Corrigendum to Decision No 195 (2004/481/EC) of 23 March 2004 on the uniform application of Article 22(1)(a)(i) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 as regards healthcare in conjunction with pregnancy and childbirth (OJ L 160, 30.4.2004)
Date: 2004-06-12
Institutions: Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, European Commission
Subjects: motherhood, social-security benefit, social-security harmonisation, worker (EU)

L 212/82

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

12.6.2004

Corrigendum to Decision No 195 (2004/481/EC) of 23 March 2004 on the uniform application of Article
22(1)(a)(i) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 as regards healthcare in conjunction with pregnancy and
childbirth

(Official Journal of the European Union L 160 of 30 April 2004)

Decision No 195 (2004/481/EC) should read as follows:

DECISION No 195

of 23 March 2004

on the uniform application of Article 22(1)(a)(i) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 as regards
healthcare in conjunction with pregnancy and childbirth

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

THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR
MIGRANT WORKERS,

(2)

(2004/481/EC)

The provisions of Article 22(1)(a)(i) of Regulation (EEC)
No 1408/71 were amended by Regulation (EC) No
631/2004 and henceforth stipulate that any insured
person staying in a Member State other than the compe-
tent State is entitled to the benefits in kind required on
medical grounds during the stay, taking account of the
nature of the benefits and the expected duration of the
stay.

(3)

Accordingly, Decision No 183 no longer serves any
purpose and must be repealed,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

1. The amount of the benefits in kind provided in conjunction
with pregnancy and childbirth and required during a
temporary stay in another Member State must be borne by
the insured person's competent institution in accordance
with Article 22(1)(a)(i) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71.

2. The present Decision, which replaces Decision No 183 of
27 June 2001, will be published in the Official Journal of the
European Union. It will be applicable from 1 June 2004.

The Chairman of the Administrative
Commission

Tim QUIRKE

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 families moving within the Community (1),
under the terms of which it is responsible for dealing with any
administrative question arising from Regulation (EEC) No
1408/71 and subsequent Regulations,

Having regard to Article 22(1)(a)(i) of Regulation (EEC) No
1408/71 relating to benefits in kind during a temporary stay in
a Member State other than the competent State, as amended by
Regulation (EC) No 631/2004 amending Regulations (EEC) No
1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72 as regards the alignment of
rights and the simplification of procedures (2),

Having regard to Decision No 183 of 27 June 2001 on the
interpretation of Article 22(1)(a) of Regulation (EEC) No
1408/71, concerning health care in conjunction with preg-
nancy and childbirth (3) and Decision No 194 of 17 December
2003 concerning the uniform application of Article 22(1)(a)(i)
of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 in the Member State of stay,

Whereas:

(1)

Decision No 183 of 27 June 2001 stipulates that health
care in conjunction with pregnancy and childbirth
provided before the beginning of the 38th week of preg-
nancy in a Member State other than the competent State
must be regarded as immediately necessary care in
accordance with the aforementioned provisions if the
reasons for this stay are other than medical.

(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.

(2) OJ L 100, 6.4.2004, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 54, 25.2.2002, p. 39.