Commission Regulation (EC) No 311/2007 of 19 March 2007 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing 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
Date: 2007-03-19
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: application of EU law, family benefit, free movement of workers, social legislation, social-security benefit, social-security harmonisation, worker (EU)

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 311/2007

of 19 March 2007

amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing
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

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 of
21 March 1972 laying down the procedure for implementing
Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social
security schemes
to self-employed
to employed persons,
persons and to members of their families moving within the
Community (1), and in particular Article 122 thereof,

(4)

The schemes to be taken into consideration when calcu-
in
lating the average annual cost for benefits in kind,
accordance with Article 94 and Article 95 of Regulation
(EEC) No 574/72, are listed in Annex 9 of that Regu-
lation.

unanimous

The
the Administrative
Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers
has been obtained,

opinion

of

Whereas:

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

(1)

(2)

Some Member States or their competent authorities have
requested amendments to the Annexes to Regulation
(EEC) No 574/72.

Annexes 1 to 5, Annexes 7, 9 and 10 to Regulation (EEC)
No 574/72 are amended in accordance with the Annex to
this Regulation.

The proposed amendments derive from decisions taken
by the Member States concerned or their competent
authorities
are
the
responsible for ensuring that social security legislation
is implemented in accordance with Community law.

authorities which

designating

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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

Done at Brussels, 19 March 2007.

For the Commission

Vladimír ŠPIDLA
Member of the Commission

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

(EC) No 1791/2006 (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 1).

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ANNEX

1. Annex 1 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is replaced by the following:

‘C. DENMARK:

1. Socialministeren (Minister of

Social Affairs),

København.

2. Beskæftigelseministeriet (Ministry of Employment),

København.

3. Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet

(Ministry of

Internal Affairs and Health), København.

4. Finansministeren
København.

(Minister

for

Finance),

5. Ministeren for Familie- og Forbrugeranliggender

(Minister for Family and Consumer Affairs),
København.’

(b) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is replaced by the following:

‘S. POLAND:

1. Minister Pracy i Polityki Społecznej
Labour and Social Policy), Warszawa.

(Minister of

2. Minister Zdrowia (Minister of Health), Warszawa.’

(c) Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the

following:

‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM:

2. Annex 2 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is amended as follows:

Point (a) is replaced by the following:

1. Secretary of State

for Work and Pensions,

London.

1a. Secretary of State for Health, London.

1b. Commissioners of HM Revenue and Customs or

their official representative, London.

2. Secretary of State for Scotland, Edinburgh.

3. Secretary of State for Wales, Cardiff.

4. Department for Social Development, Belfast;

Department of Health, Social Services and Public
Safety Belfast.

5. Principal Secretary, Social Affairs, Gibraltar.

6. Chief

Executive

Authority.’

of

the Gibraltar Health

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‘(a) Sickness and maternity:

(i) Benefits in kind:

1. In general:

2. For pension claimants and pensioners and

members of their families residing in
another Member State, see the provisions of
Title III, Chapter 1, Sections 4 and 5 of the
Regulation and Articles 28 to 30 of the
implementing Regulation:

The competent region.

Den Sociale Sikringsstyrelse (Social Security Admin-
istration), København.

(ii) Cash benefits:

Local authority of the commune in which the bene-
ficiary resides.’

(b) Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Benefits in kind:

(c) Section ‘J. ITALY’ amended as follows:

Point 3.B. is replaced by the following:

‘B. Self-employed persons:

(a)

for medical practitioners:

(b)

for pharmacists:

(c)

for veterinarians:

(d)

for nurses, medical auxiliaries and children’s
nurses:

— Health Service Executive Dublin-Mid Leinster,

Tullamore, County Offaly.

— Health Service Executive Dublin-North East, Kells,

County Meath.

— Health Service Executive South, Cork.
— Health Service Executive West, Galway.’

