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priate benefits under a social security scheme, 
whether contributory or otherwise, or any other 
public social protection system. 
Article 9 
Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
enable all persons who consider themselves affected 
by failure to apply the principle of equal treatment in 
self-employed occupations to pursue their claims by 
judicial process after possible recourse to other 
competent authorities. 
Article 10 
Member States shall take the measures necessary to 
protect those persons referred to in Article 2 against 
penalties imposed by a trade association or other 
body, in particular, the exclusion or suspension of the 
person concerned or the imposition of restrictions on 
his rights within the body or association concerned, 
in response to any complaints or legal proceedings 
aimed at enforcing compliance with the principle of 
equal treatment. 
Article 11 
Member States shall ensure that the measures adopted 
pursuant to this Directive, together with the relevant 
provisions already in force, are brought to the 
attention of bodies representing the self-employed 
workers in question and of vocational-training 
centres. Article 12 
1. The Member States shall bring into force the 
laws, regulations and administrative provisions 
necessary to comply with this Directive by not later 
than ... 0). 
2. Member States shall immediately inform the 
Commission of the measures taken to comply with 
this Directive. 
Article 13 
1. By...(2), Member States shall forward all 
information necessary to the Commission to enable it 
to draw up a report on the application of this 
Directive for submission to the Council. 
2. By. . . (3), and every three years thereafter, 
Member States shall transmit reports to the 
Commission indicating the respective proportions of 
men and women in the bodies or associations 
representing self-employed workers and the number 
of spouses as referred to in Article 2 (b) whose work 
has been given recognition. 
Article 14 
This Directive is addressed to the Member States. 
(') Date to be inserted: two years following the date of 
notification. 
(2) Date to be inserted: four years following the date of 
notification. 
(3) Date to be inserted: five years following the date of 
notification. 
Amendments to the proposal for a Council Regulation on the security to be given to 
ensure payment of a customs debt (') 
COM(84) 198 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty 
on 6 April 1984) 
(84/C 113/05) 
The Commission hereby amends its proposal as follows: 
1. The following subparagraph (f) is added to Article 1 (2): 
'(f) "public authority" means an authority which exercises statutory powers within the 
framework of the State.' 
(>) OJNoC 30,4. 2. 1983, p. 11. 
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2. Article 2 (3) is replaced by the following: 
'3. The competent authority may waive the requirement for provision of security 
where the amount of the customs debt in question does not exceed 500 ECU.' 
3. Article 9 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. The guarantor shall undertake to pay jointly and severally with the debtor the 
secured amount of a customs debt which falls to be paid. The guarantor must have his 
normal residence or an establishment in the Community and, subject to the provisions 
of the Treaty concerning freedom to supply services, must be approved by the 
competent authority of the Member State in which the security is given.' 
4. Article 10 (1) is replaced by the following: 
'1. Unless otherwise provided for in specific customs regulations, the person 
required to give security shall be free to choose between the types of security laid 
down in Article 7.'