International Authority for the control of Coal and Steel
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
The Assembly,
Referring back to its preliminary Report of December 1949 on the co-ordination of European metallurgical industries ;
Welcomes the initiative taken by the French Government on the 9th May 1950 ;
Desires that the Six-Power Conference seek means to set up a system of mutual information and devise machinery to permit those countries not participating in the Schuman PJan to join it later, should they so desire, in order to further as much as possible the essential economic objectives of the Plan ;
Recommends
1. that a renewed effort should be made by all the Governments concerned to find a basis for an agreement which will enable all the principal coal or steel producing countries of Europe to participate fully in the scheme.
2. that, in so far as the agreement resulting from the Schuman Plan involves a Parliamentary Body to which the Coal/Steel Authority will be responsible, the parliamentary members of this body shall be chosen from among the Representatives to the Consultative Assembly of the countries participating in the Plan.
3. that these parliamentarians be called upon to submit periodical Reports to the Consultative Assembly in order that the latter may have the opportunity of keeping itself informed, and offering suggestions and recommendations with regard to the functioning of the High Authority.
It instructs its Economic Committee to keep itself informed about future developments.
See Doc. AS (2) 90, and Sittings of 26th August 1950.