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza medici
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Medical
Practitioners);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza farmacisti
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Phar-
macists);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza veterinari
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Veteri-
narians);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza della
professione infermieristica (ENPAP) (National Welfare
and Assistance Office for members of the caring
profession);

(e)

for engineers and architects:

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli
ingegneri ed architetti liberi professionisti;

(f)

for surveyors:

Cassa italiana di previdenza dei geometri liberi
professionisti;

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(g)

for solicitors and barristers:

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza forense;

(h)

for economists:

(i)

for accountants:

(j)

for employment experts:

(k)

for notaries:

(l)

for customs agents:

(m) for biologists:

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei dottori commercialisti (National Welfare and
Assistance Fund for Economists);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei ragionieri e periti commerciali (National Welfare
and Assistance Fund for Accountants);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza dei
consulenti del lavoro (National Welfare and
Assistance Office for Employment Experts);

Cassa nazionale del notariato (National Fund for
Notaries);

Fondo nazionale di previdenza per gli impiegati delle
imprese di spedizione e delle agenzia (FASC);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei biologi;

(n)

for agricultural technicians and scientists:

Ente nazionale di previdenza per gli addetti e per gli
impiegati in agricoltura;

(o)

for sales representatives:

Ente nazionale di assistenza per gli agenti e i
rappresentanti di commercio;

(p)

for industrial technicians:

Ente nazionale di previdenza dei periti industriali;

(q)

for actuaries, chemists, agronomists,
and geologists:

foresters

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza pluricate-
goriale degli agronomi e forestali, degli attuari, dei
chimici e dei geologi;

(r)

for psychologists:

(s)

for journalists:

(t)

self-employed workers

for
handicraft and trade:

in

agriculture,

(d) Section ‘Q. NETHERLANDS’ is amended as follows:

Ente Nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli
psicologi (National Welfare and Assistance Office for
Psychologists);

Istituto Nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza dei
giornalisti italiani (National Welfare Institute for
Italian Journalists);

Istituto Nazionale della previdenza sociale — sedi
provinciali (National social security institute, INPS-
provincial offices).’

Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Sickness and maternity:

(a) benefits in kind:

— for persons who, under Article 2 of the Health
Care Insurance Act, are obliged to take out
insurance with a health care insurer: the health
care insurer with which the person concerned has
concluded health care insurance within the
meaning of the Health Care Insurance Act; or

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— persons not

included in the category in the

previous indent who are resident abroad and
who, in application of the Regulation or pursuant
to the EEA Agreement or the Agreement with
Switzerland on the free movement of persons, are
entitled to health care in their country of
residence pursuant to Netherlands legislation:

1. the registration and levying of the statutory
contributions: the College voor zorgverze-
keringen in Diemen; or

2. health

care:

Agis

Zorgverzekeringen,

Amersfoort.

(b) cash benefits:

Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen,
Amsterdam (Employee Insurance Administration
Institution), Amsterdam;

(c) health care allowances:

Belastingdienst Toeslagen, Utrecht.’

(e) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6. Family benefits:

regional centre of social policy competent in respect
of the place of residence or stay for persons entitled
to benefits.’

(f) Section ‘X. SWEDEN’ is amended as follows:

Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. For all contingencies except unemployment benefits:

(a) as a general rule:

(b) for mariners not resident in Sweden:

the regional offices of the Social Insurance Agency
which is the competent institution for the subject
matter in question. (Försäkringskassans länsorgani-
sation som är behörig att handlägga ärendet);

the Social Insurance Agency, Western Götaland for
all subjects except pensions, sickness- and activity
compensation and long term compensation for
occupational injury. (Försäkringskassans länsorgani-
sation Västra Götaland);

(c) for application of Articles 35 to 59 of
implementing Regulation to persons not
resident in Sweden:

the

the Social Insurance Agency Gotland (Försäkrings-
kassans länsorganisation Gotland);

(d) for application of Articles 60 to 77 of

the
implementing Regulation with the exception of
mariners not resident in Sweden:

the Social Insurance Agency at the place where the
work accident or occupational disease occurred
(Försäkringskassan på den ort där olycksfallet i arbete
inträffade eller där arbetssjukdomen visade sig);

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(e) for application of Articles 60 to 77 of
implementing Regulation for mariners not
resident in Sweden:

the

the Social Insurance Agency Gotland (Försäkrings-
kassans länsorganisation Gotland).’

