2004/562/CE: Decision No 198 of 23 March 2004 concerning the replacement and discontinuance of the model forms necessary for the application of Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council (E 110, E 111, E 111 B, E 113, E 114, E 119, E 128 and E 128 B)
Date: 2004-03-23
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: form, free movement of workers, migrant worker, social-security benefit, working conditions

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COMMISSION

ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY
FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

DECISION No 198

of 23 March 2004

concerning the replacement and discontinuance of the model forms necessary for the application
of Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 of the Council

(E 110, E 111, E 111 B, E 113, E 114, E 119, E 128 and E 128 B)

(Text with EEA relevance and the EU/Switzerland Agreement)

(2004/562/CE)

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS,

Having regard to Article 81(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security
schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to
members of their family moving within the Community (1),
under which it is the duty of the Administrative Commission
to deal with all administrative matters arising from Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 and subsequent regulations,

Having regard to Article 2(1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No
574/72 of 21 March 1972 (2), under which it is the duty of the
Administrative Commission to draw up models of documents
necessary for the application of the regulations,

Having regard to Decision No 179 of 18 April 2000 on the
model forms necessary for the application of Council Regula-
tions (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 (E 111, E 111 B,
E 113 to E 118 and E 125 to E 127) (5),

Having regard to Decision No 187 of 27 June 2002 on model
forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations
(EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 (E 111 and E
111B) (6),

Having regard to Decision No 191 of 18 June 2003 concerning
the replacement of forms E 111 and E 111 B by the European
health insurance card (7),

Whereas:

Having regard to Decision No 153 of 7 October 1993 on the
model forms necessary for the application of Council Regula-
tions (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 (E 001, E 103
to E 127) (3),

Having regard to Decision No 177 of 5 October 1999 on the
forms necessary for the application of Council Regulations
(EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 (E 128 and E 128
B) (4),

(1) OJ L 149, 5.7.1971, p. 2, Regulation last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 631/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 100, 6.4.2004, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 74, 27.3.1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 631/2004.

(3) OJ L 244, 19.9.1994, p. 22.
(4) OJ L 302, 1.12.2000, p. 65.

(1)

(2)

There is a need to adapt forms necessary for the applica-
tion of Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No
574/72 in connection with the entry into the European
Union of the 10 new Member States on 1 May 2004.

From 1 June 2004 the forms E 111 and E 111 B will be
replaced by the European health insurance card in
accordance with the procedures laid down in Decision
No 191. However, the E 111 and E 111 B forms, deliv-
ered before 1 June 2004, will
remain valid until
31 December 2004, unless an earlier expiry date is indi-
cated on them.

(5) OJ L 54, 25.2.2002, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 93, 10.4.2003, p. 40.
(7) OJ L 276, 27.10.2003, p. 19.

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(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

Moreover,
the Member States mentioned in the list
annexed to Decision No 197 of 23 March 2004 are
allowed a transitional period for the introduction of the
European health insurance card. Hence the competent
institutions of these Member States will continue to issue
the E 111 forms on the basis of the model reproduced
in the annex to this Decision until 31 December 2005.

Regulation (EC) No 631/2004 has amended Regulation
(EEC) No 1408/71 in such a way that as from 1 June
2004 all categories of insured persons are entitled to
benefits in kind which are necessary for medical reasons
during a stay in another Member State. Hence forms
E 110, E 128 and E 128 B will become superfluous as
from that date. Moreover, as from that date, form E 119
concerns only benefits in cash.

Pursuant to the abovementioned EC regulation, para-
graphs 6 and 7 of Article 17 of Regulation (EEC)
No 574/72 will be abolished as from 1 June 2004.
Hence it is necessary to discontinue forms E 113 and E
114.

The Agreement on the European Economic Area (EEA
Agreement) of 2 May 1992, supplemented by the
Protocol of 17 March 1993, Annex VI,
implements
Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 in
the European Economic Area.

The European Community and its Members, and the
Swiss Confederation have signed an agreement on the
free movement of persons (Switzerland Agreement),
which entered into force on 1 June 2002. Annex II to
this Agreement implements Regulations (EEC) No 1408/
71 and (EEC) No 574/72 in the relations between the
European Community and its Members, and the Swiss
Confederation.

forms should be used
identical
For practical reasons,
within the Community, within the European Economic
Area and in relations between the Community and the
Swiss Confederation,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The model form E 119 reproduced in Decision No 153
shall be replaced by the model reproduced in the annex to
this Decision.

2. From 1 June 2004 until 31 December 2005, the model
form E 111 reproduced in Decision No 187 shall be
replaced by the model reproduced in the annex to this Deci-
sion. In principle, all norms applicable, according to Deci-
sion No 190 to the optical-reader data included in the Euro-
pean Card and related to the description, values, length and
remarks of the data fields are applicable to the model form
E 111.

3. The model forms E 113 and E 114 reproduced in Decision

No 179 shall be discontinued as from 1 June 2004.

4. Model form E 110 reproduced in Decision No 153, and
model forms E 128 and E 128B reproduced in Decision No
177, shall be discontinued as from 1 June 2004.

5. The competent authorities of the Member States shall make
available to the parties concerned (rightful claimants, institu-
tions, etc.) the forms corresponding to the models repro-
duced in the annex to this Decision.

6. Each form shall be available in the official languages of the
Community. The models shall be laid out in such a manner
that the different language versions are perfectly superpo-
sable.

7. This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union. It shall enter into force on 1 June 2004.

The Chairman of the Administrative
Commission

Tim QUIRKE

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