On 16 May 1959, the French daily newspaper Le Monde comments on the decision taken by the Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) to refuse the High Authority the right to declare a ‘manifest crisis’ in the European coal sector.
In November 1966, the monthly publication Communauté européenne focuses on the causes of the European steel crisis and on the measures implemented by the ECSC High Authority to alleviate it.
In this interview, Edmund Wellenstein, senior official at the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) between 1953 and 1967, describes relations within the High Authority following the resignation of its President, Jean Monnet, in 1955, and the appointment of Monnet’s successor, René Mayer.
On 16 June 1959, the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) outlines the position of the Austrian iron and steel industry with a view to the conclusion of an association agreement between Austria and the ECSC.
On 1 June 1966, on the margins of the association negotiations held in Brussels between the European Economic Community (EEC) and Austria, the Secretary-General of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) analyses the specific problems posed by the possible association of Austria with the ECSC.
On 8 May 1956, at the end of the Geneva Tariff Conference, Austria and the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) sign two agreements: a Memorandum of Understanding on an anti-dumping clause on trade in steel not covered by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and a tariff agreement on the reduction of customs duties under GATT.
On 8 May 1956, at the end of the Geneva Tariff Conference, Austria and the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) sign two agreements: a Memorandum of Understanding on an anti-dumping clause on steel trade not covered by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and a tariff agreement on the reduction of customs duties under GATT.
‘Josy, good old Josy, so you managed to bring something back from Paris?' On 5 August 1952, in the daily newspaper Tageblatt, the Luxembourg cartoonist Simon portrays the key role played by Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, in the agreement reached by the Six to have the seat of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) located provisionally in Luxembourg.
‘Joseph: And you two, what do you think of that? The little Luxi has succeeded.’ On 16 August 1952, Luxembourg cartoonist Simon welcomes the role played by Joseph Bech, Luxembourg Foreign Minister, in the temporary establishment of the ECSC High Authority in Luxembourg.