(g) Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is amended as follows:

Point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Family benefits:

— Great Britain:

— Northern Ireland:

HM Revenue and Customs, Child Benefit Office,
Newcastle upon Tyne,

HM Revenue and Customs, Tax Credit Office,
Preston.

HM Revenue and Customs, Child Benefit Office, (NI)
Belfast,

HM Revenue and Customs, Tax Credit Office, Belfast.

— Gibraltar:

Principal Secretary, Social Affairs, Gibraltar.’

3. Annex 3 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is amended as follows:

Point II is replaced by the following:

‘II.

INSTITUTIONS OF THE PLACE OF STAY

(a) Sickness and maternity:

(i) for the purposes of applying Articles 19a, 20,
21 and 31 of the implementing Regulation:

The competent region;

(ii) for the purposes of applying Article 24 of the

implementing Regulation:

Local authority of the commune in which the bene-
ficiary is staying;

(b) Accidents at work and occupational diseases:

(i) for the purposes of applying Chapter 4 of Title
IV, except for Article 64, of the implementing
Regulation:

Arbejdsskadestyrelsen (National Office for Accidents
at Work and Occupational Diseases), København;

(ii) for the purposes of applying Article 64 of the

implementing Regulation:

Local Authority of the commune in which the
beneficiary is staying;

(c) unemployment:

(i) for the purposes of applying Chapter 6 of Title
VI, except for Article 83, of the implementing
Regulation:

the competent unemployment fund;

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(ii) for the purposes of applying Article 83 of the

implementing Regulation:

the State Job Centre situated in the municipality in
which the beneficiary is staying.’

(b) Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Benefits in kind:

(c) Section ‘J. ITALY’ is amended as follows:

Point 3B is replaced by the following:

‘B. Self-employed persons:

(a)

for medical practitioners:

(b)

for pharmacists:

(c)

for veterinarians:

(d)

for nurses, medical auxiliaries and children’s
nurses:

(e)

for engineers and architects:

(f)

for surveyors:

(g)

for solicitors and barristers:

(h)

for economists:

— Health Service Executive Dublin-Mid Leinster,

Tullamore, County Offaly,

— Health Service Executive Dublin-North East, Kells,

County Meath,

— Health Service Executive South, Cork,
— Health Service Executive West, Galway.’

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza medici
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Medical
Practitioners);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza farmacisti
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Phar-
macists);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza veterinari
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Veteri-
narians);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza della
professione infermieristica (ENPAPI) (National
Welfare and Assistance Office for members of the
caring profession);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli
ingegneri ed architetti liberi professionisti (National
Welfare Fund for Engineers and Architects);

Cassa italiana di previdenza dei geometri liberi
professionisti (National Welfare and Assistance Fund
for Surveyors);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza forense
(National Welfare and Assistance Fund for Solicitors
and Barristers);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei dottori commercialisti (National Welfare and
Assistance Fund for Economists);

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(i)

for accountants:

(j)

for employment experts:

(k)

for notaries:

(l)

for customs agents:

(m) for biologists:

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei ragionieri e periti commerciali (National Welfare
and Assistance Fund for Accountants);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza dei
consulenti del lavoro (National Welfare and
Assistance Office for Employment Experts);

Cassa nazionale notariato (National Fund for
Notaries);

Fondo nazionale di previdenza per gli impiegati delle
imprese di spedizione e delle agenzia (FASC) (Welfare
Fund for Customs Agents);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei biologi;

(n)

for agricultural technicians and scientists:

