{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-207/annex/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-207/annex/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2006/207",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 207/2006 of 7 February 2006 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-2006-207",
  "path": "annex/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Annex 2 is amended as follows:",
  "text": "(a) Section ‘J. ITALY’ is amended as follows:\n(i) point 3.A is replaced by the following:\nA.. ‘Employed persons:\n(a) in general:\nIstituto nazionale della previdenza sociale (National Social Welfare Institution), provincial offices;\n(b) for workers in the entertainment business:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza e assistenza per i lavoratori dello spettacolo (National Welfare and Assistance Office for Workers in the Entertainment Business), Roma;\n(c) for journalists:\nIstituto nazionale di previdenza dei giornalisti italiani “Giovanni Amendola” (Giovanni Amendola National Welfare Institution for Italian Journalists), Roma.’;\n(ii) point 3.B is replaced by the following:\nB.. ‘Self-employed persons:\n(a) for medical practitioners:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza medici (National Welfare and Assistance Office for Medical Practitioners);\n(b) for pharmacists:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza farmacisti (National Welfare and Assistance Office for Pharmacists);\n(c) for veterinarians:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza veterinari (National Welfare and Assistance Office for Veterinarians);\n(d) for nurses, medical auxiliaries and children’s nurses:\nCassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore degli infermieri professionali, assistenti sanitari, vigilatrici d’infanzia (IPASVI);\n(e) for engineers and architects:\nCassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli ingegneri ed architetti liberi professionisti;\n(f) for surveyors:\nCassa italiana di previdenza dei geometri liberi professionisti;\n(g) for solicitors and barristers:\nCassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza forense;\n(h) for economists:\nCassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore dei dottori commercialisti (National Welfare and Assistance Fund for Economists);\n(i) for accountants:\nCassa nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore dei ragionieri e periti commerciali (National Welfare and Assistance Fund for Accountants);\n(j) for employment experts:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per i consulenti del lavoro (National Welfare and Assistance Office for Employment Experts);\n(k) for notaries:\nCassa nazionale notariato (National Fund for Notaries);\n(l) for customs agents:\nFondo nazionale di previdenza per gli impiegati delle imprese di spedizione e delle agenzie marittime (FASC);\n(m) for biologists:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza a favore dei biologi;\n(n) for agricultural technicians and scientists:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza per gli addetti e per gli impiegati in agricoltura;\n(o) for sales representatives:\nEnte nazionale di assistenza per gli agenti e rappresentanti di commercio;\n(p) for industrial technicians:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza dei periti industriali;\n(q) for actuaries, chemists, agronomists, foresters and geologists:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza pluricategoriale degli agronomi e forestali, degli attuari, dei chimici e dei geologi;\n(r) for psychologists:\nEnte nazionale di previdenza ed assistenza per gli psicologi (National Welfare and Assistance Office for Psychologists);\n(s) for journalists:\nIstituto nazionale di previdenza dei giornalisti italiani “Giovanni Amendola” (Giovanni Amendola National Welfare Institute for Italian Journalists).’;\n(b) Section ‘K. CYPRUS’ is replaced by the following:\n‘K.\nCYPRUS:\n1.. Benefits in kind:\nΥπουργείο Υγείας, Λευκωσία, (Ministry of Health, Nicosia).\n2.. Cash benefits:\nΥπηρεσίες Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων, Υπουργείο Εργασίας και Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων, Λευκωσία (Department of Social Insurance Services, Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance, Nicosia).\n3.. Family benefits:\nΥπηρεσίες Χορηγιών και Επιδομάτων, Υπουργείο Οικονομικών, Λευκωσία (Grants and Benefits Service, Ministry of Finance), Nicosia.’;\n(c) Section ‘L. LATVIA’ is replaced by the following:\n‘L.\nLATVIA:\nThe competence of the institutions shall be governed by the provisions of Latvian legislation, unless specified otherwise hereinafter.\n1.. For all contingencies, except health care in kind: Valsts sociālās apdrošināšanas aģentūra, Rīga (State Social Insurance Agency, Riga).\n2.. Health care in kind: Veselības obligātās apdrošināšanas valsts aģentūra, Rīga (State Compulsory Health Insurance Agency, Riga).’;\n(d) Section ‘O. HUNGARY’ is amended as follows:\npoint 6 is replaced by the following:\n6.. ‘Family benefits:\nCash benefits:\n1.. Magyar Államkincstár (Hungarian State Treasury);\n2.. Országos Egészségbiztosítási Pénztár (National Health Insurance Fund).’;\n(e) Section ‘Q. NETHERLANDS’ is amended as follows:\npoint 1 is replaced by the following:\n1.. ‘Sickness and maternity:\n(a) benefits in kind:\nfor persons who, under Article 2 of the Health Care Insurance Act, are obliged to take out insurance with a health care insurer: the health care insurer with which the person concerned has concluded health care insurance within the meaning of the Health Care Insurance Act, or\npersons not included in the category in the previous indent who are resident abroad and who, in application of the Regulation or pursuant to the EEA Agreement or the Agreement with Switzerland on the free movement of persons, are entitled to health care in their country of residence pursuant to Netherlands legislation:\n1.. the registration and levying of the statutory contributions: the College voor zorgverzekeringen in Diemen; or\n2.. health care: CZ in Tilburg;\n(b) cash benefits:\nUitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen, Amsterdam (Employee Insurance Administration Institution, Amsterdam);\n(c) health care allowances:\nBelastingdienst Toeslagen, Utrecht.’;\n(f) Section ‘R. AUSTRIA’ is amended as follows:\n(i) point 2(b) is replaced by the following:\n(b) ‘For application of Article 45(6) of the Regulation, if no contribution period has been completed in Austria, and for taking into account periods of military and civilian service and periods of child-raising not preceded or succeeded by a period of insurance in Austria: Pensionsversicherungsanstalt (Pension Insurance Institution), Vienna.’;\n(ii) point 4 is replaced by the following:\n4.. ‘Family benefits:\n(a) family benefits with the exception of Kinderbetreuungsgeld (childcare allowance): Finanzamt (Tax Office);\n(b) Kinderbetreuungsgeld (childcare allowance): the sickness insurance institution with which the applicant is insured or was most recently insured, otherwise the Gebietskrankenkasse (Regional Health Insurance Fund) to which the application was made.’;\n(g) Section ‘S. POLAND’ is amended as follows:\n(i) point 2(a) is replaced by the following:\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)(i), (c)(ii), (d)(i), (d)(ii), (e)(i) and (e)(ii):\n1.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Łódź — for persons who have completed:\n(a) exclusively Polish periods of insurance, residing in the territory of Spain, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Cyprus or Malta;\n(b) 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:\n(a) exclusively Polish periods of insurance, residing in the territory of Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia or Slovenia;\n(b) Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia or Slovenia;\n3.. Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Institution — ZUS) — Branch Office in Opole — for persons who have completed:\n(a) exclusively Polish periods of insurance, residing in the territory of Germany;\n(b) 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:\n(a) exclusively Polish periods of insurance, residing in the territory of Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Lithuania, Latvia or Estonia;\n(b) 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) — I Oddział w Warszawie — Centralne Biuro Obsługi Umów Międzynarodowych (I Branch in Warsaw — Central Bureau for International Agreements) — for persons who have completed:\n(a) exclusively Polish periods of insurance, residing in the territory of Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland or the United Kingdom;\n(b) Polish and foreign periods of insurance, including periods completed lately in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, Ireland or the United Kingdom;’\n(ii) point 3(a) is replaced by the following:\n(a) ‘benefits in kind: Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia Warszawa (National Health Fund, Warsaw);’\n(iii) point 3(b)(ii) is replaced by the following:\n(ii) ‘disability or death of main wage earner:\nfor persons who were employed or self-employed (excluding self-employed farmers) at the time when the risk materialised and for persons who were unemployed graduates referred for training or internship when the risk materialised:\nthe units of the Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2, subpoint (a),\nfor persons who were self-employed farmers at the time when the risk materialised:\nthe units of the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego) listed in point 2, subpoint (b),\nfor professional soldiers, if the risk materialises during a period of military service:\nWojskowe Biuro Emerytalne w Warszawie (Military Pension Office in Warsaw),\nfor officers, mentioned in point 2, subpoint (d), if the risk materialises during a period of service in one of the formations listed in point 2, subpoint (d):\nZakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw),\nfor Prison Guard officers, if the risk materialises during a period of such service:\nBiuro Emerytalne Służby Więziennej w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Prison Service in Warsaw),\nfor judges and prosecutors:\nspecialised entities of the Ministry of Justice.’;\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 Brigade 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:\nwho are entitled to benefits from the social insurance system for employed and self-employed, excluding self-employed farmers:\nunits of the Social Insurance Institution (Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych) listed in point 2, subpoint (a),\nwho are entitled to benefits from the social insurance system for farmers:\nunits of the Agricultural Social Insurance Fund (Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego) listed in point 2, subpoint (b),\nwho are entitled to benefits from the pension protection system for professional soldiers:\nWojskowe Biuro Emerytalne w Warszawie (Military Pension Office in Warsaw),\nwho are entitled to benefits from the pension protection system for officers, mentioned in point 2, subpoint (d):\nZakład Emerytalno-Rentowy Ministerstwa Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration in Warsaw),\nwho are entitled to benefits from the pension protection system for Prison Guard officers:\nBiuro Emerytalne Służby Więziennej w Warszawie (Pension Office of the Prison Service in Warsaw),\nwho are former judges and prosecutors:\nspecialised entities of the Ministry of Justice.’;\n(vi) point 6 is replaced by the following:\n6.. ‘Family benefits:\nregional social assistance centre with territorial jurisdiction over the place of residence or stay for person entitled to benefits.’;\n(h) Section ‘X. SWEDEN’ is amended as follows:\npoint 2 is replaced by the following:\n2.. ‘For unemployment benefits:\n(a) for the purpose of applying Articles 80 to 82 of the implementing Regulation:\nthe unemployment fund which would be competent to deal with a benefit application in the event of unemployment in Sweden, or\nthe supervisory authority;\n(b) for the purpose of applying Article 83 of the implementing Regulation:\nInspektionen för arbetslöshetsförsäkringen (Swedish Unemployment Insurance Board).’",
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