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THE JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard 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^f1 ("the Agreement"), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

Whereas:

The Agreement was signed on 21 June 1999 and entered into force on 1 June 2002.

Annex II to the Agreement on the co-ordination of social security schemes was last amended by Decision No 1/2006 of 6 July 2006^f2 and should now be updated to take account of the new legal acts of the European Union that have entered into force since then, in particular Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems^f3 and the measures adopted to implement that regulation.

Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 has replaced Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community^f4.

In the interests of clarity and rationality, Annex II to the Agreement and the Protocol to that Annex should be consolidated in a legally binding version.

Annex II to the Agreement should be maintained in line with the evolution of the relevant legal acts of the European Union,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: