A Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe, First Edition
The Treaty of Paris was the treaty that established the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the first stage in the process of European integration.
It is, together with the Treaty of Rome and the Euratom Treaty (both concluded in 1957), one of the founding treaties of the European Union. Signed in 1951 by the six founding member states of the ECSC (Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg and the Netherlands), it came into force in July 1952 for a 50-year period, expiring in July 2002.
The Treaty of Paris set up a free-trade area and laid the foundations for a common market in coal, coke, iron ore, steel and scrap. It also established four institutions to govern the ECSC: the High Authority; the Council of Ministers; the Common Assembly and the Court of Justice.
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