Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 7/2000 of 28 January 2000 amending Annex VI (Social security) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2000-01-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: civil servant, self-employment, social security, wage earner

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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 (cid:145)the Agreement(cid:146), 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:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 398 R 1606: Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998,

p. 1).(cid:146);

2.

in adaption (r), heading (cid:145)P. ICELAND(cid:146), the text shall be replaced by

(cid:145)All applications for the old-age basic, supplementary and special scheme for civil servants’
pensions.(cid:146);

3.

in adaptation (t), heading (cid:145)P. ICELAND(cid:146) the text shall be replaced as following:

(cid:145)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.

(1) OJ L 296, 23.11.2000, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 209, 25.7.1998, p. 1.

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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.(cid:146)

Article 2

Point 2 (Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72)
follows:

in Annex VI to the Agreement shall be amended as

1.

the following indent shall be added:

(cid:145)(cid:151) 398 R 1606: Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 (OJ L 209, 25.7.1998,

p. 1).(cid:146)

2.

in adaptation (a), heading (cid:145)R. NORWAY(cid:146), the text shall be replaced by the following:

(cid:145)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.(cid:146);

3.

in adaptation (b), heading (cid:145)R. NORWAY(cid:146), the following shall be added:

(cid:145)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).(cid:146);

4.

in adaptation (c), heading (cid:145)Q. LIECHTENSTEIN(cid:146), the following shall be added both in point 2 (Old age
and death) and in point 3 (Invalidity):

(cid:145)(c) Occupational scheme for civil servants:

Stiftungsrat der Pensionskasse f(cid:252)r das Staatspersonal (Foundation Board of the occupational
scheme for civil servants).(cid:146);

5.

in adaptation (c), heading (cid:145)R. NORWAY(cid:146), the following shall be added:

(cid:145)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).(cid:146);

6.

in adaptation (f), heading (cid:145)Q. LIECHTENSTEIN(cid:146), the following shall be added both in point 2 (Old age
and death) and in point 3 (Invalidity):

(cid:145)(c) Occupational scheme for civil servants:

Gesch(cid:228)ftsleitung der Pensionsversicherung f(cid:252)r das Staatspersonal
occupational scheme for civil servants).(cid:146);

(Management of

the

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7.

in adaptation (f), heading (cid:145)R. NORWAY(cid:146), the following shall be inserted after point 1:

(cid:145)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).(cid:146)

8.

in adaptation (m), heading (cid:145)R. NORWAY(cid:146), the following shall be added:

(cid:145)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).(cid:146)

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.

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 (*).

Article 4

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

Article 5

Done at Brussels, 28 January 2000

For the EEA Joint Committee

The President

F. BARBASO

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.