2014/790/EU: Council Decision of 10 November 2014 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established under the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, as regards the amendment of Annex II to that Agreement on the coordination of social security schemes
2014/790/EU: Council Decision of 10 November 2014 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established under the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons, as regards the amendment of Annex II to that Agreement on the coordination of social security schemes
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The position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Joint Committee established under Article 14 of the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (‘the Joint Committee’) shall be based on the draft Decision of the Joint Committee attached to this Decision.
Minor technical changes to the draft Decision may be agreed to by the representatives of the Union within the Joint Committee without the need for a further Council Decision.
Annex II to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (‘the Agreement’) is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision.
This Decision is established in the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, the texts in each of these languages being equally authentic.
ANNEX
Annex II to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons is amended as follows:
(1)
In Section A: Legal acts referred to, Point 1 , the words ‘as amended by Regulation (EC) No 988/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and determining the content of its Annexes ( 1 ) ’ shall be replaced by the following:
‘as amended by:
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Regulation (EC) No 988/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems, and determining the content of its Annexes ( 2 ) ;
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1244/2010 of 9 December 2010 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 ( 3 ) ;
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Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 ( 4 ) ;
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1224/2012 of 18 December 2012 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 ( 5 ) .’
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(2)
In Section A: Legal acts referred to, Point 1 , under the heading ‘For the purposes of this Agreement, Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 shall be adapted as follows:’, the entry in letter h, point 1 the words ‘Federal Supplementary Benefits Act of 19 March 1965’ shall be replaced by the following:
‘Federal Supplementary Benefits Act of 6 October 2006
’.
(3)
In Section A: Legal acts referred to, Point 2 , the following is inserted after the words ‘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 ( 6 ) ’:
‘as amended by
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1244/2010 of 9 December 2010 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 ( 7 ) ;
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Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2012 amending Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 ( 8 ) ;
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1224/2012 of 18 December 2012 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 ( 9 ) .’
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(4)
In Section A: Legal acts referred to, Point 2 , under the heading ‘For the purposes of this Agreement, Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 shall be adapted as follows:’, the following words shall be deleted:
‘Arrangement between Switzerland and Italy of 20 December 2005 fixing the special procedures for the reimbursement of health care benefits’
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(5)
In Section B: Legal acts of which the Contracting Parties shall take due account , the following is added after Point 21:
‘(22)
Decision of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems No E2 of 3 March 2010 concerning the establishment of a change management procedure applying to details of the bodies defined in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council which are listed in the electronic directory which is an inherent part of EESSI ( 10 ) ,
(23)
Decision of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems No E3 of 19 October 2011 concerning the transitional period as defined in Article 95 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 11 ) ,
(24)
Decision of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems No H6 of 16 December 2010 concerning the application of certain principles regarding the aggregation of periods under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems ( 12 ) ,
(25)
Decision of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems No S8 of 15 June 2011 concerning the granting of prostheses, major appliances and other substantial benefits in kind provided for in Article 33 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems ( 13 ) ,
(26)
Decision of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems No U4 of 13 December 2011 concerning the reimbursement procedures under Article 65(6) and (7) of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Article 70 of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 ( 14 ) .’
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(6)
In Section C: Legal acts of which the Contracting Parties shall take note , the following is added after Point 2:
‘(3)
Recommendation of the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems No S1 of 15 March 2012 concerning financial aspects of cross-border living organ donations ( 15 ) .’
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( 1 )
OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 43 .
( 2 )
OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 43 .
( 3 )
OJ L 338, 22.12.2010, p. 35 .
( 4 )
OJ L 149, 8.6.2012, p. 4 .
( 5 )
OJ L 349, 19.12.2012, p. 45 .
( 6 )
OJ L 284, 30.10.2009, p. 1 .
( 7 )
OJ L 338, 22.12.2010, p. 35 .
( 8 )
OJ L 149, 8.6.2012, p. 4 .
( 9 )
OJ L 349, 19.12.2012, p. 45 .
( 10 )
OJ C 187, 10.7.2010, p. 5 . [Electronic Exchange of Social Security Information]
( 11 )
OJ C 12, 14.1.2012, p. 6 .
( 12 )
OJ C 45, 12.2.2011, p. 5 .
( 13 )
OJ C 262, 6.9.2011, p. 6 .
( 14 )
OJ C 57, 25.2.2012, p. 4 .
( 15 )
OJ C 240, 10.8.2012, p. 3 .