Ente nazionale di previdenza per gli addetti e per gli
impiegati in agricoltura;

(o)

for sales representatives:

Ente nazionale di assistenza per gli agenti e rappre-
sentanti di commercio;

(p)

for industrial technicians:

Ente nazionale di previdenza dei periti industriali;

(q)

for actuaries, chemists, agronomists,
and geologists:

foresters

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza pluricate-
goriale degli agronomi e forestali, degli attuari, dei
chimici e dei geologi;

(r)

for psychologists:

(s)

for journalists:

(t)

self-employed workers

for
handicraft and trade:

in

agriculture,

(d) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:

Ente Nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli
psicologi (National Welfare and Assistance Office for
Psychologists);

Istituto Nazionale di previdenza dei giornalisti italiani
(National Welfare Institute for Italian Journalists);

Istituto Nazionale della previdenza sociale — sedi
provinciali (National social security institute, INPS —
provincial offices).’

(i) point 2 (a) is replaced by the following:

‘(a) for persons who have been recently employed
or self-employed excluding self-employed
farmers and for professional soldiers and
officers who have completed periods of service
other than mentioned in subpoints (c), (d) and
(e):

1. Zakład

Ubezpieczeń

Społecznych

(Social

Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office
in Łódź — for persons who have completed
Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including
periods completed lately in Spain, Portugal, Italy,
Greece, Cyprus or Malta;

2. Zakład

Ubezpieczeń

Społecznych

(Social

Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office
in Nowy Sącz — for persons who have completed
Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including
periods completed lately in: Austria, the Czech
Republic, Hungary, Slovakia or Slovenia;

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3. Zakład

Ubezpieczeń

Społecznych

(Social

Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office
in Opole — for persons who have completed
Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including
periods completed lately in Germany;

4. Zakład

Ubezpieczeń

Społecznych

(Social

5. Zakład

Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office
in Szczecin — for persons who have completed
Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including
periods completed lately in Denmark, Finland,
Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia;
Ubezpieczeń

Społecznych

(Social

Insurance Institution — ZUS) — I Oddział w
Warszawie — Centralne Biuro Obsługi Umów
Międzynarodowych (I Branch in Warsaw —
Central Bureau for International Agreements) —
for persons who have completed Polish and
foreign periods of insurance, including periods
completed lately in Belgium, France, the Neth-
erlands, Luxembourg, Ireland or the United
Kingdom.’

(ii) point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Accidents at work and occupational diseases:

(a) benefits in kind:

(b) cash benefits:

(i) in case of sickness:

(ii) disability or death of main wage earner:

— for persons who have been recently

employed or self-employed
(excluding self-employed farmers):

— for persons who have been recently

self-employed farmers:

— for professional soldiers in the case
of Polish periods of military service,
if the last period has been the period
of mentioned service and foreign
periods of insurance:

Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia — Oddział Wojewódzki
(National Health Fund — Regional Branch) of the
region where the person concerned resides or stays;

— filed offices of Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych
(Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) with terri-
torial jurisdiction over the place of residence or
stay,

— regional branches of Kasa Rolniczego Ubez-
pieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social
Insurance Fund — KRUS) with territorial juris-
diction over the place of residence or stay;

units of Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubez-
pieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2(a),

units of Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa
Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego) listed in
point 2(b),

Wojskowe Biuro Emerytalne w Warszawie (Military
Pension Office in Warsaw), if it is the competent
institution mentioned in Annex 2(3)(b)(ii) third
indent,

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— for officers, mentioned in point 2(d),
in the case of Polish periods of
service, if the last period has been
the period of service in one of the
formations listed in point 2(d) and
foreign periods of insurance:

Zakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw
Wewnętrznych i Administracji w Warszawie (Pension
Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and
Administration in Warsaw), if it is the competent
institution mentioned in Annex 2(3)(b)(ii) fourth
indent,

— for Prison Guard officers, in the case
of Polish periods of service, if the
last period has been the period of
mentioned service and foreign
periods of insurance:

Biuro Emerytalne Służby Więziennej w Warszawie
(Pension Office of Prison Service in Warsaw), if it is
the competent institution mentioned in Annex
2(3)(b)(ii) fifth indent,

— for judges and prosecutors:

specialised entities of the Ministry of Justice,

— for persons who have completed

exclusively foreign periods of
insurance:

units of Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubez-
pieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2(g).’

