Historical Archives Service

The Historical Archives Service (or SAH) offers access historical archives of the Commission.

The project has started in 2003 by the scanning of COM documents (proposals and other communications from the Commission to the Council and other European institutions).

These documents are of particular interest to researchers and are regularly requested for consultation.

The final goal of the scanning operation is to facilitate and simplify access to these documents via the internet.

From the preparatory documents to the final versions, some 20 000 files (1.7 million pages) covering the period between 1958 and 1982 (archives over 30 years old) will be made available to the public.

This project is being carried out in collaboration the Publications Office. The experience gained will allow for the scanning of other important archival series such as the minutes of College meetings between 1958 and 1982 (several million pages) or COM C documents.

http://ec.europa.eu/historical_archives/acces_en.htm