A l’origine de la Communauté européenne, un partage des tâches implicite s’était effectué entre le Conseil de l’Europe, chargé des questions ayant trait aux libertés individuelles, et la Communauté, embryon d’un marché unique.
In the beginning, there was an automatic tacit division of labour between the Council of Europe, responsible for matters concerning individual freedoms, and the embryonic single market that was the European Community.