# Decision No 207 of 7 April 2006 concerning the interpretation of Article 76 and Article 79(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 and of Article 10(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 relating to the overlapping of family benefits and allowances (Text of relevance to the EEA and to the EU/Switzerland Agreement) (2006/442/EC), Division 1: For the purposes of Article 76 and Article 79(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, family benefits or family allowances shall be regarded as payable ‘by reason of carrying on an occupation’ or ‘by virtue of the pursuit of a professional or trade activity’ in particular:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) by the actual carrying on of an occupation or the pursuit of a professional or trade activity whether salaried or not; and also
(b) in the course of any period of temporary suspension of such occupation or professional or trade activity
(i) as a result of sickness, maternity, accident at work, occupational disease or unemployment, as long as wages or benefits, excluding pensions, are payable in respect of these contingencies; or
(ii) during paid leave, strike or lock-out; or
(iii) during unpaid leave for the purpose of child-raising, as long as this leave is deemed equivalent to such occupation or professional or trade activity in accordance with the relevant legislation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2006/442/division/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2006-442/division-1
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