{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-77/annex/division-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-77/annex/division-3.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2005/77",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2005 of 13 January 2005 amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2005-77",
  "path": "annex/division/3",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Annex 3 is amended as follows",
  "text": "(a) Section ‘B. CZECH REPUBLIC’ is amended as follows:\nPoint 2(e) is replaced by the following:\n(e) ‘family and other benefits:\nState Social Support Bodies in accordance with persons residence/stay.’\n(b) Section ‘D. GERMANY’ is amended as follows:\nPoint 3 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.\nPension insurance\n(a) Pension insurance for manual workers\n(i) dealings with Belgium and Spain:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Rheinprovinz (Regional Insurance Office of the Rhine Province), Düsseldorf\n(ii) dealings with France:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz (Regional Insurance Office of the Rhineland-Palatinate), Speyer, or,\nas a competent institution under Annex 2, Landesversicherungsanstalt für das Saarland (Regional Insurance Office of the Saarland), Saarbrücken\n(iii) dealings with Italy:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Schwaben (Regional Insurance Office of Swabia), Augsburg, or,\nas a competent institution under Annex 2, Landesversicherungsanstalt für das Saarland (Regional Insurance Office of the Saarland), Saarbrücken\n(iv) dealings with Luxembourg:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz (Regional Insurance Office of the Rhineland-Palatinate), Speyer, or,\nas a competent institution under Annex 2, Landesversicherungsanstalt für das Saarland (Regional Insurance Office of the Saarland), Saarbrücken\n(v) dealings with Malta:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Schwaben (Regional Insurance Office of Swabia), Augsburg\n(vi) dealings with the Netherlands:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Westfalen (Regional Insurance Office of Westphalia), Münster\n(vii) dealings with Denmark, Finland and Sweden:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Schleswig-Holstein (Regional Insurance Office of Schleswig-Holstein), Lübeck\n(viii) dealings with Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Regional Insurance Office of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania), Neubrandenburg\n(ix) dealings with Ireland and the United Kingdom:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Regional Insurance Office of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg), Hamburg\n(x) dealings with Greece and Cyprus:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Baden-Württemberg (Regional Insurance Office of Baden-Württemberg), Karlsruhe\n(xi) dealings with Portugal:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Unterfranken (Regional Insurance Office of Unterfranken), Würzburg\n(xii) dealings with Austria:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Oberbayern (Regional Insurance Office of Upper Bavaria), München\n(xiii) dealings with Poland:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Berlin (Regional Insurance Office of Berlin), Berlin, or\nin cases where only the Agreement of 9.10.1975 on pension and accident insurance is applicable: the locally competent Regional Insurance Office under German legislation\n(xiv) dealings with Slovakia, Slovenia and the Czech Republic:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Niederbayern-Oberpfalz (Regional Insurance Office of Lower Bavaria-Oberpfalz), Landshut\n(xv) dealings with Hungary:\nLandesversicherungsanstalt Thüringen (Regional Insurance Office of Thuringia), Erfurt.’\n(c) Section ‘E. ESTONIA’ is replaced by the following:\n‘E.\nESTONIA\n1.\nSickness and maternity:\nEesti Haigekassa (Estonian Health Insurance Fund);\n2.\nInvalidity, old-age and survivors' pensions, death grants, family and parental benefits:\nSotsiaalkindlustusamet (Social Insurance Board);\n3.\nUnemployment:\nTööhõiveamet (the local employment office of the place of residence or stay of the person concerned).’\n(d) Section ‘F. GREECE’ is amended as follows:\nPoint 2 is replaced by the following:\n‘2.\nOther benefits:\nΊδρυμα Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων — Ενιαίο Ταμείο Ασφάλισης Μισθωτών (ΙΚΑ — ΕΤΑΜ), Αθήνα (Social Insurance Institute — Unified Insurance Fund for Employees (ΙΚΑ — ΕΤΑΜ), Athens).’\n(e) Section ‘G. SPAIN’ is amended as follows:\nPoint 2(c) is replaced by the following:\n(c) ‘unemployment, with the exception of mariners: Direcciones Provinciales del Servicio Público de Empleo Estatal. INEM (Provincial Directorates of the State Public Employment Service. INEM).’\n(f) Section ‘M. LITHUANIA’ is amended as follows:\nPoint 6 is replaced by the following:\n‘6.\nUnemployment: Teritorinės darbo biržos (Local Labour Exchanges).’\n(g) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:\n(i) Point 1(a) is replaced by the following:\n(a) ‘benefits in kind:\nNarodowy Fundusz Zdrowia — Oddział Wojewódzki (National Health Fund — Regional Branch) of the region where the person concerned resides or stays.’;\n(ii) Point 2 is replaced by the following:\n‘2.