character of the tasks incumbent upon this new-style court of justice.

List of participants at the inaugural meeting of the Councils of the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EAEC or Euratom), held in Brussels on 25 January 1958, in their capacity as representatives of the ECSC High Authority and of the EEC and Euratom Commissions.

This summary of decisions taken at the ninth meeting of the ECSC Special Council of Ministers, held in Luxembourg on 12 and 13 October 1953, illustrates several of the institution's powers and responsibilities, in particular, its power to conclude international agreements, its power of appointment and its power to deliver opinions and to exchange information and engage in mutual consultation with the High Authority.