Attachment

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 Articles 14 and 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 coordination of social security schemes was replaced by Decision No 1/2012 of the Joint Committee of 31 March 2012^f2.

Annex II to the Agreement should be updated to take account of the new legal acts of European Union legislation that has come into force since then, in particular amendments to Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f3 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f4 brought about by Commission Regulation (EU) No 1244/2010^f5, Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council^f6 and Commission Regulation (EU) No 1224/2012^f7.

Account should also be taken of the decisions and recommendations adopted by the Administrative Commission for the Coordination of Social Security Systems to implement Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 and Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 subsequent to the entry into force of Decision No 1/2012 of the Joint Committee.

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

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: