Document ID: 32006R1992

REGULATION (EC) No 1992/2006 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 18 December 2006
amending Council 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
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 42 and 308 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),
Whereas:
(1)
In order to take account of changes in the legislation of certain Member States, certain Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 need to be adapted.
(2)
Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(3)
To ensure that the fundamental reform of the Netherlands health insurance scheme with effect from 1 January 2006 is correctly reflected in the European coordinating provisions from the date on which it took effect and thus to provide legal certainty regarding the coordination of sickness benefits, it is necessary to provide that the amendments of Annexes I and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 which relate to the reform of the Netherlands health care insurance scheme apply retroactively with effect from 1 January 2006.
(4)
The Treaty does not provide powers other than those under Article 308 to take appropriate measures within the field of social security for persons other than employed persons,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annexes I, II, IIa, III, IV and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 shall be amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Point 1(b) and point 6(b) of the Annex, regarding the Netherlands, shall apply with effect from 1 January 2006, save that section ‘Q. NETHERLANDS’, point 1(f), sixth indent of Annex VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, as added by point 6(b) of the Annex to this Regulation, shall apply from the date provided for in the first paragraph of this Article.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Strasbourg, 18 December 2006.

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