Of course, at the time it all looked at first like purely economic and technical cooperation, like a „special‑purpose association for functional integration”, as the German lawyer Hans Peter Ipsen called it.
Kõik see tundus tookord alguses muidugi puhtalt majandusliku ja tehnilise koostööna, „talitlusliku integratsiooni sihtasutusena”, nagu nimetas seda Saksa jurist Hans Peter Ipsen.