Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004
On the coordination of social security systems (Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland)
- Recitals
TITLE I — GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1 — Definitions
- Article 2 — Persons covered
- Article 3 — Matters covered
- Article 4 — Equality of treatment
- Article 5 — Equal treatment of benefits, income, facts or events
- Article 6 — Aggregation of periods
- Article 7 — Waiving of residence rules
- Article 8 — Relations between this Regulation and other coordination instruments
- Article 9 — Declarations by the Member States on the scope of this Regulation
- Article 10 — Prevention of overlapping of benefits
TITLE II — DETERMINATION OF THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE
TITLE III — SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF BENEFITS
CHAPTER 1 — Sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits
Section 1 — Insured persons and members of their families, except pensioners and members of their families
- Article 17 — Residence in a Member State other than the competent Member State
- Article 18 — Stay in the competent Member State when residence is in another Member State – Special rules for the members of the families of frontier workers
- Article 19 — Stay outside the competent Member State
- Article 20 — Travel with the purpose of receiving benefits in kind — authorisation to receive appropriate treatment outside the Member State of residence
- Article 21 — Cash benefits
- Article 22 — Pension claimants
Section 2 — Pensioners and members of their families
- Article 23 — Right to benefits in kind under the legislation of the Member State of residence
- Article 24 — No right to benefits in kind under the legislation of the Member State of residence
- Article 25 — Pensions under the legislation of one or more Member States other than the Member State of residence, where there is a right to benefits in kind in the latter Member State
- Article 26 — Residence of members of the family in a Member State other than the one in which the pensioner resides
- Article 27 — Stay of the pensioner or the members of his/her family in a Member State other than the Member State in which they reside — stay in the competent Member State — authorisation for appropriate treatment outside the Member State of residence
- Article 28 — Special rules for retired frontier workers
- Article 29 — Cash benefits for pensioners
- Article 30 — Contributions by pensioners
Section 3 — Common provisions
- Article 31 — General provision
- Article 32 — Prioritising of the right to benefits in kind — special rule for the right of members of the family to benefits in the Member State of residence
- Article 33 — Substantial benefits in kind
- Article 34 — Overlapping of long-term care benefits
- Article 35 — Reimbursements between institutions
CHAPTER 2 — Benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases
- Article 36 — Right to benefits in kind and in cash
- Article 37 — Costs of transport
- Article 38 — Benefits for an occupational disease where the person suffering from such a disease has been exposed to the same risk in several Member States
- Article 39 — Aggravation of an occupational disease
- Article 40 — Rules for taking into account the special features of certain legislation
- Article 41 — Reimbursements between institutions
CHAPTER 3 — Death grants
CHAPTER 4 — Invalidity benefits
- Article 44 — Persons subject only to type A legislation
- Article 45 — Special provisions on aggregation of periods
- Article 46 — Persons subject either only to type B legislation or to type A and B legislation
- Article 47 — Aggravation of invalidity
- Article 48 — Conversion of invalidity benefits into old-age benefits
- Article 49 — Special provisions for civil servants
CHAPTER 5 — Old-age and survivors' pensions
- Article 50 — General provisions
- Article 51 — Special provisions on aggregation of periods
- Article 52 — Award of benefits
- Article 53 — Rules to prevent overlapping
- Article 54 — Overlapping of benefits of the same kind
- Article 55 — Overlapping of benefits of a different kind
- Article 56 — Additional provisions for the calculation of benefits
- Article 57 — Periods of insurance or residence of less than one year
- Article 58 — Award of a supplement
- Article 59 — Recalculation and revaluation of benefits
- Article 60 — Special provisions for civil servants
CHAPTER 6 — Unemployment benefits
- Article 61 — Special rules on aggregation of periods of insurance, employment or self-employment
- Article 62 — Calculation of benefits
- Article 63 — Special provisions for the waiving of residence rules
- Article 64 — Unemployed persons going to another Member State
- Article 65 — Unemployed persons who resided in a Member State other than the competent State
- Article 65a — Special provisions for wholly unemployed self-employed frontier workers where no unemployment benefits system covering self-employed persons exists in the Member State of residence
CHAPTER 7 — Pre-retirement benefits
CHAPTER 8 — Family benefits
CHAPTER 9 — Special non-contributory cash benefits
TITLE IV — ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION AND ADVISORY COMMITTEE
- Article 71 — Composition and working methods of the Administrative Commission
- Article 72 — Tasks of the Administrative Commission
- Article 73 — Technical Commission for Data Processing
- Article 74 — Audit Board
- Article 74a — The European Labour Authority
- Article 75 — Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Social Security Systems
TITLE V — MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
- Article 76 — Cooperation
- Article 77 — Protection of personal data
- Article 78 — Data processing
- Article 79 — Funding of activities in the social security field
- Article 80 — Exemptions
- Article 81 — Claims, declarations or appeals
- Article 82 — Medical examinations
- Article 83 — Implementation of legislation
- Article 84 — Collection of contributions and recovery of benefits
- Article 85 — Rights of institutions
- Article 86 — Bilateral agreements
TITLE VI — TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- Final
- ANNEX I — ADVANCES OF MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS AND SPECIAL CHILDBIRTH AND ADOPTION ALLOWANCES
- ANNEX II — PROVISIONS OF CONVENTIONS WHICH REMAIN IN FORCE AND WHICH, WHERE APPLICABLE, ARE RESTRICTED TO THE PERSONS COVERED THEREBY
- ANNEX III — RESTRICTION OF RIGHTS TO BENEFITS IN KIND FOR MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY OF A FRONTIER WORKER
- ANNEX IV — MORE RIGHTS FOR PENSIONERS RETURNING TO THE COMPETENT MEMBER STATE
- ANNEX V — MORE RIGHTS FOR FORMER FRONTIER WORKERS WHO RETURN TO THEIR PREVIOUS MEMBER STATE OF ACTIVITY AS AN EMPLOYED OR SELF-EMPLOYED PERSON (APPLICABLE ONLY IF THE MEMBER STATE IN WHICH THE COMPETENT INSTITUTION RESPONSIBLE FOR THE COSTS OF THE BENEFITS IN KIND PROVIDED TO THE PENSIONER IN HIS/HER MEMBER STATE OF RESIDENCE IS SITUATED ALSO APPEARS ON THE LIST)
- ANNEX VI — IDENTIFICATION OF TYPE A LEGISLATION WHICH SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO SPECIAL COORDINATION
- ANNEX VII — CONCORDANCE BETWEEN THE LEGISLATIONS OF MEMBER STATES ON CONDITIONS RELATING TO THE DEGREE OF INVALIDITY
- ANNEX VIII — CASES IN WHICH THE PRO RATA CALCULATION SHALL BE WAIVED OR SHALL NOT APPLY
- ANNEX IX — BENEFITS AND AGREEMENTS WHICH ALLOW THE APPLICATION OF ARTICLE 54
- ANNEX X — SPECIAL NON-CONTRIBUTORY CASH BENEFITS
- ANNEX XI — SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE LEGISLATION OF THE MEMBER STATES