\nInvalidity, old-age and death (pensions):\n(a) for persons who have been recently employed or self-employed excluding self-employed farmers and for professional soldiers and officers who have completed periods of service other than mentioned in subpoints (c), (d), (e):\n1.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Łódź — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus or Malta;\n2.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Nowy Sącz — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: the Czech Republic or Slovakia;\n3.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Opole — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in Germany;\n4.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Szczecin — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia;\n5.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Tarnów — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Austria, Hungary or Slovenia;\n6.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — I Oddział w Warszawie — Centralne Biuro Obsługi Umów Międzynarodowych (I Branch in Warsaw — Central Bureau for International Agreements) — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland or the United Kingdom;\n(b) for persons who have been recently self-employed farmers and who have not been professional soldiers or officers mentioned in subpoints (c), (d), (e):\n1.. Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) — Regional Branch in Warsaw — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Austria, Denmark, Finland or Sweden;\n2.. Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) — Regional Branch in Tomaszów Mazowiecki — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Spain, Italy or Portugal;\n3.. Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) — Regional Branch in Częstochowa — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: France, Belgium, Luxembourg or the Netherlands;\n4.. Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) — Regional Branch in Nowy Sącz — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Hungary, Slovenia, Slovakia or Lithuania;\n5.. Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) — Regional Branch in Poznań — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: the United Kingdom, Ireland, Greece, Malta or Cyprus;\n6.. Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) — Regional Branch in Ostrów Wielkopolski — for persons who have completed Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in Germany;\n(c) for professional soldiers in the case of Polish periods of service and foreign periods of insurance: Wojskowe Biuro Emerytalne w Warszawie (Military Pension Office in Warsaw), if it is the competent institution mentioned in Annex 2(2)(c);\n(d) for Police officers, State Protection Office officers, Internal Security Agency officers, Foreign Intelligence Agency officers (public security services), Border Guard officers, Government Security Bureau officers and National Fire Brigades officers, in the case of Polish periods of service and foreign periods of insurance: Zakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw), if it is the competent institution mentioned in annex 2 point 2 sub point (d);\n(e) for Prison Guard officers in the case of Polish periods of service and foreign periods of insurance: Biuro Emerytalne Służby Więziennej w Warszawie (Pension Office of Prison Service in Warsaw) if it is the competent institution mentioned in Annex 2(2)(e);\n(f) for judges and prosecutors: specialised entities of the Ministry of Justice;\n(g) for persons who have completed exclusively foreign periods of insurance:\n1.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Łódź — for persons who have completed foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus or Malta;\n2.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Nowy Sącz — for persons who have completed foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: the Czech Republic or Slovakia;\n3.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Opole — for persons who have completed foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in Germany;\n4.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Szczecin — for persons who have completed foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia;\n5.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Tarnów — for persons who have completed foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Austria, Hungary or Slovenia;\n6.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — I Oddział w Warszawie — Centralne Biuro Obsługi Umów Międzynarodowych (I Branch in Warsaw — Central Bureau for International Agreements) — for persons who have completed foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in: Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland or the United Kingdom.’;\n(iii) Point 3 is replaced by the following:\n‘3.