CELEX: 31974Y0823(03)
Language: en
Date: 1973-11-22 00:00:00
Title: Administrative Commission of the European Communities on Social Security for Migrant Workers : — Decision No 92 of 22 November 1973 concerning the meaning of 'benefits in kind' provided for under Articles 19 (1) and (2) and 28 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and the determination of the amounts to be refunded under Articles 93, 94 and 95 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 as well as the advances to be paid in pursuance of Article 102 (4) of the same Regulation

23. 8. 7 4                                         Official Journal of the European C o m m u n i t i e s                                                  N o C 99/3
                        ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF T H E EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES                                                                      ON
                                                  SOCIAL SECURITY FOR M I G R A N T W O R K E R S
                                                                          DECISION N o 92
                                                                       of 22 N o v e m b e r 1973
                        concerning the m e a n i n g of 'benefits in kind' provided for under Articles 19 (1)
                        and (2) and 28 (1) of Council Regulation (EEC) N o 1408/71 and the determination
                        of the amounts to be refunded under Articles 93, 94 and 95 of Council Regula-
                        tion (EEC) N o 574/72 as well as the advances to be paid in pursuance of Article
                                                                 102 (4) of the same Regulation
THE ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION OF THE EURO-                                              A c t i n g in a c c o r d a n c e with t h e provisions of Article 80
PEAN COMMUNITIES ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR                                                 (3) of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N o 1 4 0 8 / 7 1 ,
MIGRANT WORKERS,
 H a v i n g regard to Article 81 (a) of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)
N o 1408/71 u n d e r w h i c h it is m a d e r e s p o n s i b l e for                 HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
d e a l i n g with all a d m i n i s t r a t i v e q u e s t i o n s a n d q u e s -
tions of i n t e r p r e t a t i o n arising f r o m R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)           1.       T h e p a y m e n t s p r o v i d e d for by G e r m a n legisla-
N o s 1408/71 a n d 5 7 4 / 7 2 ;                                                       tion in Article 188 (2) a n d (3) of t h e R e i c h s v e r s i c h e -
                                                                                        r u n g s o r d n u n g ( G e r m a n I n s u r a n c e Code) are to b e
 H a v i n g regard to Article 36 (2) of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)                      c o n s i d e r e d as b e n e f i t s in k i n d in t h e sense of Articles
 N o 1408/71 ;                                                                           19 (1) a n d (2) and 28 (1) of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N o
                                                                                         1408/71.
W h e r e a s D e c i s i o n N o 69 of 12 May 1970, p u b l i s h e d
in t h e Official Journal                 of the European            Communi-           T h e s a m e shall a p p l y to t h e l u m p - s u m c o n f i n e m e n t
 ties, N o C 90 of 16 J u l y 1970, a n d D e c i s i o n N o 70 of                     allowances paid as l u m p s u m s a n d t h e n u r s i n g allow-
2 2 April 1971, p u b l i s h e d in t h e Official Journal                      of     a n c e s g r a n t e d u n d e r L u x e m b o u r g legislation.
 the European             Communities,        N o C 76 of 27 J u l y 1971,
have b e e n r e n d e r e d invalid following t h e e n t r y i n t o                  2.        T h e r e f u n d s p r o v i d e d for in Articles 93, 9 4 a n d
force of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N o s 1408/71 a n d 5 7 4 / 7 2 ;                    95 of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N o 5 7 4 / 7 2 shall be deter-
                                                                                        m i n e d exclusive of a d m i n i s t r a t i v e costs, costs of a d m i -
W h e r e a s , t a k i n g into a c c o u n t t h e provisions of t h e                nistrative a n d m e d i c a l supervision a n d w i t h o u t t a k i n g
said Regulations, t h e r e are g r o u n d s for a d o p t i n g a n e w               a c c o u n t of any a m o u n t s c o n t r i b u t e d individually by
decision to :                                                                           the persons concerned.
(a) d e t e r m i n e w h e t h e r certain b e n e f i t s provided for                3.        T h e b e n e f i t s in k i n d to be c o n s i d e r e d for t h e
       under           German       and       Luxembourg             legislation,       d e t e r m i n a t i o n of r e f u n d s shall be t h e b e n e f i t s c o n s i d -
       a l t h o u g h paid out in cash, s h o u l d b e c o n s i d e r e d as         ered as b e n e f i t s in k i n d u n d e r t h e n a t i o n a l legislation
       b e n e f i t s in k i n d as m e n t i o n e d in Articles 19 (1)               a d m i n i s t e r e d by t h e i n s t i t u t i o n w h i c h has provided
       a n d (2) a n d 28 (1) of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N o                          t h e benefits, as well as t h e b e n e f i t s referred to in p o i n t
       1408/71 ;                                                                        1 above.
(b) d e t e r m i n e t h e a m o u n t s to be r e f u n d e d u n d e r Arti-         4.        For t h e calculation                    of t h e     average costs
       cles 93, 94 a n d 9 5 of Regulation (EEC) N o 5 7 4 / 7 2                        m e n t i o n e d in Articles 94 a n d 9 5 of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC)
       a n d t h e advances to be paid in p u r s u a n c e of                          N o 5 7 4 / 7 2 , t h e s u p p l e m e n t a r y b e n e f i t s specified in
      Article 102 (4) of t h e s a m e R e g u l a t i o n .                            t h e statutes or rules of p r o c e d u r e of t h e ins titutions
                                                                                        shall be i n c l u d e d in total a n n u a l e x p e n d i t u r e on b e n e -
W h e r e a s for t h e a p p l i c a t i o n of Articles 19 (1) a n d (2)              fits in k i n d .
a n d 28 (1) of R e g u l a t i o n (EEC) N o 1408/71 t h e r e are
g r o u n d s for giving an a p p r e c i a b l y similar m e a n i n g to              5.        Subsidies to i n s t i t u t i o n s for preventive m e d i c i n e
t h e m e a n i n g of ' b e n e f i t s in k i n d ' in all t h e M e m b e r          shall n o t b e i n c l u d e d in total a n n u a l e x p e n d i t u r e on
States ;                                                                                b e n e f i t s in k i n d if t h e y are g r a n t e d for a ge ne ra l
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campaign for health protection         not   sponsored by      9.    This Decision shall be published in the Official
social security institutions.                                  Journal   of the European Communities.       It shall enter
                                                                into force for the six original Member States from 1
6.    T h e amounts refunded to other Member States
                                                               January 1973 and, in accordance with the Treaty of
in accordance with the Regulations or bilateral or
                                                               Accession, from 1 April 1973 in the three new
multilateral agreements shall not be taken into consid-
                                                                Member States.
eration for the calculation of average costs.
7.    T h e calculation of the amounts to be refunded           For the period from 1 October 1972 to 31 December
shall as far as possible be based on the official statis-       1972 the six original Member States shall proceed in
tics and accounts of the place of stay or residence, and        accordance with the rules laid down by the abovemen-
preferably on the published official data. T h e sources        tioned Decisions N o 69 and N o 70.
of the statistics used should be indicated.
8.    T h e a m o u n t of the advances to be paid under
Article 102 (4) of Regulation (EEC) N o 574/72 shall
                                                                                         The Chairman      of the
be calculated by multiplying the last approved average
cost by the last known n u m b e r of persons concerned,                              Administrative    Co mm iss ion
as obtained from the data established by the institu-
tions responsible for the lists.                                                                 A. TRIER