The Mayer Authority was the second 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 1955 and 1958. Its president was René Mayer of France. There were three more High Authorities before the institutions of the ECSC were

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with those of the European Atomic Energy Community and the

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in 1967 to become the

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Membership

There was a great deal of continuity with the Monnet Authority, in addition to René Mayer of France, as president, the Authority comprised;Composition of the High Authority, 1955–1958
European NAvigator (ena.lu) Franz Etzel of Germany, First Vice-President (until he resigned on 28 October 1957 *External relations Albert Coppé of Belgium, Second Vice-President *General objectives and long term policy (Chairman) *Markets, agreements, transport (Chairman) *Press and information Paul Finet of Belgium *Social Problems Dirk Spierenburg of Netherlands *External relations (Chairman) *Markets, agreements, transport Léon Daum of France *Finance, investment, production (Chairman) *Instructions group (Chairman) *General objectives and long term policy *Markets, agreements, transport *Press and information Enzo Giacchero of Italy *Press and information (President) *General objectives and long term policy *Industrial problems, finance *Social problems Albert Wehrer of Luxembourg *Industrial problems, finance *Social Problems *External relations *Instructions group

References

High Authorities of the European Coal and Steel Community {{EU-stub