\nAccidents at work and occupational diseases:\n(a) benefits in kind: Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia — Oddział Wojewódzki (National Health Fund — Regional Branch) of the region where the person concerned resides or stays;\n(b) cash benefits:\n(i) in case of sickness:\nfield offices of Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) with territorial jurisdiction over the place of residence or stay;\nregional branches of Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Agricultural Social Insurance Fund — KRUS) with territorial jurisdiction over the place of residence or stay;\n(ii) disability or death of main wage earner:\nfor persons who have been recently employed or self-employed (excluding self-employed farmers):\nunits of Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2(a);\nfor persons who have been recently self-employed farmers:\nunits of Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego) listed in point 2(b);\nfor professional soldiers in the case of Polish periods of military service, if the last period has been the period of mentioned service and foreign periods of insurance:\nWojskowe Biuro Emerytalne w Warszawie (Military Pension Office in Warsaw), if it is the competent institution mentioned in Annex 2(3)(b)(ii) third indent;\nfor officers, mentioned in point 2(d), in the case of Polish periods of military service, if the last period has been the period of service in one of the formations listed in point 2(d) and foreign periods of insurance:\nZakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw), if it is the competent institution mentioned in Annex 2(3)(b)(ii) fourth indent;\nfor Prison Guard officers, in the case of Polish periods of military service, if the last period has been the period of mentioned service and foreign periods of insurance:\nBiuro Emerytalne Służby Więziennej w Warszawie (Pension Office of Prison Service in Warsaw), if it is the competent institution mentioned in Annex 2(3) subpoints (b)(ii) fifth indent;\nfor judges and prosecutors:\nspecialised entities of the Ministry of Justice;\nfor persons who have completed exclusively foreign periods of insurance:\nunits of Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2(g).’;\n(iv) Points 4(c), (d) and (e) are replaced by the following:\n(c) ‘for professional soldiers:\nspecialised entities of the Ministry of National Defence;\n(d) for Police officers, National Fire Brigades officers, Border Guard officers, Internal Security Agency and Foreign Intelligence Agency officers and Government Security Bureau officers:\nspecialised entities of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration;\n(e) for Prison Guard officers:\nspecialised entities of the Ministry of Justice;’\n(v) Point 4(g) is replaced by the following:\n(g) ‘for pensioners who are entitled to benefits from social insurance system for employed and self-employed, excluding self-employed farmers:\nunits of Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2(a);\nfor pensioners who are entitled to benefits from social insurance system for farmers:\nunits of Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego) listed in point 2(b);\nfor pensioners who are entitled to benefits from pension protection system for professional soldiers:\nWojskowe Biuro Emerytalne w Warszawie (Military Pension Office in Warsaw),\nfor pensioners who are entitled to benefits from pension protection system for officers, mentioned in point 2(d):\nZakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw),\nfor pensioners who are entitled to benefits from pension protection system for Prison Guard officers:\nBiuro Emerytalne Służby Więziennej w Warszawie (Pension Office of Prison Service in Warsaw);\nfor pensioners who are entitled to benefits from pension protection system for judges and prosecutors:\nspecialised entities within the Ministry of Justice,\nfor persons who are receiving exclusively foreign pensions:\nunits of Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2(g).’;\n(vi) Point 5(a) is replaced by the following:\n(a) ‘benefits in kind: Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia — Oddział Wojewódzki (National Health Fund — Regional Branch) of the region where the person concerned resides or stays.’;\n(vii) Point 6 is replaced by the following:\n‘6.\nFamily benefits: regional center of social policy competent in respect of the place of residence or stay for person entitled to benefits.’\n(h) Section ‘U. SLOVENIA’ is amended as follows:\nPoint 1(d) is replaced by the following:\n(d) ‘Family and maternity benefits:\nCenter za socialno delo Ljubljana Bežigrad — Centralna enota za starševsko varstvo in družinske prejemke (Centre for Social Work Ljubljana Bežigrad — Central Unit for Parental Protection and Family Benefits).’\n(i) Section ‘V. SLOVAKIA’ is replaced by the following:\n‘V.\nSLOVAKIA\n1.. Sickness and maternity, and Invalidity:\nA.. Benefits in cash:\n(a) in general:\nSociálna poisťovňa (Social Insurance Agency), Bratislava;\n(b) for professional soldiers of the armed forces of the Slovak Republic:\nVojenský úrad sociálneho zabezpečenia (Social Security Office of the Armed Forces), Bratislava;\n(c) for members of the Police Force:\nRozpočtové a príspevkové organizácie Policajného zboru v rámci Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej republiky (Budgetary and contributory organisations of the Police Force within the framework of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic);\n(d) for members of the Railway Police:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Železničnej polície (Railway Police Directorate General), Bratislava;\n(e) for members of the Slovak Information Service:\nSlovenská informačná služba (Slovak Information Service), Bratislava;\n(f) for members of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Zboru väzenskej a justičnej stráže, Útvar sociálneho zabezpečenia zboru (Directorate General of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps, Department of Social Security of the Corps), Bratislava;\n(g) for customs officers:\nColné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Customs Directorate of the Slovak Republic), Bratislava;\n(h) for members of the National Security Office:\nNárodný bezpečnostný úrad (National Security Office), Bratislava.