Organization For European Economic Cooperation

1950 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 520-528
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Executive Committee ◽  
Foreign Minister ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
New Members ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Consultative Group

Council of OEECOn April 4, 1950, the Council of OEEC held its annual election. Dr. Dirk U. Stikker, Foreign Minister of the Netherlands and political conciliator of OEEC, was elected chairman of the Council, thus combining the functions of those two OEEC offices. Representatives of Austria and Switzerland were elected as vicechairmen of the Council, while new members of the executive committee of OEEC were Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and the United Kingdom; the United Kingdom retained the presidency of this committee and France the vice-presidency and Turkey replaced Switzerland as rapporteur géndral. The Council also decided to do away with the consultative group of eleven which had proved to be unwieldy and to eliminate the practice by which the chairman and vice-chairmen had been expected to spend two days of every week in Paris. It was decided that: 1) the full Council should meet at the ministerial level on the first Friday of every second month; 2) whenever circumstances demanded, the executive committee could be convened at the ministerial level, with the participation of the chairman of the Council and possibly at his call; 3) the chairman was empowered to ask the vice-chairmen to meet with him in Paris at any time to review progress or to discuss action. In response to a request from the Council of Europe, the Council of OEEC appointed a subcommittee of three members to meet with a similar subcommittee from the Council of Europe to discuss closer cooperation. Sweden and Italy were named to the OEEC subcommittee with a third member to be announced later.

Convention for European Economic Cooperation, Signed at Paris, April 16, 1948

1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 420-426 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom

The Governments of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Luxembourg, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey and the Commanders in Chief of the French, United Kingdom and United States Zones of Occupation of Germany

Organization for European Economic Cooperation

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 566-568
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Balance Of Payments ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Payments System ◽  
European Trade

The Council of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation, composed of cabinet members of the governments of the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Greece, Norway, Portugal, Belgium and the Netherlands, held a series of secret meetings during May and June in an attempt to solve the problem of intra-European trade and the intra-European payments system which was scheduled to end June 30, 1949. The principal objections to the existing payments system were that it was originally formed in a series of bilateral agreements between each of the countries, that the original agreements were based on estimates of the expected balance of payments which had in some cases been erroneous, and that existing quotas had stifled trade.

2. Statute of the Council of Europe, May 5, 1949

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 583-591 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Great Britain ◽  
Northern Ireland ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Irish Republic ◽  
Grand Duchy

The Governments of the Kingdom of Belgium, the Kingdom of Denmark, the French Republic, the Irish Republic, the Italian Republic, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

Organization for European Economic Cooperation

1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 658-659
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Flexible Exchange Rate ◽  
German Government ◽  
European Economic ◽  
Bilateral Agreements ◽  
Exchange Value ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
United Kingdom Government ◽  
Tariff Reductions

Council The Council of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC), meeting in Paris on June 29, 1956, decided to maintain the European Payments Union (EPU) for another year beginning on July 1, 1956, without any modifications in its rules. The Council also approved bilateral agreements on repayment and liquidation concluded by some EPU members. The Council met again in Paris from July 17 to 19, under the chairmanship of Mr. Harold Macmillan (United Kingdom); among the major questions discussed were nuclear energy and trade liberalization. Prior to the meeting, press reports indicated that the United Kingdom had refused an invitation from the west German government to discuss a flexible exchange rate for sterling, stating that the United Kingdom government saw no useful purpose to be served in an international discussion of the exchange value of sterling. During the Council session the ministers had before them a report and proposal dealing with 1) the need for the OEEC countries to achieve a degree of free trade abolishing quantitative restrictions to the extent of 90 percent or more; 2) the possibility of consolidating that degree of liberalization; and 3) the desire of the low tariff countries in Europe to see this quantitative liberalization accompanied by tariff reductions.

Relief and Rehabilitation Organizations: Committee of European Economic Cooperation

1948 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 158-160
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Soviet Union ◽  
The United States ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
Harvard University ◽  
Joint Conference ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Soviet Union

On June 5, 1947, the Secretary of State of the United States, George C. Marshall, stated that the United States could not proceed much further with its plans to assist European recovery unless the countries themselves reached some agreement as to their requirements and to their own contribution to European recovery. Immediately following this speech at Harvard University, representatives of the United Kingdom, France and the Soviet Union met in Paris to discuss the possibility of a joint conference on the problem. After the Soviet representative (Molotov) withdrew, sixteen nations, upon the invitation of France and the United Kingdom, met in Paris from July 12 to September 22, 1947, to draw up a joint program for European reconstruction. Participating countries were: United Kingdom, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Switzerland and Turkey.

