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The Malvestiti Authority was the fourth High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), between 1959 and 1963. Its president was Piero Malvestiti of Italy.
There were one more High Authorities before the institutions of the ECSC were merged with those of the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Economic Community in 1967 to become the European Communities.
In addition to Piero Malvestiti of Italy, as president, the Authority comprised; [1]
Dirk Spierenburg of Netherlands, First Vice-President (until he resigned on 25 September 1962)
Johannes Linthorst Homan of the Netherlands, succeeded Spierenburg as vice president on 15 December 1962.
Albert Coppé of Belgium, Second Vice-President
Paul Finet of Belgium
Fritz Hellwig of Germany
Heinz Potthof of Germany (until 10 August 1962)
Karl-Maria Hettlage (from 14 December 1962, succeeding Potthof)
Pierre-Olivier Lapie of France
Roger Reynaud of France
Albert Wehrer of Luxembourg
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The European Economic Community (EEC) was a regional organisation that aimed to bring about economic integration among its member states. It was created by the Treaty of Rome of 1957. Upon the formation of the European Union (EU) in 1993, the EEC was incorporated and renamed the European Community (EC). In 2009, the EC's institutions were absorbed into the EU's wider framework and the community ceased to exist.
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The Coppé Authority was an interim High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), between 1 March and 5 July 1967. Its president was Albert Coppé of Belgium. The Authority was subsequently combined by the Merger Treaty (1967) with the Commissions of the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Economic Community to become the Commission of the European Communities.
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The Messina Conference of 1955 was a meeting of the six member states of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). The conference assessed the progress of the ECSC and, deciding that it was working well, proposed further European integration. This initiative led to the creation in 1957 of the European Economic Community and Euratom.
The Benelux memorandum of 1955 was a document drafted by the three Benelux countries on 18 May 1955 as a means to reviving European integration on the basis of a general common market.
Dirk Pieter Spierenburg was a Dutch politician and diplomat. He was born on 4 February 1909 in Rotterdam (Netherlands and died on 27 August 2001. He was a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community, serving in the Monnet Authority from 1952 and was in charge of external relations. He later wrote the Spierenburg report on reform in 1979 of the European Commission which was only partly heeded.
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Léon Daum was a French mining engineer, company director and senior European administrator. He was a member of the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community from 1952 to 1959.
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