Executive Committee (OEEC)

Date of Founding

Date of Abolition

Location

The Council of the Organisation for European Economic Cooperation could rely on the assistance of an Executive Committee (EC). The Executive Committee was much smaller than the Council and consisted of only seven members – which would be picked annually by the Council. Generally, the Executive Committee made recommendations to the Council or initiated working party’s on certain topics that were under consideration. In order to make sure that the Executive Committee would not just serve the interests of those countries that were represented, other countries could take part in the discussions whenever they felt it related to their interests.

When the OEEC was created in 1948, the British secured the chairmanship of the Executive Committee. Between 1948 and 1952, Sir Edmund Hall-Patch served as chairman.