\nB.. Benefits in kind:\nhealth insurance companies.\n2.. Old-age benefits, and Survivors’ benefits:\n(a) in general:\nSociálna poisťovňa (Social Insurance Agency), Bratislava;\n(b) for professional soldiers of the armed forces of the Slovak Republic and Railway troops:\nVojenský úrad sociálneho zabezpečenia (Social Security Office of the Armed Forces), Bratislava;\n(c) for members of the Police Force:\nMinisterstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic), Bratislava;\n(d) for members of the Railway Police:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Železničnej polície (Railway Police Directorate General), Bratislava;\n(e) for members of the Slovak Information Service:\nSlovenská informačná služba (Slovak Information Service), Bratislava;\n(f) for members of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Zboru väzenskej a justičnej stráže, Útvar sociálneho zabezpečenia zboru (Directorate General of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps, Department of Social Security of the Corps), Bratislava;\n(g) for customs officers:\nColné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Customs Directorate of the Slovak Republic), Bratislava;\n(h) for members of the National Security Office:\nNárodný bezpečnostný úrad (National Security Office), Bratislava.\n3.. Accidents at work and occupational diseases:\nA.. Benefits in cash:\n(a) in general:\nSociálna poisťovňa (Social Insurance Agency), Bratislava;\n(b) for professional soldiers of the armed forces of the Slovak Republic and Railway troops:\nVojenský úrad sociálneho zabezpečenia (Social Security Office of the Armed Forces), Bratislava;\n(c) for members of the Police Force:\nRozpočtové a príspevkové organizácie Policajného zboru v rámci Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej republiky (Budgetary and contributory organisations of the Police Force within the framework of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic);\n(d) for members of the Railway Police:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Železničnej polície (Railway Police Directorate General), Bratislava;\n(e) for members of the Slovak Information Service:\nSlovenská informačná služba (Slovak Information Service), Bratislava;\n(f) for members of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Zboru väzenskej a justičnej stráže, Útvar sociálneho zabezpečenia zboru (Directorate General of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps, Department of Social Security of the Corps), Bratislava;\n(g) for customs officers:\nColné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Customs Directorate of the Slovak Republic), Bratislava;\n(h) for members of the National Security Office:\nNárodný bezpečnostný úrad (National Security Office), Bratislava.\n4.. Death grants:\n(a) funeral allowance in general:\nÚrady práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny (Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family) competent according to the place of residence or stay of the deceased person;\n(b) for professional soldiers of the armed forces of the Slovak Republic:\nVojenský úrad sociálneho zabezpečenia (Social Security Office of the Armed Forces), Bratislava;\n(c) for members of the Police Force:\nRozpočtové a príspevkové organizácie v rámci Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej republiky (Budgetary and contributory organisations within the framework of the Ministry of Interior of the Slovak Republic);\n(d) for members of the Railway Police:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Železničnej polície (Railway Police Directorate General), Bratislava;\n(e) for members of the Slovak Information Service:\nSlovenská informačná služba (Slovak Information Service), Bratislava;\n(f) for members of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps:\nGenerálne riaditeľstvo Zboru väzenskej a justičnej stráže, Útvar sociálneho zabezpečenia zboru (Directorate General of the Judiciary Guards and Prison Wardens Corps, Department of Social Security of the Corps), Bratislava;\n(g) for customs officers:\nColné riaditeľstvo Slovenskej republiky (Customs Directorate of the Slovak Republic), Bratislava;\n(h) for members of the National Security Office:\nNárodný bezpečnostný úrad (National Security Office), Bratislava.\n5.. Unemployment:\nSociálna poist’ovňa (Social Insurance Agency), Bratislava;\n6.. Family benefits:\nÚrady práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny (Offices of Labour, Social Affairs and Family) competent according to the place of residence or stay of the claimant.’",
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