Article 4

To enable the Consultative Committee to be set up as provided in Article 18 of the Treaty,  governments shall forward to the Commission upon its taking office all information on the  producers', workers' and consumers' organizations for coal and steel in each country,  particularly on their membership, geographical coverage, statutes, powers and functions.

On the basis of this information, the Commission shall, within two months of taking office,  obtain a decision of the Council designating the producers' and workers' associations, which  are to put forward candidates.

The Consultative Committee shall be set up within one month of this decision.

The Court

Article 5

The Court shall take office upon the appointment of its members. Its first President shall be  appointed in the same manner as the President of the Commission.

The Court shall adopt its Rules of Procedure within three months.

No matter may be brought before the Court until its Rules of Procedure have been published.  The imposition of periodic penalty payments and the collection of fines shall be suspended  until the date of that publication.

The time within which an action must be brought shall run only from the same date.

The Assembly ( * )

( * ) EDITORIAL NOTE:

Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 3 of the SEA, and for historical reasons, the term  'Assembly' has not been replaced by the terms `European Parliament'.

Article 6

The Assembly shall meet, having been convened by the President of the Commission, one  month after the Commission takes office, in order to elect its officers and draw up its Rules  of Procedure. Pending the election of its officers, the oldest member shall take the chair.

The Assembly shall hold a second meeting five months after the Commission takes office in  order to consider a general report on the situation of the Community, together with the first  budget estimates.

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