Article 2
Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 shall be amended as follows: 1. Article 2 (1) shall be replaced by the following: '1. Models of certificates, certified statements, declarations, claims and other documents necessary for the application of the Regulation and of the implementing Regulation shall be drawn up by the Administrative Commission. Two Member States or their competent authorities may, by mutual agreement and having received the opinion of the Administrative Commission, adopt simplified models for use between them. The certificates, certified statements, declarations, claims and other documents may be transferred between institutions either in paper form or by means of telematic services as standardized electronic messages in accordance with the provisions of Title VIa. Exchange of information by means of telematic services is subject to an agreement between the competent authorities of the sending and the receiving Member States.`; 2. Article 93 (1) shall be replaced by the following: '1. The actual amount of benefits in kind provided pursuant to Article 19 (1) and (2) of the Regulation to employed and self-employed persons and to members of their families residing in the territory of the same Member State, and benefits in kind provided pursuant to Articles 21 (2), 22 to 22c, 25 (1), (3) and (4), 26, 29 (1) or 31 of the Regulation, shall be refunded by the competent institution to the institution which provided the said benefits as shown in the accounts of that institution.`; 3. the following heading shall be inserted after Article 116: 'TITLE VIa PROVISIONS GOVERNING ELECTRONIC DATA PROCESSING`; 4. Article 117 shall be replaced by the following: 'Article 117 Data processing 1. The Administrative Commission shall, on the basis of studies and proposals of the Technical Commission referred to in Article 117c of the implementing Regulation, adapt to the new data processing techniques the models of certificates, certified statements, declarations, claims and other documents, as well as the routing channels and the data transmission procedures necessary in applying the Regulation and the implementing Regulation. 2. The Administrative Commission shall take the measures necessary to ensure the general application of these adapted models, routing channels and procedures, taking account of the development of the new data processing techniques in each Member State.`; 5. the following Articles shall be inserted after Article 117: 'Article 117a Telematic services 1. The Member States shall gradually further the use of telematic services for the exchange between institutions of the data required for the application of the Regulation and the implementing Regulation. The European Commission shall lend its support to activities of common interest as soon as the Member States have established the telematic services. 2. The Administrative Commission shall, on the basis of proposals from the Technical Commission referred to in Article 117c of the implementing Regulation, adopt the common architecture rules for the telematic services, in particular on security and the use of standards.