European Coal and Steel Community

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European Community precursor international organization supranational organization

The European Coal and Steel Community was a pioneering post–World War II European organization that integrated coal and steel production among member states, laying the groundwork for the later European Union.

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Observed surface forms (6)

Surface form	Occurrences
ECSC	2
Common Assembly of the ECSC	1
Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier	1
Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero	1
Comunità Europea del Carbone e dell’Acciaio	1
European Coal and Steel Community member states	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	European Community precursor ⓘ international organization ⓘ supranational organization ⓘ
abbreviation	CECA ⓘ
aim	to create a common market for coal and steel ⓘ to place Franco-German coal and steel production under a common High Authority ⓘ to prevent future war between France and Germany ⓘ to promote economic growth in Western Europe ⓘ
country	none (supranational entity) ⓘ
dateEffective	1952-07-23 ⓘ
dateProposed	1950-05-09 ⓘ
dissolutionDate	2002-07-23 ⓘ
founder	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ West Germany ⓘ
foundingDate	1951-04-18 ⓘ
foundingMemberState	Belgium ⓘ France ⓘ Italy ⓘ Luxembourg ⓘ Netherlands ⓘ West Germany ⓘ
foundingTreaty	Treaty of Paris (1951) ⓘ
headquartersCountry	Luxembourg ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Luxembourg ⓘ surface form: Luxembourg City
inspiredBy	Schuman Declaration ⓘ
institution	European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Common Assembly of the ECSC Court of Justice of the European Union ⓘ surface form: Court of Justice of the ECSC High Authority of the ECSC ⓘ Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC ⓘ
legacy	laid groundwork for the European Union ⓘ
legalStatus	supranational community with independent institutions ⓘ
legalSuccession	its remaining provisions and assets were integrated into the European Community in 2002 ⓘ
mergedInstitutionallyWith	European Atomic Energy Community ⓘ European Economic Community ⓘ
mergerDate	1967-07-01 ⓘ
mergerTreaty	Merger Treaty ⓘ surface form: Merger Treaty (Brussels Treaty 1965)
nativeName	European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier
politicalContext	post–World War II European integration ⓘ
primaryIndustry	coal ⓘ steel ⓘ
proposedBy	Robert Schuman ⓘ
regionServed	Western Europe ⓘ
securityObjective	to make war between member states materially impossible ⓘ
shortName	European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ECSC
successor	European Economic Community ⓘ surface form: European Community European Union ⓘ

Referenced by (25)

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CECA → abbreviationFor → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Merger Treaty → appliesTo → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

High Authority of the ECSC → appliesToJurisdiction → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

High Authority of the ECSC → country → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Treaty of Paris (1951) → created → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Treaty of Paris → created → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Paris (1951)

Treaty of Paris (1951) → createdSupranationalOrganization → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Treaty of Paris → establishedOrganization → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

subject surface form: Treaty of Paris (1951)

CECA → fullName → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comunidad Europea del Carbón y del Acero

CECA → fullName → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

this entity surface form: Comunità Europea del Carbone e dell’Acciaio

CECA → hasAbbreviationInEnglish → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

this entity surface form: ECSC

European integration → hasKeyFramework → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Western Europe → hasSupranationalInstitution → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

European Coal and Steel Community → institution → European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Common Assembly of the ECSC

Schuman Declaration → ledTo → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

French Fourth Republic → memberOf → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

EEC → mergedInstitutionallyWith → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

European Economic Community → mergedInstitutionallyWith → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

European Coal and Steel Community → nativeName → European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Communauté européenne du charbon et de l’acier

High Authority of the ECSC → partOf → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Special Council of Ministers of the ECSC → partOf → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Robert Schuman → proposed → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

Schuman Declaration → relatedOrganization → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

European Coal and Steel Community → shortName → European Coal and Steel Community self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ECSC

Merger Treaty → signatory → European Coal and Steel Community ⓘ

this entity surface form: European Coal and Steel Community member states