Council of Europe

1963 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 288-293 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
European Economic Community ◽  
European Parliament ◽  
The Other ◽  
Joint Meeting ◽  
Economic Community ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Stabilizing Effect

The ninth joint meeting of the European Parliament (formerly the European Parliamentary Assembly) and the Consultative Assembly of the Council of Europe was held in Strasbourg on September 17 and 18, 1962, under the joint presidency of Mr. Gaetano Martino, President of the European Parliament, and Mr. Per Federspiel, President of the Consultative Assembly. The debates were based on two reports, one presented by Mr. Edoardo Martino (Italian Christian Democrat), on behalf of the European Parliament, and the other by Mr. Georges Margue (Luxembourg Social Christian) for the Consultative Assembly. Mr. Martino, in speaking of the future of the European Economic Community (EEC), commented that the success of the negotiations with the United Kingdom would have a stabilizing effect on the whole of Europe. Mr. Margue, after paying tribute to the progress of EEC, stressed the importance of defense problems in connection with the development of Europe, and listed the most salient features of this question.

Organization for European Economic Cooperation

1955 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 304-305
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
Trade Liberalization ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
German Federal Republic ◽  
Special Position ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
The Future

Council: The Council of the Organization for European Economic Cooperation (OEEC) met on May 5 and 6, 1954, and agreed on the basis of a compromise settlement of the extreme creditor and debtor problem in the European Payments Union (EPU). The settlement provided that 1) accumulated debts should be paid over a period of time; 2) debtors should in the future limit to a minimum their resort to EPU resources; 3) the rules of payment should remain unaltered; 4) if the German Federal Republic or other creditors increased their surpluses in EPU, they should extend further credit, but receive some compensation from the EPU dollar reserve; and 5) the special position of Germany should be dealt with. According to press reports, the settlement had averted the danger that the United Kingdom and Germany would withdraw from EPU. The Council, which also decided that EPU should be renewed for another year after June 30, 1954, referred the matter of further details of the settlement to the managing board of EPU. Other actions taken by the Council during its May meeting included the following: 1) recommendations to France that it abolish the compensatory taxes on imports which it had introduced along with certain measures of trade liberalization, and increase trade liberalization to 75 percent by November 1, 1954, instead of to the 65 percent which it had promised; 2) recommendations to the steering board that it submit, as soon as possible, “concrete proposals” for the abolition of artificial measures designed to aid exporters; and 3) the establishment of a ministerial group to examine the problems which would arise if a “number of countries” re-established convertibility.

Western European Union

1960 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 363-365 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
United Kingdom ◽  
Foreign Minister ◽  
Clearing House ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Political Role ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Western European ◽  
Council Of Ministers

The Assembly of Western European Union (WEU) held the second part of its fifth ordinary session in Paris from November 30 to December 3, 1959. The President of the Assembly Mr. Victoria Badini- Confalonieri (Italian Liberal), opened the first sitting with a tribute to the late John Edwards, following with an examination of the history and functions of WEU in the light of proposed changes of the organization's functions. He stated that the European Economic Community (EEC) of the Six and the Union of the Seven were complementary, rather than incompatible, as WEU's Council of Ministers could become a ”clearing house” for relations between the Six and the United Kingdom, the only member of WEU that was not a member of EEC. He expressed the hope that at the next meeting of the Council of Ministers the question of the new political role of WEU would be the chief matter considered. Mr. Giuseppe Pella, Italian Foreign Minister, speaking as Chairman-in-Office of the WEU Council, stated that the Council of Ministers attached great importance to coll-laboration with the Assembly; noting that relations between the Council and the Assembly had improved since the creation of the organization, he went onto list areas that the Council had considered or was considering which concerned both organs, namely: 1) measures which would allow the Assembly a more direct share in the adoption of its budget; 2) the area of armament production; 3) the search for permanent offices for WEU; and 4) the question of transferring WEU's exercise of social and cultural activities to the Council of Europe. Regarding the latter, he stated that, in agreeing to the transfer, the Council wished merely to reduce duplication and not to detract from the Union's independence. Finally, he stressed that consultation among the Six should lead to political consultation with the United Kingdom in the WEU context, rather than ruling it out.

Organization for European Economic Cooperation: European Payments Union

1956 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 659-659
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
Economic Cooperation ◽  
German Federal Republic ◽  
European Economic ◽  
The United Kingdom

Settlements in EPU for the period May through July 1956 showed the German Federal Republic retaining the strongest creditor position. Austria, which showed a small surplus in June, had a larger one in July, while Italy moved from a substantial deficit in June to a surplus in July. France continued to have the largest monthly deficit; second was the United Kingdom, which showed a surplus in May, a deficit in June and a significantly larger deficit in July. Since December 1955, France had covered its deficits fully in gold payments, but in July 1956 it resorted to the 25 percent EPU credit to which it was entitled. Belgium and Luxembourg retained strong creditor positions.

Council of Europe

1949 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 551-552
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
The Netherlands ◽  
Council Of Europe ◽  
Permanent Commission ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
High Commissioner

The Ambassadors to the United Kingdom of Belgium, Denmark, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden, the High Commissioner for Eire, and the Minister of Luxembourg began a conference in London on March 28, 1949, under the chairmanship of Sir Gladwyn Jebb, British representative on the permanent commission of the Consultative Council of Western Powers, to examine draft proposals for a Council of Europe.

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