(e) Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is amended as follows:

Point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Family benefits:

For the purposes of applying Articles 73 and 74 of
the Regulation:

— Great Britain:

— Northern Ireland:

— Gibraltar:

4. Annex 4 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is amended as follows:

(i) Point 1 is replaced by the following:

HM Revenue and Customs, Child Benefit Office,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE88 1AA,

HM Revenue and Customs, Tax Credits Office,
Preston, PR1 0SB.

HM Revenue and Customs, Child Benefit Office (NI),
Windsor House, 9-15 Bedford Street, Belfast, BT2
7UW,

HM Revenue and Customs, Tax Credit Office
(Belfast), Dorchester House, 52-58 Great Victoria
Street, Belfast, BT2 7WF.

Department of Social Services, 23 Mackintosh
Square, Gibraltar.’

‘1.

(a) Sickness, maternity and birth benefits in

kind:

Indenrigs- og Sundhedsministeriet (Ministry of
Internal Affairs and Health), København;

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(b) Sickness benefits in cash:

Arbejdsdirektoratet (National Directorate of Labour),
København;

(c) Maternity and birth benefits in cash:

Ministeriet for Familie- og Forbrugeranliggender
(Ministry of Family and Consumer Affairs),
København.’

(ii) Point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. Rehabilitation benefits:

Arbejdsdirektoratet (National Directorate of Labour),
København.’

(iii) Point 7 is replaced by the following:

‘7. Pensions under “loven om Arbejdsmarkedets
Tillægspension (ATP)” (law on supplementary
pensions for employed persons):

Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægs Pension, ATP, (Supple-
mentary Pensions Office for Employed Persons),
Hillerød.’

(b) Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Benefits in kind:

Health Service Executive, Naas, Co. Kildare.’

(c) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. Cash benefits:

(a)

for sickness, maternity, disability, old-age, death,
accidents at work and occupational diseases:

(b) for unemployment:

— Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych — Centrala
(Social Insurance Institution — ZUS-Main Head-
quarters), Warszawa,

— Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego —
Centrala (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund —
KRUS-Main Headquarters), Warszawa,

— Zakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw
Wewnętrznych i Administracji (Pension Office
of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Adminis-
tration), Warszawa;

Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Ministry of
Labour and Social Policy), Warszawa;

(c)

for family benefits and other non-contributory
benefits:

Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Ministry of
Labour and Social Policy), Warszawa.’

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(d) Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by

the following:

‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM

Great Britain:

(a) contributions and benefits

in kind for posted

workers:

(b) all other questions:

Northern Ireland:

(a) contributions and benefits

in kind for posted

workers:

(b) all other questions:

Gibraltar:

5. Annex 5 is amended as follows:

HM Revenue and Customs, Centre for Non-Residents,
Benton Park View, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1ZZ;

Department of Work and Pensions, The Pension
Service, International Pension Centre, Tyneview Park,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1BA.

HM Revenue and Customs, Centre for Non-Residents,
Benton Park View, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1ZZ;

Department for Social Development, Social Security
Agency, Network Support Branch, Overseas Benefits
Unit, Level 2, James House, 2 — 4 Cromac Street,
Belfast, BT7 2JA.

Department of Work and Pensions, The Pension
Service, International Pension Centre, Tyneview Park,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1BA.’

(a) Section ‘16. BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS’ is replaced by the following:

(a) The Agreement of 21 March 1968 on the collection and recovery of social security contributions, and the

Administrative Agreement of 25 November 1970 made pursuant to the said Agreement.

