Finet Authority

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The Finet Authority was the third High Authority of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), between 1958 and 1959. Its president was Paul Finet of Belgium.

There were two more High Authorities before the ECSC was merged with the European Atomic Energy Community and the European Economic Community in 1967 to become the European Community.

Membership

In addition to Paul Finet of Belgium, as President, the Authority comprised;^[1]

Dirk Spierenburg of Netherlands, First Vice-President

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

Albert Coppé 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 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)

Presidents of the European Commission
High Authority of the Coal and Steel Community (1952–1967)	Jean Monnet (1952–55) René Mayer (1955–58) Paul Finet (1958–59) Piero Malvestiti (1959–63) Rinaldo Del Bo (1963–67) Acting: Albert Coppé (1967)
Commission of the Atomic Energy Community (1958–1967)	Louis Armand (1958–59) Étienne Hirsch (1959–62) Pierre Chatenet (1962–67)
Commission of the Economic Community (1958–1967)	Walter Hallstein (1958–67)
Commission of the Communities (1967–2009)	Jean Rey (1967–70) Franco Maria Malfatti (1970–72) Sicco Mansholt (1972–73) François-Xavier Ortoli (1973–77) Roy Jenkins (1977–81) Gaston Thorn (1981–85) Jacques Delors (1985–95) Jacques Santer (1995–99) Acting: Manuel Marín (1999) Romano Prodi (1999–2004) José Manuel Barroso (2004–9)
Commission (2009–present)	José Manuel Barroso (2009–14) Jean-Claude Juncker (2014–present)
Commission President President of the European Council Council Presidency President of the European Parliament

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