Rey Commission

The EC Commission Rey ( 1967 - 1970 ) was the first Commission of the European Communities , as a result of the merger agreement of 1965 was formed.

This envisaged the merging of the previously existing individual commissions of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), the European Economic Community (EEC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM) to form the European Commission .

The Belgian Jean Rey became the President of the Commission . Under Rey's aegis, the European Customs Union was established on July 1, 1968 . The Commission also made a major contribution to the liberalization of trade in agricultural products and passed legislation to promote the free movement of people within the EC . For his work at the commission, Jean Rey was awarded the Charlemagne Prize on May 15, 1969 in Aachen .

Surname	Department	Country
Jean Rey	president	Belgium
Sicco Mansholt	Agriculture (Vice President)	Netherlands
Lionello Levi Sandri	Social (Vice President)	Italy
Fritz Hellwig	Research , Atomic Energy (Vice President)	Germany
Raymond Barre	Economy and Finance (Vice President)	France
Henri Rochereau	Development fund	France
Guido Colonna di Paliano	Industry	Italy
Hans von der Groeben	Internal market , trade and taxes , regional policy	Germany
Albert Coppé	EU budget	Belgium
Emmanuel Sassen	competition	Netherlands
Jean-François Deniau	Foreign trade	France
Victor Bodson	traffic	Luxembourg
Wilhelm Haferkamp	energy	Germany
Edoardo Martino	Foreign policy	Italy