‘16. BELGIUM-NETHERLANDS

(b) Agreement of 13 March 2006 on health care insurance.

(c) The Agreement of 12 August 1982 on insurance for sickness, maternity and invalidity.’

(b) Section ‘51. DENMARK-SPAIN’ is replaced by the following:

None.’

‘51. DENMARK-SPAIN

(c) Section ‘54. DENMARK-ITALY’ is replaced by the following:

Agreement of 18 November 1998 on the reimbursement of costs of benefits in kind provided under the terms of
Articles 36 and 63. The agreement has effect from 1 January 1995.’

‘54. DENMARK-ITALY

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(d) Section ‘110. ESTONIA-UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the following:

‘110. ESTONIA-UNITED KINGDOM

Arrangement finalised on 29 March 2006 between the Competent Authorities of the Republic of Estonia and of
the United Kingdom under Articles 36(3) and 63(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 establishing other methods
of reimbursement of the costs of benefits in kind provided under this Regulation by both countries with effect
from 1 May 2004.’

(e) Section ‘195. ITALY-UNITED KINGDOM’ is replaced by the following:

‘195. ITALY-UNITED KINGDOM

Arrangement signed on 15 December 2005 between the Competent Authorities of the Republic of Italy and of the
United Kingdom under Articles 36(3) and 63(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 establishing other methods of
reimbursement of the costs of benefits in kind provided under this Regulation by both countries with effect from 1
January 2005.’

6. Annex 7 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘H. FRANCE’ is replaced by the following:

‘H. FRANCE:

(b) Section ‘V. SLOVAKIA’ is replaced by the following:

‘V. SLOVAKIA:

7. Annex 9 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘C. DENMARK’ is replaced by the following:

None.’

None.’

The average annual costs of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into account the schemes set up by the
law on the public health service, the law on hospital and, in respect of the cost of rehabilitation, the Active Social
Policy Act and the Active Employment Measures Act.’

‘C. DENMARK

(b) Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is replaced by the following:

The average annual cost of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into consideration the benefits in kind
(health services) provided by the Health Service Executive, mentioned in Annex 2,
in accordance with the
provisions of the Health Acts 1947 to 2004.’

‘I. IRELAND

(c) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is replaced by the following:

‘S. POLAND

The average annual costs of benefits in kind shall be calculated by taking into consideration the schemes set up by
the law on healthcare services financed from the public resources, the law on the National Medical Emergency
Service and, in respect of costs of rehabilitation, also the law on social insurance scheme and the law on social
insurance of farmers.’

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8. Annex 10 is amended as follows:

(a) Section ‘B. CZECH REPUBLIC’ is amended as follows:

Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. a) For the purposes of applying Article 17 of

the Regulation:

Česká správa sociálního zabezpečení (Czech Social
Security Administration),

Česká správa sociálního zabezpečení (Czech Social
Security Administration), and its regional Office.’

1. b) For

the purposes of

applying Articles

14(1)(b) of the Regulation and Articles
10(b), 11(1), 11a(1), 12(a), 13(2) and (3),
14(1), (2) and (3), 80(2), 81 and 85(2) of the
implementing Regulation, the institution
designated by Article 4(10) of the imple-
menting Regulation:

(b) Section ‘D. GERMANY’ is amended as follows:

Point 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. For the purposes of applying:

— Articles 14(1)(a),14b(1) of the Regulation and,
in the case of agreements pursuant to Article
17 of the Regulation, in conjunction with
Article 11 of the implementing Regulation,
— Articles 14a(1)(a) and 14b(2) and, in the case of
agreements pursuant to Article 17 of the
Regulation, in conjunction with Article 11a of
the implementing Regulation,
— Articles 14(2)(b), 14(3), 14a(2)

to (4), and

14c(a) and, in the case of agreements
pursuant to Article 17 of the Regulation, in
conjunction with Article 12a of the imple-
menting Regulation:

(i) persons insured with sickness insurance:

the institution with which they are insured, and also
the customs authorities with regard to controls;

(ii) persons

not

insured with

sickness

insurance and not covered by a profes-
sional association pension scheme:

the competent pension insurance institution, and also
the customs authorities with regard to controls;

(iii) persons

not

insured with

sickness

insurance but covered by a professional
association pension scheme:

Arbeitsgemeinschaft Berufsständischer Versorgung-
seinrichtungen (Consortium of Professional Asso-
ciation Pension Schemes), Köln, and also the customs
authorities with regard to controls.’

