International Authority for the Ruhr

International Authority for the Ruhr
1949–1952
Map of the Ruhr region within Germany.
Map of the Ruhr region within Germany.
StatusInternational body
CapitalDüsseldorf
Historical eraCold War
28 April 1949
18 April 1951
• Disestablished
25 June 1952
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Western Allies
Allied-occupied Germany
Ruhr area
European Coal and Steel Community
1 The London Agreement stipulates the location of a headquarters in North Rhine-Westphalia.

The International Authority for the Ruhr (IAR) was an international body established in 1949 by the Western Allies to regulate the coal and steel industries of the Ruhr area in West Germany. Its seat was in Düsseldorf.

The Ruhr Authority was set out in the communiqué issued on 7 June 1948, after the London Six-Power Conference between the United States of America, the United Kingdom, France and the Benelux countries. It was abolished following the 1951 Treaty of Paris, and its activities were given to the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). An Agreement to terminate the IAR was signed at Paris on 19 October 1951, and agreement on termination of the functions of the IAR came in to force on 25 June 1952.[1]

  1. ^ United Nations. "Statement of Treaties and International Agreements Registered or filed and recorded with the Secretariat during June 1959" (PDF).