24.2.92 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoC49/67
OpinionontheproposalforaCouncilRegulation (EEC)amendingRegulation (EEC)
No1408/71ontheapplicationofsocialsecurityschemestoemployedpersons,toself­
employedpersons,andtomembersoftheirfamiliesmovingwithintheCommunityand
Regulation (EEC)No574/72layingdowntheprocedureforimplementingRegulation (EEC)
No1408/71(1)
(92/C49/16)
On20August1991theCouncildecidedtoconsulttheEconomicandSocialCommittee,
underArticle198oftheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,onthe
abovementioned proposal.
TheSectionforSocial,Family,EducationalandCulturalAffairs,whichwasresponsiblefor
preparingtheCommittee'sworkonthesubject,adopteditsOpinionon12December1991.
TheRapporteurwasMrPearson.
Atits292ndplenarysession(meetingof18December1991)theEconomicandSocial
CommitteeadoptedthefollowingOpinionunanimously .
1.Comment 2.Article1:Regulation (EEC)No1408/71:Tran­
sitionalprovisionsforemployedandself-employed
persons
2.1.Duetothere-unificationofGermanytherights
ofmigrantworkersaretobeprotectedintheentire
territory,andpensionrightstoberevised,ifrequested
notlaterthantwoyearsfollowingthepublicationof
theseadaptations .Thewords'orapartoftheterritory
ofthatMemberState'aretobeaddedtotheoriginal
textinArticles94and95.TheCommitteewelcomestheproposalinthatitrep­
resentsanecessaryupdatingofthelegislation [Regu­
lation(EEC)No1408/71]onissuesalreadyagreed,and
thelayingdownoftheprocedures [Regulation (EEC)
No574/72]forimplementingthesechanges.Thispro­
posalisthereforeroutinebutessentialinthatitshould
provideasingleofficialtext,codifiedandupdated,
incorporating allthechangessincethistaskwaspre­
viouslycompletedin1983[Regulation (EEC)No2001/
83].Followingtheproductionofthenewofficialtext
itisimportantthatanupdated'Compendiumofpro­
visionsonsocialsecurity'ismadeavailableatanearly
date. 2.2.InFrancethosewhowereunemployedduring
November1989aretobeincludedwiththeemployed
andself-employedforthepurposeoffillingagapinthe
originalRegulationandtoremoveanydiscrimination .
2.3.AnnexIII,sectionB,heading2,istoberemoved
toregularisetheSocialSecuritypositionofother
nationalsresidinginBelgium,andtoremovediscrimi­
nationagainsttheminarrangementsbetweenBelgium
andGermany.1.1.Thechangesarenecessarybecauseofamend­
mentstonationallegislationinlinewithCommunity
solidarity .
1.2.Thechangesarenecessaryduetothere-unifi­
cationofGermanysince3October1990.
1.3.ThechangesarenecessarybecauseoftheCourt
ofJusticerulingon7July1988inthecase20/85
(Roviello),onminer'ssocialsecuritybenefits.
1.4.Thechangesarenecessarybecausecertainfor­
mal,substantive,andadministrative amendements
(technical)tonationallegislation,basedmainlyon
experiencewithinMemberStates,nowrequiretobe
includedintheCommunitylegislation.2.4.AnnexVItakesaccountofchangesinDanish
legislationregardingthecalculationandpaymentof
cashsicknessbenefitsandmaternitybenefits.
2.4.1.Also,provisionsmadebyGermanyconcerning
Alsace-Lorraine areoutofdateandnolongernecessary
andarethereforedeleted.
2.5.TherulingoftheCourtofJustice,case
20/85(Roviello)removedatechnicaldiscrimination in
Germanlegislationregardingoccupationalinvalidityor
incapacitypaymentsconcerningminers.Thischangeis
toprotecttherightsofmigrantminersworkingin
Germany. nOJNoC219,22.8.1991,p.5.

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funds,tocomplywithchangesmadetotheirsystemon
2August1989.
4.2.AnnexVisamendedtotakeintoconsideration
bilateralconventionsagreedbetween:
a)DenmarkandSpain,1July1990;
b)UnitedKingdomandDenmark,8August1989;2.6.TheproposedchangeinGreeklegislationisto
regulariseanexistingsituationbyconsideringcertain
periodsofpaymentofpensionbyanotherMember
Stateasaresultofanaccidentatworkasinsurance
periodsunderOGAlegislationswheretheycoincide
withperiodsofemploymentinagricultureinGreece.
3.Article2:ReferstoRegulation (EEC)No574/72
andsubsequentamendments
3.1.Article10ismodifiedtoread:'Familybenefits'
andtodeletethewords'Familyallowance'.Italso
includesnationallegislationaswellasArticles73,74,
77,and78oftheRegulation .
3.2.Article34(4)ischangedtoincorporatean
additionalparallelsimplifiedprocedureformaking
reimbursements toMemberStatesinwhichGerman
nationalsmayberesidingtemporarilyandbeinreceipt
ofbenefits,orbenefitinkind.
3.3.ThisamendmenttoArticle107(l)(a)closesa
loopholebyestablishingacorrectrateofexchange
tobeusedincalculatingallowancesforunemployed
frontierworkers.ThisproposalcomplieswithDecision
No140oftheAdministrative Commission onsocial
securityformigrantworkers,andestablishesthepro­
ceduretobeadoptedfollowingtheprecedingchange.
4.Annexes
4.1.Annex111
4.1.1.Itestablishestheplaceofresidenceortheplace
ofstayforself-employed personsinnon-agricultural
professionsinFrance,underlocalsicknessinsurancec)GermanyandLuxembourg ,25January1990;
d)GermanyandSpain,25June1990.
4.2.1.Theyareconcernedwiththereimbursement
ofbenefitinkind,unemployment benefit,cashpay­
mentsandexpenses.
4.3.AnnexVIIIisamendedtotakeaccountofthe
abolishingofdailyfamilybenefitinBelgiumrelating
toemployedpersons,andtointroduceasimplersystem
forcalculatingreimbursements .
4.4.AnnexIXismodifiedforFrancesothatonly
onemethodofcalculatingaveragecostsofbenefitin
kindistoremain.Thesecostswillnowbecalculated
withreferencetothegeneralsocialsecuritysystem.
4.5.AnnexXrecordsthelistofinstitutionsand
bodiesdesignatedbythecompetentauthoritieswithin
eachMemberState,andthenewnameforLuxembourg
(JointSocialSecurityCentre,Luxembourg ).
5.TheEconomicandSocialCommitteeagreesthat
thisRegulationshallenterintoforceonthedayofits
publicationintheOfficialJournaloftheEuropean
Communities ,andthatitshallbebindinginitsentirety
anddirectlyapplicableinallMemberStates.
DoneatBrussels,18December1991.
TheChairman
oftheEconomicandSocialCommittee
FrancoisSTAEDELIN