International Authority for the control of Coal and Steel

Conclusions | Doc. 132 | 29 August 1950

Author(s):

Parliamentary Assembly

Origin

See Doc. 90, Report. 1950 - 2nd Session - First part

1 Recommendation to the Committee of Ministers adopted 26th August 1950 at the conclusion of the Debate on the Report from the Committee on Economic Questions

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 Plan 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 forthwith 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 involved a Parliamentary Authority, to which the Coal/Steel Authority would 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 parliamentary members 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.