Activites

• 2005/04/13 Final act signed
• 2005/04/13 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2005/03/08 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T6-0062/2005 summary

    In adopting the resolution by Proinsias DE ROSSA (PES, IE), the European Parliament approved the Council’s common position. In its resolution, the Parliament also accepts by 336 votes for, 247 against and 30 abstentions, the Commission’s declaration concerning Annex II a (please refer to the summary on the Council’s common position dated 15/11/2004).

• 2005/03/07 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2005/01/24 Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading
  • A6-0003/2005
• 2005/01/18 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
• #Prés
• 2004/12/06 Council Meeting
• 2004/11/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #2616
• 2004/11/15 Council Meeting
  • 12062/3/2004 summary

    The Council accepted in full the following three amendments:- the insertion into the list of special non-contributory cash benefits, as contained in Annex IIa to Regulation 1408/71/EC, a benefit provided by Spanish legislation: "mobility allowance to cover transport costs". This benefit meets the revised criteria laid down in the Common Position (i.e., it must be "intended to provide solely specific protection for the disabled, closely linked to the saidperson's social environment in the Member State concerned");- the insertion into the same list a benefit provided for by Irish legislation: "mobility allowance". This also meets the revised criteria laid down in the Common Position;- the insertion into the same list of a benefit provided by UK legislation: "income support".The Council also accepted, subject to redrafting, the principle underlying the amendment of the Parliament which seeks to invite Member States to take measures to ensure that the prejudicial effects of certain amendments made to the list of benefits in Annex IIa (in particular when a benefit becomes non-exportable due to its inclusion in the Annex) are mitigated, with regard to persons who previously received these benefits, through transitional arrangements or bilateral solutions.In addition:- the Council decided not to incorporate in the common position the part of the original proposal specifying that the deduction of sickness and maternity contributions may be carried out on all pensions paid to pensioners if national legislation so provides. The Council awaits the entry into force of Regulation 883/2004/EC;- unanimous agreement could not be reached on the Commission's proposal to remove certain specific entries from Annex IIa. Certain Member States did not accept that the criteria proposed should be used to define benefits which were appropriate for listing in Annex IIa. These Member States wanted to maintain their entries in the Annex as they regarded them as fulfilling the requirements of Article 4(2a) and they considered that current European Court of Justice jurisprudence did not justify their removal from the Annex.In order to allow for the adoption of the Regulation in view of the significant progress made overall, the Council agreed to maintain these entries in Annex IIa pending future ECJ jurisprudence which could clarify the relevant criteria and subsequently entail revision of the Annex.In this context, the Commission made a statement to the Council's minutes stressing that the list of entries might need to be revised on the basis of new jurisprudence from the ECJ, in particular in relation to the benefits concerned. The Commission stated that it reserved the right to seize the Court and to present a proposal, if necessary, to revise the list of entries in Annex IIa, based on the findings of the Court.The Commission places the following statements in the Council minutes:"The Commission envisages including some measures in the implementing Regulation to deal with the practical consequences of Article 30."Commission Statement ad Annex IIa:"The Commission has proposed to revise the list of entries in Annex IIa (in particular the following group of benefits: Child care allowance (Finland); Disability Allowance and care allowance for disabled children (Sweden); Disability Living Allowance; Attendance Allowance; Carer's Allowance (United Kingdom)) and continues to consider that this will be necessary in order to meet the criteria of the jurisprudence of the Court and the criteria agreed in the Council's Common Position on the Miscellaneous Amendments proposal of 2003. It entirely reserves therefore its right to seize the Court and to present a proposal, if necessary, to revise the list of entries in Annex IIa, based on the findings of the Court."

• #2586
• 2004/06/01 Council Meeting
• 2004/04/22 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(2004)0314 summary

    The European Commission accepts all four of the amendments proposed by the European Parliament at first reading. The amendments accepted concern the following issues : - inviting Member States to take measures to ensure that the prejudicial effects of certain amendments made to the list of benefits in Annex II a, specifically when a benefit becomes non-exportable due to its inclusion in the Annex are mitigated with regard to persons who previously received these benefits, by introducing a transition period; - inserting into the list of special non-contributory cash benefits contained in Annex II a to Regulation 1408/71/EEC, a benefit provided for by Spanish legislation: "mobility allowance to cover transport costs"; - inserting into the list of special non-contributory cash benefits contained in Annex II a to Regulation 1408/71/EEC, a benefit provided for by Irish legislation "mobility allowance"; - inserting into the list of special non-contributory cash benefits contained in Annex II a to Regulation 1408/71/EEC, a benefit provided for by UK legislation "income support".�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/social/', 'title': 'Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion'}],
• 2004/03/11 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
  • T5-0175/2004 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report drafted by Marie-Hélène GILLIG (PES, F) and made some technical amendments to the proposal. (Please see the summary of 17/02/04.)�

• 2004/02/17 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0058/2004
• 2003/09/01 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2003/07/31 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2003)0468 summary

    PURPOSE : to present a proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation 1408/71/EEC on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation 574/72/EEC laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation 1408/71/EEC. CONTENT : Regulations Nos 1408/71/EEC and 574/72/EEC were updated by Regulation 118/971/EEC and most recently amended by Commission Regulation 89/2001/EC and Regulation 1386/2001/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council. This proposal is intended to update these Community Regulations to take account of changes in national legislation, clarify the legal situation with regard to certain Articles of the Regulations and take account of recent developments in the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/social/', 'title': 'Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2003)0468
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0058/2004
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0175/2004
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2004)0314
• Council position published: 12062/3/2004
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A6-0003/2005
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T6-0062/2005

History

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