Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schmes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to member of their families moving within the Community and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71
Date: 2001-02-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European social policy, family migration, free movement of workers, migrant worker, self-employment, social security, wage earner

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Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed
persons,
their families moving within the
Community and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing
Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (1)

to self-employed persons and to members of

(2001/C 180 E/10)

(Text with EEA relevance)

COM(2001) 118 final (cid:151) 2000/0070(COD)

(Submitted by the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty on 23 February 2001)

(1) OJ C 274 E, 26.9.2000, p. 113.

INITIAL PROPOSAL

AMENDED PROPOSAL

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 308 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, presented
after consulting the Administrative Commission on Social
Security for Migrant Workers,

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee,

the Economic and Social

Having regard to the opinion of
Committee (1),

the Economic and Social

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty,

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Whereas:

social

(1) It is appropriate to make certain amendments to Council
Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the
application of
to employed
security schemes
persons,
to self-employed persons and to members of
their families moving within the Community (1) and (EEC)
No 574/72 of 21 March 1972 laying down the procedure
for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the
application of
to employed
security schemes
persons,
to self-employed persons and to members of
their families moving within the Community (2). These
amendments are linked to changes which Member States
have made to their social security legislation.

social

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(1) OJ L 149, 5.7.1971, p. 2. Regulation as updated by Regulation (EC)
No 118/97 (OJ L 28, 30.1.1997, p. 1) and last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1399/1999 (OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1. Regulation as updated by Regulation (EC)
No 118/97 (OJ L 28, 30.1.1997, p. 1) and last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1399/1999 (OJ L 164, 30.6.1999, p. 1).

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(1) OJ C 367, 20.12.2000, p. 18.

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(2) Following the notification by the French Government to
the President of the Council of a declaration making Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1408/71 applicable to the two French
supplementary pension schemes ARRCO and AGIRC,
it
seems appropriate to facilitate the application of Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 to the schemes by adding new points to
Annexes IV Part C and Annex VI, chiefly to take account of
the supplementary nature of these schemes by comparison
with the basic regimes, and of the fact that the benefits
they grant are calculated on the basis of the number of
pension points acquired,
the periods
completed.

independent of

(3) It is appropriate to clarify that benefits of the Austrian
statutory pre-retirement
granted
according to the provisions of Title III Chapter 3 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1408/71.

scheme

to be

are

(3) It is appropriate to clarify that benefits of the Austrian
statutory special assistance scheme are to be granted
according to the provisions of Title III Chapter 3 of Regu-
lation (EEC) No 1408/71.

(4) To take account of the judgment of the Court of Justice of
the European Communities of 11 June 1998 in Case
C-275/96 Kuusij(cid:228)rvi v Riksf(cid:246)rs(cid:228)kringsverket (1), section (cid:145)N.
SWEDEN(cid:146) of Annex VI should be amended.

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(5) It is appropriate to amend Article 34(5) of Regulation (EEC)
No 574/72 in order to separate it from Article 34(4) and
hence no longer to refer to the reimbursement procedure
subject to a ceiling where the expenses have been incurred
during a stay in a Member State which does not provide for
rates of reimbursement.

(6) It is necessary to amend Article 93(1) of Regulation (EEC)
No 574/72 to take account of Council Regulation (EC)
No 307/1999 (2), extending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71
to students.

(7) It is appropriate to amend Article 107 of Regulation (EEC)
the Euro on

No 574/72 following the introduction of
1 January 1999.

it

(8) In order to attain the objective of

relating to the coordination of national

for
is necessary and appropriate to amend the
workers,
social
rules
security schemes through a Community legal
instrument
that is binding and directly applicable in each Member
State.

free movement

(9) With the exception of Article 42,

provide,
other than those under Article 308,

the adoption of

for

the Treaty does not
this Regulation, powers

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(1) [1998] ECR I-3419.
(2) OJ L 38, 12.2.1999, p. 1.

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes IV and VI
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 are

Annexes IIa, IV and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 are
amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

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Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 is amended as follows:

1. Article 34(5) is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)5.
If the legislation of the State of stay does not provide
for rates of reimbursement, the competent institution may
effect the reimbursement in accordance with the rates it
agreement of
administers, without
the person
the
In any case, the amount of
concerned being necessary.
reimbursement
the
expenses actually incurred.(cid:146)

shall not exceed the amount of

2. Article 93(1) is replaced by the following:

to Article 19(1) and (2) of

The actual amount of benefits in kind provided
(cid:145)1.
pursuant
the Regulation to
employed and self-employed persons and to members of
their families residing in the territory of the same Member
State, and benefits in kind provided pursuant to Articles
21(2), 22, 22a, 22b, 25(1), (3) and (4), 26, 31, 34a or 34b
of
the Regulation, shall be refunded by the competent
institution to the institution which provided the said
benefits as shown in the accounts of that institution.(cid:146)

3. Article 107 is amended as follows:

(a) Paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)1.

