Decision of the EEA Joint Committee

No 7/2000

of 28 January 2000

amending Annex VI (social security) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as adjusted by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement", and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas

(1) Annex VI to the Agreement was amended by Decision No 81/1999 of the EEA Joint Committee of 25 June 1999(1).

(2) Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 with a view to extending them to cover special schemes for civil servants(2) is to be incorperated into the Agreement,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

Point 1 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71) in Annex VI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following indent shall be added: "- 398 R 1606: Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 1).";

2. in adaption (r), heading "P. ICELAND", the text shall be replaced by "All applications for the old-age basic, supplementary and special scheme for civil servants' pensions.";

3. in adaptation (t), heading "P. ICELAND" the text shall be replaced as following: "1. Where employment or self-employment in Iceland has terminated and the contingency occurs during employment or self-employment in another State to which this Regulation applies and where the disability pension of both the social security and the supplementary pension schemes (pension funds) in Iceland no longer includes the period between the contingency and the pensionable age (future periods), periods of insurance under the legislation of another State to which this Regulation applies shall be taken into consideration for the requirement of the future periods as if they were periods of insurance in Iceland.

2. A person who is covered by a special scheme for civil servants who is resident in Iceland and

(a) to whom the provisions of Title III, Chapter 1, sections 2 to 7 do not apply, and

(b) who is not entitled to an Icelandic pension,

shall be liable to pay for the costs of benefits in kind granted to him or his family members in Iceland, in so far as the benefits in kind are covered by the special scheme concerned and/or by the personal insurance scheme supplementing it."

Article 2

Point 2 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72) in Annex VI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

1. the following indent shall be added: "- 398 R 1606: Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 1)."

2. in adaptation (a), heading "R. NORWAY", the text shall be replaced by the following: "1. Sosial- og helsedepartementet (Ministry of Health and Social Affairs), Oslo.

2. Arbeids- og administrasjonsdepartementet (Ministry of Labour and Government Administration), Oslo.

3. Barne- og familiedepartementet (Ministry of Children and Family Affairs), Oslo.

4. Justisdepartementet (Ministry of Justice), Oslo.

5. Utenriksdepartementet (Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Oslo.";

3. in adaptation (b), heading "R. NORWAY", the following shall be added: "7. Benefits under the Act of 28 July 1949 No 26 on the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (lov av 28. juli 1949 nr 26 om Statens Pensjonskasse):

Statens Pensjonskasse (the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund).";

4. in adaptation (c), heading "Q. LIECHTENSTEIN", the following shall be added both in point 2 (Old age and death) and in point 3 (Invalidity): "(c) Occupational scheme for civil servants:

Stiftungsrat der Pensionskasse für das Staatspersonal (Foundation Board of the occupational scheme for civil servants).";

5. in adaptation (c), heading "R. NORWAY", the following shall be added: "4. Benefits under the Act of 28 July 1949 No 26 on the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (lov av 28. juli 1949 nr 26 om Statens Pensjonskasse):

Statens Pensjonskasse (the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund).";

6. in adaptation (f), heading "Q. LIECHTENSTEIN", the following shall be added both in point 2 (Old age and death) and in point 3 (Invalidity): "(c) Occupational scheme for civil servants:

Geschäftsleitung der Pensionsversicherung für das Staatspersonal (Management of the occupational scheme for civil servants).";

7. in adaptation (f), heading "R. NORWAY", the following shall be inserted after point 1: "1a. Benefits under the Act of 28 July 1949 No 26 on the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (lov av 28. juli 1949 nr 26 om Statens Pensjonskasse):

Statens Pensjonskasse (the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund)."

8. in adaptation (m), heading "R. NORWAY", the following shall be added: "3. Benefits under the Act of 28 July 1949 No 26 on the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund (lov av 28. juli 1949 nr 26 om Statens Pensjonskasse):

Statens Pensjonskasse (the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund)."

Article 3

The texts of Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, which are annexed to the respective language versions of this Decision, are authentic.

Article 4

This Decision shall enter into force on 29 January 2000, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee(3).

Article 5

This Decision shall be published in the EEA section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. Barbaso

(1) OJ L 296, 23.11.2000, p. 37.

(2) OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 1.

(3) No constitutional requirements indicated.