The Finet Authority was the third
High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community
The European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) was a European organization created after World War II to integrate Europe's coal and steel industries into a single common market based on the principle of supranationalism which would be governe ...
(ECSC), between 1958 and 1959. Its president was
Paul Finet of
Belgium
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.
There were two more High Authorities before the institutions of the ECSC were
merged
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with those of the
European Atomic Energy Community and the
European Economic Community
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in 1967 to become the
European Communities
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.
Membership
In addition to Paul Finet of Belgium, as president, the Authority comprised;
Members of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, 1958–1959
European NAvigator (ena.lu)
Dirk Spierenburg of Netherlands, First Vice-President
*Steel, transport and concentrations (Chairman)
*External relations (Member)
*Finance, budget, administration (Member)
*Coal, contracts (Member)
Albert Coppé of Belgium, Second Vice-President
*General objectives and long term policy (Chairman)
*Investment and production (Member)
*Information, relations with Consultative Committee (Member)
*Coal, contracts (Member)
Franz Blücher of Germany (until he died on 26 March 1959)
*Coal, contracts (Member)
*General objectives and long term policy (Member)
*External relations (Member)
*Information, relations with the Consultative Committee (Member)
Léon Daum of France
*Investment and production (Chairman)
*External relations (Member)
*Coal, contracts (Member)
* Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)
Enzo Giacchero of Italy
*Social problems (Chairman)
*General objectives and long term policy (Member)
*Investment and production (Member)
*Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)
Heinz Potthof of Germany
*Finance, budget, administration (Chairman)
*Investment and production (Member)
*Social problems (Member)
*Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)
Roger Reynaud of France
*General objectives and long term policy (Member)
*Finance, budget, administration (Member)
*Social problems (Member)
*Coal, contracts (Alternate Member)
Albert Wehrer of Luxembourg
*External relations (Chairman)
*Finance, budget, administration (Member)
*Social Problems (Member)
*Information, relations with the Consultative Committee (Member)
*Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)
References
High Authorities of the European Coal and Steel Community
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