For the purposes of the following provisions:

(a) Regulation: Article 12(2), (3) and (4), Article 14d(1),
Article 19(1)(b), last sentence, Article 22(1)(ii), last
sentence, Article 25(1)(b), penultimate sentence,
Article 41(1)(c) and (d), Article 46(4), Article
sentence,
46a(3), Article 50, Article 52(b),
Article 55(1)(ii),
first
subparagraph, Article 71(1)(a)(ii) and (b)(ii), penul-
timate sentence;

last sentence, Article 70(1),

last

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(b) implementing Regulation: Article 34(1), (4) and (5);

the rate for
the conversion into a currency of
amounts denominated in another currency shall be
the rate calculated by the Commission and based on
the monthly average, during the reference period
specified in paragraph 2, of
reference rates of
exchange of currencies published by the European
Central Bank.(cid:146)

(b) Paragraph 3 is deleted.

Article 3

This Regulation shall enter into force on the first day of the
second month following its publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities.

Article 1, as far as the changes to Section E. France of Annex
IV, Part C and Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 are
concerned, shall apply as from 1 January 2000.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly
applicable in all Member States.

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Annexes IV and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 are amended as
follows:

Annexes IIa, IV and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 are amended as
follows:

ANNEX

1. In Annex IIa, Section (cid:145)O. UNITED KINGDOM(cid:146), indents (c) and (g) are

amended as follows:

(cid:145)(c) Working Families’ Tax Credit (Social Security Contributions and
Security
section
(Northern Ireland) Act 1992,

1992,
Benefits Act
Contributions
and Benefits
section 122(1)(b), and Tax Credits Act 1999).

123(1)(b),

Social

(g) Disabled Persons’ Tax Credit (Social Security Contributions and
Security
(Northern Ireland) Act 1992,

1992,
Benefits Act
Contributions
and Benefits
section 122(1)(c), and Tax Credits Act 1999).(cid:146)

123(1)(c),

section

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1. In Annex IV, Part C, Section (cid:145)E. FRANCE(cid:146),

the word (cid:145)None(cid:146)

is

2. In Annex IV, Part C, Section (cid:145)E. FRANCE(cid:146),

the word (cid:145)None(cid:146)

is

replaced by the following:

replaced by the following:

(cid:145)All applications for pension benefits or survivor’s benefits under
supplementary pension schemes for employees.(cid:146)

(cid:145)All applications for pension benefits or survivor’s benefits under
supplementary pension schemes for employees, with the exception
of applications for old-age pensions or surviving partner’s pensions
or surviving partner’s pension under the supplementary pension
scheme for flying personnel employed in civil aviation.(cid:146)

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2. Annex VI is amended as follows:

3. Annex VI is amended as follows:

(a) Section (cid:145)E. FRANCE(cid:146) is amended as follows:

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(i) In point 3, the following indent is added:

(cid:145)(cid:151) The preceding conditions

also hold good when
applying to other Member States’ nationals
the
provisions which allow a French employed worker
pursuing his activity outside France to voluntarily join
a French supplementary pension scheme for employed
workers either directly or via his employer.(cid:146)

(ii) Point 5 is replaced by the following:

the Regulation,

institution shall

(cid:145)5. For the calculation of the theoretical amount referred to
in Article 46(2)(a) of
in basic or
complementary schemes in which old-age pensions
are calculated on the basis of retirement points, the
competent
in
respect of each of the years of insurance completed
under the legislation of any other Member State, the
number of retirement points arrived at by dividing
the number of retirement points acquired under the
legislation it applies by the number of years corre-
sponding to these points.(cid:146)

into account,

take

(iii) The following point 9 is added:

a

former

employed worker

(cid:145)9. The French legislation applicable to an employed
worker or
the
purposes of applying Chapter 3 of Title III of the Regu-
lation is deemed to apply both to the basic old-age
insurance scheme(s) and to the supplementary pension
to which the person concerned has been
scheme(s)
subject.(cid:146)

for

(b)

In Section (cid:145)K. AUSTRIA(cid:146), the following point 7 is added:

(cid:145)7. Special assistance under the Special Assistance Act (SUG) of
30 November 1973 shall be considered as an old-age
pension for the purposes of applying the Regulation(cid:146).

(c) In Section (cid:145)N. SWEDEN(cid:146), point 1 is replaced by the following:

(cid:145)1. For

the application of Article 72 of

the Regulation, a
person’s entitlement to parental benefit shall be determined
by regarding employment periods completed in another
Member State as being based on the same average income
as the Swedish employment periods with which they are
aggregated.(cid:146)