Commission Regulation (EU) No 1372/2013 of 19 December 2013 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004  Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland

20.12.2013 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 346/27
COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1372/2013
of 19 December 2013
amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
(Text with relevance for the EEA and Switzerland)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (1),
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems (2), and in particular Article 92 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Requests were made by the Member States to the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems to amend Annexes VIII and XI to Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Annexes 1 and 5 to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 in order to bring those annexes in line with developments in their national legislation or to simplify the application of those Regulations.
(2) The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 aim at giving an overview of Member States that do not apply the pro rata calculation for old-age and survivors’ pensions and of special provisions regarding the application of the legislation of the Member States.
(3) The Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 aim at giving an overview of the implementing provisions for bilateral agreements that remain or enter into force and of the Member States which determine the maximum amount of reimbursement of unemployment benefits on the basis of the average amount of unemployment benefits provided under their legislation in the preceding calendar year.
(4) The Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems has agreed to the requested amendments and has made relevant proposals to the Commission for the technical adaptations of the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 and Regulation (EC) No 883/2004.
(5) The Commission can agree to include the proposals for the technical adaptations of the Annexes mentioned in recital 4.
(6) Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 should therefore be amended accordingly,