Article 70
1. Contributions of the temporary staff and of the Agency to the sickness and accident insurance scheme shall be entirely paid to the sickness and accident insurance scheme set out in the EU Staff Regulations. 2. If, however, the medical examination provided for in Article 37 shows the member of temporary staff to be suffering from sickness or invalidity, the AACC may decide that expenses arising from such sickness or invalidity are to be excluded from the reimbursement of expenditure provided for in Article 68. If a member of the temporary staff proves that he cannot obtain cover under any other sickness insurance scheme provided for by law or regulation, he may, on application made at the latest within one month following the expiry of his contract, continue to benefit from the sickness cover provided for in Articles 68 and 69, for a period of not more than six months after the expiry of his contract. The contributions provided for in Article 68(2) shall be based on his last basic salary and half thereof shall be charged to him. 3. The AACC may, after obtaining the advice of a medical officer authorised by the Agency, decide that the one month time limit within which the application must be made and the six month limit provided for in the paragraph 2 shall not apply where the person concerned is suffering from a serious or protracted illness contracted during his employment, which he has reported to the Agency before the end of the six month period provided for in the paragraph 2, on condition that the person concerned undergoes a medical examination arranged by the Agency.