Relations between the Assembly of the Council of Europe and the Six-Power Communities
- Author(s):
- Parliamentary Assembly
- Origin
- (see Doc. 704, Report of the Political Committee). This Resolution was adopted by the Assembly at its 23rd Sitting, on 25th October 1957
The Assembly,
Having welcomed the resolution of the six Foreign Ministers which is designed to ensure partial identity of membership between the Assembly of the six-Power Communities and the Consultative Assembly ;
Considering that other steps must be taken to preserve and ensure a sense of common purpose between those engaged in building up the six-Power Communities and those belonging to the wider European Community ;
Considering that relations between the Council of Europe and the E.C.S.C. are the subject of a protocol signed in Paris on 18th April 1951,
Instructs the President of the Assembly to approach the competent authorities of the new Communities of the Six with a view to preparing the way for the conclusion of arrangements providing for the following :
a the annual reports of the Executive Commissions of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community to be transmitted to the Consultative Assembly ; on request, the annual report of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to be transmitted to the European Commissions ;
b joint meetings between the Consultative Assembly and the single Assembly of the six-Power Communities to be organised regularly to discuss matters of common concern ;
c the single Assembly of the six-Power Communities to send a report to the Consultative Assembly at the request of the President of the latter and, in turn, the Consultative Assembly to send a report to the single Assembly of the six-Power Communities at the request of the President of the latter ;
d joint meetings of the Bureaux of the three European Assemblies to be held at least twice a year to discuss problems of mutual interest, to exchange information about the activities of the three Assemblies, the proposed dates of their sessions, the questions on their agendas and any other matter in which co-ordination would be of advantage ; these meetings to be used to keep public opinion abreast of the development of general problems of interest to the European community ;
e the single Assembly of the six-Power Communities and the Consultative Assembly to meet normally in the same place.
