The Finet Authority was the third High Authority of the

High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community

The High Authority was the executive branch of the former European Coal and Steel Community . It was created in 1951 and disbanded in 1967 when it was merged into the European Commission.-History:...

 European Coal and Steel Community

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 (ECSC), between 1958 and 1959. Its president was Paul Finet

Paul Finet

Paul Finit was a Belgian politician who served in the High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community and led the Finet Authority from 1958 to 1959....

 of Belgium

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.

There were two more High Authorities before the ECSC was merged with the European Atomic Energy Community

European Atomic Energy Community

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 and the European Economic Community

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 in 1967 to become the European Community.

Membership

In addition to Paul Finet of Belgium, as President, the Authority comprised;

Dirk Spierenburg

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 of Netherlands, First Vice-President

• Steel, transport and concentrations (Chairman)
• External relations (Member)
• Finance, budget, administration (Member)
• Coal, contracts (Member)

Albert Coppé

Albert Coppé

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 of Belgium, Second Vice-President

• General objectives and long term policy (Chairman)
• Investment and production (Member)
• Information, relations with Consultative Committee (Member)
• Coal, contracts (Member)

Franz Blücher

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 of Germany (until he died on 26 March 1959)

• Coal, contracts (Member)
• General objectives and long term policy (Member)
• External relations (Member)
• Information, relations with the Consultative Committee (Member)

Léon Daum of France

• Investment and production (Chairman)
• External relations (Member)
• Coal, contracts (Member)
• Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)

Enzo Giacchero of Italy

• Social problems (Chairman)
• General objectives and long term policy (Member)
• Investment and production (Member)
• Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)

Heinz Potthof of Germany

• Finance, budget, administration (Chairman)
• Investment and production (Member)
• Social problems (Member)
• Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)

Roger Reynaud of France

• General objectives and long term policy (Member)
• Finance, budget, administration (Member)
• Social problems (Member)
• Coal, contracts (Alternate Member)

Albert Wehrer of Luxembourg

• External relations (Chairman)
• Finance, budget, administration (Member)
• Social Problems (Member)
• Information, relations with the Consultative Committee (Member)
• Steel, transport, concentrations (Member)