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United Kingdom

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Annex I is amended as follows:

  1. 1..

    In Part I (advances of maintenance payments):

    1. (a)

      the heading ‘A. BELGIUM’ is replaced by ‘BELGIUM’;

    2. (b)

      after the entry ‘BELGIUM’ the following entry is inserted:

      ‘BULGARIA

      Maintenance payments made by the State under Article 92 of the Family Code.’;

    3. (c)

      the headings ‘B. DENMARK’ and ‘C. GERMANY’ are replaced respectively by ‘DENMARK’ and ‘GERMANY’;

    4. (d)

      after the entry under the heading ‘GERMANY’ the following entries are inserted:

      ‘ESTONIA

      Maintenance allowances under the Maintenance Allowance Act of 21 February 2007;

      SPAIN

      Advances of maintenance payments under the Royal Decree 1618/2007 of 7 December 2007.’;

    5. (e)

      the heading ‘D. FRANCE’ is replaced by ‘FRANCE’;

    6. (f)

      after the entry under the heading ‘FRANCE’ the following entries are inserted:

      ‘LITHUANIA

      Payments from the Children's Maintenance Fund under the Law on the Children’s Maintenance Fund.

      LUXEMBOURG

      Advances and recovery of maintenance payments within the meaning of the Act of 26 July 1980.’;

    7. (g)

      the heading ‘E. AUSTRIA’ is replaced by ‘AUSTRIA’;

    8. (h)

      after the entry under the heading ‘AUSTRIA’ the following entry is inserted:

      ‘POLAND

      Benefits from the Alimony Fund under the Act of Assistance to the Persons Entitled to Alimony’;

    9. (i)

      the heading ‘F. PORTUGAL’ is replaced by ‘PORTUGAL’;

    10. (j)

      after the entry under the heading ‘PORTUGAL’ the following entries are inserted:

      ‘SLOVENIA

      Maintenance replacement in accordance with the Act of Public Guarantee and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia of 25 July 2006.

      SLOVAKIA

      Substitute alimony benefit (substitute maintenance payment) pursuant to the Act No 452/2004 Coll. on substitute alimony benefit as amended by later regulations.’;

    11. (k)

      the headings ‘G. FINLAND’ and ‘H. SWEDEN’ are replaced respectively by ‘FINLAND’ and ‘SWEDEN’;

  2. 2..

    in Part II (special childbirth and adoption allowances):

    1. (a)

      the heading ‘A. BELGIUM’ is replaced by ‘BELGIUM’;

    2. (b)

      after the entry under the heading ‘BELGIUM’ the following entries are inserted:

      ‘BULGARIA

      Maternity lump sum allowance (Law on Family Allowances for Children).

      CZECH REPUBLIC

      Childbirth allowance.

      ESTONIA

      1. (a)

        Childbirth allowance;

      2. (b)

        Adoption allowance.’;

    3. (c)

      the headings ‘B. SPAIN’ and ‘C. FRANCE’ are replaced respectively by ‘SPAIN’ and ‘FRANCE’;

    4. (d)

      the entry under the heading ‘SPAIN’ is replaced by the following:

      ‘SPAIN

      Single payment birth and adoption grants’;

    5. (e)

      in the entry under the heading ‘FRANCE’ the following words are added:

      ‘, except when they are paid to a person who remains subject to French legislation pursuant to Article 12 or Article 16’;

    6. (f)

      after the entry under the heading ‘FRANCE’ the following entries are inserted:

      ‘LATVIA

      1. (a)

        Childbirth grant;

      2. (b)

        Adoption allowance.

      LITHUANIA

      Child lump sum grant.’;

    7. (g)

      the heading ‘D. LUXEMBOURG’ is replaced by ‘LUXEMBOURG’;

    8. (h)

      after the entry under the heading ‘LUXEMBOURG’ the following entries are inserted:

      ‘HUNGARY

      Maternity grant.

      POLAND

      Single payment birth grant (Act on Family Benefits).

      ROMANIA

      1. (a)

        Childbirth allowance;

      2. (b)

        Layette for newborn children.

      SLOVENIA

      Childbirth grant.

      SLOVAKIA

      1. (a)

        Childbirth allowance;

      2. (b)

        Supplement to childbirth allowance.’;

    9. (i)

      the heading ‘E. FINLAND’ is replaced by ‘FINLAND’.