(c) Section ‘I. IRELAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 4 is replaced by the following:

‘4.

(a) For the purposes of applying Article 110 of

Department of Social and Family Affairs;

the implementing Regulation (for cash
benefits):

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(b) for the purposes of applying Articles 110
(for benefits in kind) and 113(2) of the
implementing Regulation:

Health Service Executive Dublin-Mid Leinster,
Tullamore, County Offaly,

Health Service Executive Dublin-North East, Kells,
County Meath,

Health Service Executive South, Cork,
Health Service Executive West, Galway.’

(d) Section ‘J. ITALY’ is amended as follows:

Point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. For the purposes of applying Articles 11a and

12 of the implementing Regulation:

for medical practitioners:

for pharmacists:

for veterinarians:

for nurses, medical auxiliaries and children’s nurses:

for sales agents and representatives:

for biologists:

for industrial consultants:

for psychologists:

for journalists:

for actuaries, chemists, agronomists, foresters and
geologists:

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza medici
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Medical
Practitioners);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza farmacisti
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Phar-
macists);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza veterinari
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Veteri-
narians);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
degli infermieri professionali, assistenti sanitari, vigi-
latrici d’infanzia (National Welfare and Assistance
Fund for Nurses, Medical Auxiliaries and Children’s
Nurses);

Ente Nazionale di assistenza per gli agenti e rappre-
sentanti di commercio (National Welfare and
Assistance Office for Sales Agents and Represen-
tatives);

Ente Nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei biologi (National Welfare and Assistance Office
for Biologists);

Ente Nazionale di previdenza dei periti industriali
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Industrial
Consultants);

Ente Nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza psicologi
(National Welfare and Assistance Office for Psychol-
ogists);

Istituto Nazionale di previdenza dei giornalisti italiani
“Giovanni Amendola” (Giovanni Amendola National
Welfare Institute for Italian Journalists);

Ente di previdenza ed assistenza pluricategoriale degli
agronomi e forestali, degli attuari, dei chimici e dei
geologi (National Multi-Sectoral Welfare and
Assistance Office for Actuaries, Chemists, Agro-
nomists, Foresters and Geologists);

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for agricultural technicians and consultants:

for engineers and architects:

for surveyors:

for solicitors and barristers:

for economists:

for accountants:

for employment experts:

for notaries:

for customs agents:

for self-employed workers in agriculture, handicraft
and trade:

(e) Section ‘M. LITHUANIA’ is amended as follows:

(i) Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. For

the purposes of

applying Articles

14(1)(b), 14a(1)(b), 14b(1) and (2), 14d(3)
and 17 of the Regulation and Articles 6(1),
10b, 11(1), 11a, 12a, 13(2) and (3), 14(1) and
(2), 85(2) and 91(2) of the implementing
Regulation:

(ii) Point 5 is replaced by the following:

Ente Nazionale di previdenza per gli addetti e per gli
impiegati in agricoltura (National Welfare and
Assistance Office for Agricultural Technicians and
Scientists);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli
ingegneri ed architetti (National Welfare Fund for
Engineers and Architects);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei geometri (National Welfare and Assistance Fund
for Surveyors);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza forense
(National Welfare and Assistance Fund for Lawyers);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei dottori commercialisti (National Welfare and
Assistance Fund for Economists);

Cassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore
dei ragionieri e periti commerciali (National Welfare
and Assistance Fund for Accountants);

Ente nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per i
consulenti del lavoro (National Welfare and
Assistance Office for Employment Experts);

Cassa nazionale notariato (National Fund for
Notaries);

Fondo di previdenza a favore degli spedizionieri
dognali (Welfare Fund for Customs Agents);

Istituto Nazionale della previdenza sociale — sedi
provinciali (National social security institute, INPS,
provincial offices).’

Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdybos
Užsienio išmokų tarnyba (Foreign Benefits Office of
State Social Insurance Fund Board).’

‘5. For the purposes of applying Article 110 of

the implementing Regulation:

(a) benefits in kind under Chapters 1 and 4 of

Valstybine ligonių kasa (State Patient Fund), Vilnius;

Title III of the Regulation:

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(b)

cash benefits in pursuance of Chapters 1 to
4 and 8 of Title III of the Regulation:

Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdybos
Užsienio išmokų tarnyba (Foreign Benefits Office of
State Social Insurance Fund Board);

(c)

(d)

cash benefits in pursuance of Chapter 6 of
Title III of the Regulation:

Lietuvos darbo birža (Lithuanian Labour Exchange);

cash benefits in pursuance of Chapters 5
and 7 of Title III of the Regulation:

Savivaldybių socialines paramos skyriai (Municipal
Social Assistance Departments).’

(f) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:

Point 12 is replaced by the following:

‘12. For the purposes of applying Article 102(2) of
the implementing Regulation, in conjunction
with Article 70 of the Regulation:

Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Ministry of
Labour and Social Policy), Warszawa.’

(g) Section ‘X. SWEDEN’ is replaced by the following:

‘X. SWEDEN

1. For all contingencies except

those specified

below:

regional offices of Försäkringskassan (Social Insurance
Agency).

2. For mariners not resident in Sweden:

Försäkringskassans länsorganisation Västra Götaland
(Social Insurance Agency, Western Götaland).

3. For application of Article 16 of the Regulation:

Försäkringskassans länsorganisation Gotland (Social
Insurance Agency, Gotland).

4. For application of Article 17 of the Regulation

to groups of persons:

Försäkringskassans länsorganisation Gotland (Social
Insurance Agency, Gotland).

5. For application of Article 102(2) of the imple-

(a) head office of Försäkringskassan (Social Insurance

menting Regulation:

Agency).

(b) for unemployment benefits — Inspektionen för

arbetslöshetsförsäkringen (Unemployment
Insurance Board).’

(h) Section ‘Y. UNITED KINGDOM’ is amended as follows:

(i) Point 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. For the purposes of applying Articles 14c,
14d(3) and 17 of the Regulation and
Articles 6(1), 11(1), 11a(1), 12a, 13(2) and
(3), 14(1), (2) and (3), 80(2), 81, 82(2) and
109 of the implementing Regulation:

Great Britain:

HM Revenue and Customs, Centre for Non-Residents,
Benton Park View, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1ZZ;

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Northern Ireland:

Department for Social Development, Social Security
Agency, Network Support Branch Overseas Benefits
Unit, Level 2, James House, 2 - 4 Cromac Street,
Belfast, BT7 2JA,

HM Revenue and Customs, Centre for Non-Residents,
Benton Park View, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE98 1ZZ.’

(ii) Point 3 is replaced by the following:

‘3. For the purposes of applying Articles 85(2),
86(2) and 89(1) of the implementing Regu-
lation:

Great Britain:

Northern Ireland:

HM Revenue and Customs, Child Benefit Office,
Newcastle upon Tyne, NE88 1AA,

HM Revenue and Customs, Tax Credit Office,
Preston, PR1 0SB;

HM Revenue and Customs, Child Benefit Office
(Belfast), Windsor House, 9-15 Bedford Street, Belfast,
BT2 7UW,

HM Revenue and Customs, Tax Credit Office
(Belfast), Dorchester House, 52-58 Great Victoria
Street, Belfast, BT2 7WF.’