Considerations on COM(2005)676 - Amendment of Council 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 EC and Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71

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dossier COM(2005)676 - Amendment of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to ...
document COM(2005)676 EN
date December 18, 2006
 
table>(1)In order to take account of changes in the legislation of certain Member States, certain Annexes to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 need to be adapted.
(2)Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(3)To ensure that the fundamental reform of the Netherlands health insurance scheme with effect from 1 January 2006 is correctly reflected in the European coordinating provisions from the date on which it took effect and thus to provide legal certainty regarding the coordination of sickness benefits, it is necessary to provide that the amendments of Annexes I and VI to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 which relate to the reform of the Netherlands health care insurance scheme apply retroactively with effect from 1 January 2006.

(4)The Treaty does not provide powers other than those under Article 308 to take appropriate measures within the field of social security for persons other than employed persons,