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[[File:Jean Rey 1966 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|[[File:Flag of Belgium.svg|20px]] '''[[President of the European Commission|President]] [[Jean Rey (politician)|Rey]]'''<br>''Term: 1967-1970''&nbsp;&nbsp;''Party: [[European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party|LDR]]'']]
The '''Rey Commission''' is the [[European Commission]] that held office from 2 July 1967 to 30 June 1970. Its president was [[Jean Rey (politician)|Jean Rey]].

==Work==
[[File:Rey Commission.jpg|thumb|right|225px|The Rey Commission]]
It was the first commission of the [[Merger Treaty|merged]] [[European Economic Community|European Communities]]. It was the successor to the [[Hallstein Commission]] and was succeeded by the [[Malfatti Commission]]. The commission worked to reinforce the [[Institutions of the European Union|Communities' institutions]] and increase the powers of the [[European Parliament]]. It also campaigned for an elected parliament, which was achieved later in 1979. It oversaw the competition of the [[customs union]] in 1968.<ref>[http://ec.europa.eu/commission_barroso/president/history/rey/index_en.htm Discover the former presidents: The Rey Commission], [[Europa (web portal)]], Accessed 23 August 2007</ref>

Rey played an important role the [[List of European Councils|Summit of The Hague]] in 1969, where the European leaders decided to relaunch European integration with two new initiatives: on the one hand, [[Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union]] (EMU), and on the other hand, [[European Political Cooperation]] (EPC), which foreshadow the [[euro]] and the [[Common Foreign and Security Policy]] of the [[European Union]] today. 

Finally, in 1970, the last year of this mandate, Rey managed to win the European governments' support for his proposal to give the Community "own resources". This meant that the EEC no longer depended exclusively on contributions by the member states, but could complete these with revenues from customs duties, levies on agricultural products from outside the EEC, in addition to a share of the VAT revenue.

==Membership==
The commission was composed of 14 members, 3 from Italy, West Germany, and France, 2 from Belgium and the Netherlands and 1 from Luxembourg.

{| cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 border=1 width=100% style="border-collapse:collapse; border:#555;"
|-
!bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Portfolio(s)
!bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Commissioner
!bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Member state
!bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Party
!bgcolor="#CCCCCC"|Notes
|-
|----- bgcolor=#FFFFDD
|[[President of the European Commission|President]];<br/>[[Secretary-General of the European Commission|Secretariat General]], Legal Service and Spokesman’s Service
|[[Jean Rey (politician)|Jean Rey]]
|{{BEL}}
|[[Liberal Reformist Party (Belgium)|PRL]]
|
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-president]];<br/>[[European Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development|Agriculture]]
|[[Sicco Mansholt]]
|{{NLD}}
|[[Labour Party (Netherlands)|PvdA]]
|
|--- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-president]];<br/>[[European Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs & Equal Opportunities|Social Affairs]], [[European Commissioner for Administrative Affairs, Audit and Anti-Fraud|Personnel and Administration]]
|[[Lionello Levi Sandri]]
|{{ITA}}
|[[Italian Socialist Party|PSI]]
|
|----- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-president]];<br/>[[European Commissioner for Science & Research|Research and Technology]], [[European Commissioner for Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy|Distribution of Information]]<br>and Joint Research Center.
|[[Fritz Hellwig]]
|{{FRG}}
|[[Christian Democratic Union of Germany|CDU]]
|
|----- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-president]];<br/>[[European Commissioner for Economic & Financial Affairs|Economic and Finance]], [[Eurostat|Statistical Office]]
|[[Raymond Barre]]
|{{FRA}}
|''none''
|
|----- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for Financial Programming & the Budget|Budgets, Credit and Investment]], [[European Commissioner for Institutional Relations & Communication Strategy|Press and Information]]
|[[Albert Coppé]]
|{{BEL}}
|[[Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams|CVP]]
|
|----- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for Internal Market & Services|Internal Market]] and [[European Commissioner for Regional Policy|Regional Policy]]
|[[Hans von der Groeben]]
|{{FRG}}
|''none''<ref>But was an advisor to the CDU party</ref>
|
|----bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[Commissioner for Competition|Competition]]
|[[Maan Sassen]]
|{{NLD}}
|[[Catholic People's Party|KVP]]
|
|-----bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for Development & Humanitarian Aid|Development Assistance]]
|[[Henri Rochereau]]
|{{FRA}}
|''none''
|
|-----bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for Enterprise & Industry|Industrial Affairs]]
|[[Guido Colonna di Paliano]]
|{{ITA}}
|''none''
|Resigned 8 May<br>1970, not replaced.
|---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD
|[[European Commissioner for Trade|Foreign Trade]], [[European Commissioner for Enlargement|Enlargement]]<br/>and [[European Commissioner for Development & Humanitarian Aid|Assistance to developing countries]]
|[[Jean-François Deniau]]
|{{FRA}}
|[[Union for French Democracy|UDF]]
|
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[European Commissioner for Transport|Transport]]
|[[Victor Bodson]]
|{{LUX}}
|[[Luxembourg Socialist Workers' Party|LSAP]]
|
|----- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Vice-President of the European Commission|Vice-president]];<br>[[European Commissioner for Energy|Energy]]
|[[Wilhelm Haferkamp]]
|{{FRG}}
|[[Social Democratic Party of Germany|SPD]]
|
|-----bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[European Commissioner for External Relations|Foreign relations]]
|[[Edoardo Martino]]
|{{ITA}}
|[[Christian Democracy (Italy)|CD]]
|
|}

===Summary by political leanings===
The colour of the row indicates the approximate political leaning of the office holder using the following scheme:
{| class=wikitable width=25%
|-
!|Affiliation
!|No. of Commissioners
|---- bgcolor=#DDEEFF
|[[right-wing politics|Right]] leaning / [[conservatism|Conservative]]
| 8
|---- bgcolor=#FFFFDD
|[[Liberalism|Liberal]]
| 2
|---- bgcolor=#FFE8E8
|[[Left-wing politics|Left]] leaning / [[Socialism|Socialist]]
| 4
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://ec.europa.eu/ European Commission Website]
* [http://aei.pitt.edu/1535/01/Commission_list.pdf PDF Archive of Commission Membership] (not all Rey Commission members included)
* [https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20060330120000/http://www.cps.org.uk/pdf/pub/71.pdf PDF Analysis of Political Experience of Commission Membership] by [[United Kingdom|UK]] politician [[Tom King, Baron King of Bridgwater|Tom King]] and the [[Centre for Policy Studies]]
* [http://www.fep.up.pt/investigacao/seminarios/04.10.15_Maes.pdf NATIONAL BANK OF BELGIUM, August 2004 Working Paper on Macroeconomic and Monetary policy-making at the European Commission 1957 to 1969]


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