Adoption of a Common Position
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DRAFT STATEMENTS FOR THE COUNCIL MINUTES
ANNEX
DRAFT STATEMENTS FOR THE COUNCIL MINUTES
I. UNILATERAL STATEMENT BY THE PORTUGUESE DELEGATION
Ad Article 1(17)
Portugal agrees with the changes to Article 62(3) of the basic Regulation, ensuring that the
same calculation method of unemployment benefits applies to both frontier and non-frontier
workers who during the last activity resided in a Member State other than the competent
Member State, and recalls the statement included in the Minutes of the Council which
approved that Regulation, according to which "the Council and the Commission acknowledge
that the agreement of Portugal on Articles 11(3)(c) and 65(6) and (7) is without prejudice to
Portugal's request for fair treatment in the sharing of costs between Portugal and other
States which are not members of the European Union, in the context of the agreements to be
negotiated following the adoption of this Regulation."
II. JOINT STATEMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT OF MALTA AND THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
The inclusion of the pensions payable under the
Armed Forces Act (Cap 220);
Police Act (Cap 164);
Prisons Act (Cap 260); and
Pensions Ordinance (Cap 93)
within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 is without prejudice to the classification of
such schemes in/according to national law.
III. UNILATERAL STATEMENT BY THE ITALIAN DELEGATION
The agreement of Italy on Article 87(10 a) is without prejudice to Italy's request for fair
treatment in the sharing of costs between Italy and other States which are not members of the
European Union, in the context of the agreements to be negotiated following the adoption of
this Regulation.
IV. UNILATERAL STATEMENT BY THE NETHERLANDS DELEGATION
In relation to the entry "Q. NETHERLANDS" (5) as laid down in the Commission proposal, which contained an insurance fiction for situations where the applicable legislation and/or the competence between Member States to grant family benefits changes, it was agreed that this entry was no longer necessary due to the provisions of the new Article 59(2) of the Common
Position which prescribes that the payment of family benefits (in cases where the applicable legislation and/or the competence between Member States changes) takes effect from the date on which the first Member State ceases payment.
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- 24 jan '06Coördinatie van socialezekerheidsstelsels: bijlage XI
- 24 jan '06COM(2006)7 - Wijziging van Verordening (EG) nr. 883/2004 betreffende de coördinatie van de socialezekerheidsstelsels, en tot vaststelling van de inhoud van bijlage XI
- 21 dec '98COM(1998)779; - Coördinatie van de socialezekerheidsstelsels

