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Council, 62nd session - 31/07/1959 -Note to the Council of Ministers about the cleansing of the Belgian coal production and market, 08/07/1959 -Annexes: -Plan of cleansing for the subventionary Belgian enterprises. -Letters of 7/7/59 relative to programmes rationalisation and re-equipment. -Memo concerning the discussion between the Belgian Government and the H.A. of 6/7/59 (Programme of the closing of Belgian coal industries - Clarifications about the aids for re-adaptation). -Special Council of Ministers of 31/07/59: Draft agenda and introductory Note of the secretariat on items III a, III b, III c, III d, III e, V, VI and VII of the agenda, 14/07/1959 -Draft agenda and introductory Note of the Secretariat on items 3 and 4 of the agenda, 15/07/1959 -Introductory Note of the Secretariat on item IV of the agenda (cleansing of coal production and market), 16/07/1959 -Complementary introductory Note of the Secretariat on item IV of the agenda, 28/07/1959 -List of the delegations of the 62nd session of the Special Council of Ministers of 31/7/59 in Strasbourg, 31/07/1959 -Summary of the decisions taken during the 62nd session of the Special Council of Ministers of 31/7/59 in Strasbourg, 10/08/1959 -Draft minutes of the 62nd session of the Special Council of Ministers of 31/7/59 in Strasbourg, 10/08/1959 Council. 63rd session- 12/10/1959 -Secretariat's introductory Note on item VII of the agenda (Corrections to be made in the text of the Rules of Procedure of the Court of Justice), 06/10/1959 -Secretariat's introductory Note on item VI of the agenda (Prolongation of the Regulation in the matter of the exportation of used rails), 07/10/1959 -Decision about the regime of used rails at the time of the 56th session, 14/01/1959 -Draft agenda of the 63rd session of the Special Council of Ministers of 12/10/59 in Luxembourg on 12/10/59,08/10/1959 -Secretariat's introductory Note on item IV of the agenda (special temporary allowance for the workers in the coal industries of Belgium concerning partial collective unemployment due to lack of sales), 08/10/1959 -Document type of announcement of decision, 08/10/1959 -Secretariat's introductory note on item VIII of the agenda (Resolutions adopted by the European Parliamentary Assembly during the session of 09/59), 08/10/1959 -Resolutions adopted by the European Parliamentarian Assembly at the time of the session of 09/59, 28/09/1959 -Summary of the Special Council of Ministers of 12/10/59 in Luxembourg, 15/10/59 -Summary of the decisions taken during the 63rd session of the Council, on 12/10/59 in Luxembourg, 24/10/1959 -Draft minutes of the 63rd session, 27/10/1959 POLAND -Note concerning the relations with Poland in the level of coal imports, 29/09/1959 (1 doc) BELGIUM – Community’s coal policy and Belgium’s coal policy, 1959 - 1960 Mainly: -Note of the Embassy of Belgium in Bonn concerning the Italian position towards the coal crisis in Belgium and in Germany 9.05.1959 -Draft opinion established by the Commission "Marché et Prix / Market and Prices " and analytical assessment of the debates of this Commission, which was founded by the ECSC Council. -Recommendation of the High Authority (of the ECSC) of 28/01/59 to the governments of the community countries concerning the measures of commercial policy towards coal imports from third countries. -Correspondence E.C.S.C./ Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs -Position of Christian syndicates in the E.C.S.C. -Special report of the High Authority to the European Parliamentary Assembly concerning the coal question (31 January to 15 May 1959). -Italian reaction in view of the Belgian coal crisis, 28.O2.1959 -Proposal (12/02/59) before the Chamber: intending to institute a parliamentary inquiry Commission concerning the conditions of granting and of utilisation of subventions, advance payments and credits given to certain coal industries. -Press articles. -Note of the Belgian delegation taking decision not to deliver valid licences but for a 2-month maximum time for the importation of coal coming from Community countries. -Memorandum on the Belgian-American relations concerning coal imports. -Measures for the remedy of coal industry difficulties: British Memo American Memo -Correspondence Economic Affairs / Foreign Trade concerning the coal imports problem coming from countries outside the E.C.S.C. -Benelux – Great Britain, 1959- Commercial Arrangement (Notification to the High Authority) Mainly: -Correspondence ECSC/Belgian Ministry of Economic Affairs. -Administration of External Trade: Report on the Benelux / United Kingdom negotiations. Aim: to renew for 1959 the Agreed Minute and the annexed contingent lists. -Specimen of the commercial arrangement Benelux / United Kingdom (April 59) Great -Britain, 1958-1959 Mainly: -Official minutes of the 10th meeting of the Steel Committee of the Association Council between the United Kingdom and the High Authority held in Luxembourg on 30/10/58. -6th Report of the Steel Committee (doc.3647158). 6th Report of the Coal Committee (doc.3707158). 7th Report of the Coal Committee to the Association Council. -7th Report of the Steel Committee to the Association Council. -5th Report of the Commercial Relations Committee to the Association Council –Official minutes of the 7th meeting of the Commercial Relations Committee held in 13/02/59 on Luxembourg. -Minutes of the 6th session of the Commercial Relations Committee of the Association Council between the United Kingdom’s Government and the High Authority. -Official minutes on the 10th reunion of the Steel Committee of the Association Council between the United Kingdom and the High Authority, held in Luxembourg in 30/10/58. -Official minutes of the 8th session of the Association Council between the United Kingdom and the E.C.S.C.High Authority (Luxembourg — 25/02/59). -Official minutes of the 8th session of the Commercial Relations Committee of the Association Council between the United Kingdom’s government and the High Authority (Luxembourg — 24/02/59). -3rd annual report of the Association Council between the United Kingdom and the High Authority (1—31/12/58). Relations with Eastern countries. Russian cast - iron, 1959 Mainly: -Correspondence of the Belgian Permanent Representation to the European Communities / Belgian Ministry of Foreign Tade relative to the problem of imports of cast – iron coming from Eastern countries into the E.C.S.C. Confidential note to the Economic and Interministerial Commission emanating from Economic Affairs concerning the commercial agreement with Russia. - E.C.S.C. -O.E.C.E. 1959 2 circular letters of information (n°180-181) relative to the preliminary meetings of 30/06/59 and 2/12/59 in view of the 65th and 66th sessions of the Iron Industry Committee of the O.E.C.E.

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