F1TITLE IGENERAL PROVISIONS

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Regulation repealed (with savings) (20.5.2004) before IP completion day by Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004, Arts. 90, 91; and Regulation, so far as it is still in force, revoked (31.12.2020) by The Social Security Co-ordination (Revocation of Retained Direct EU Legislation and Related Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1508), regs. 1(3), 3(c) (with savings in Pt. 3 relating to the co-ordination of benefits in kind, reciprocal debt recovery etc., social security co-ordination with Gibraltar and also relating to the up-rating of state pension and the aggregation of relevant periods for the purpose of granting state pension); and revoked (S.) (31.12.2020 in relation to devolved social security matters) by The Social Security Co-ordination (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendments etc.) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/399), regs. 1, 7(c) (with reg. 6); and Regulation amended (31.12.2020), in so far as it is still in force, by The Social Security Coordination (Reciprocal Healthcare) (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/776), reg. 1(1), Sch. 1 (as amended by S.I. 2020/1348, reg. 6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F1Article 1 (10) (15)Definitions

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F1Article 2Persons covered

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F1Article 3Equality of treatment

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F1Article 4 (10)Matters covered

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F1Article 5 (10)Declarations by the Member States on the scope of this Regulation

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F1Article 6Social security conventions replaced by this Regulation.

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F1Article 7International provisions not affected by this Regulation

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F1Article 8Conclusion of conventions between Member States

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F1Article 9Admission to voluntary or optional continued insurance

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F1Article 9aProlongation of the reference period

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F1Article 10Waiving of residence clauses — Effect of compulsory insurance on reimbursement of contributions

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F1Article 10a (10)Special non-contributory benefits

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F1Article 11Revalorization of benefits

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F1Article 12 (9) (11)Prevention of overlapping of benefits

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F1TITLE IIDETERMINATION OF THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE

F1Article 13 (9)General rules

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F1Article 14Special rules applicable to persons, other than mariners, engaged in paid employment

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F1Article 14aSpecial rules applicable to persons, other than mariners, who are selfemployed

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F1Article 14bSpecial rules application to mariners

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F1Article 14c (5)Special rules applicable to persons who are simultaneously employed in the territory of one Member State and self-employed in the territory of another Member State

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F1Article 14d (5)Miscellaneous provisions

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F1Article 14eSpecial rules applicable to persons insured in a special scheme for civil servants who are simultaneously employed and/or self-employed in the territory of one or more other Member States

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F1Article 14fSpecial rules applicable to civil servants simultaneously employed in more than one Member State and insured in one of these States in a special scheme

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F1Article 15Rules concerning voluntary insurance or optional continued insurance

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F1Article 16Special rules regarding persons employed by diplomatic missions and consular posts, and auxiliary staff of the European Communities

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F1Article 17 (9)Exceptions to Articles 13 to 16

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F1Article 17a (9)Special rules concerning recipients of pensions due under the legislation of one or more Member State

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F1TITLE IIISPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES OF BENEFITS

F1CHAPTER ISICKNESS AND MATERNITY

F1Section 1Common provisions

F1Article 18Aggregation of periods of insurance, employment or residence

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F1Section 2Employed or self-employed persons and members of their families

F1Article 19Residence in a Member State other than the competent State — General rules

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F1Article 20Frontier workers and members of their families — Special rules

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F1Article 21Stay in or transfer of residence to the competent State

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F1Article 22Stay outside the competent State — Return to or transfer of residence to another Member State during sickness or maternity — Need to go to another Member State in order to receive appropriate treatment

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F1Article 22aSpecial rules for certain categories of persons

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F1Article 22b (15)Employment in a Member State other than the competent State — Stay in the State of employment

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F1Article 22c

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F1Article 23 (a)Calculation of cash benefits

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F1Article 24Substantial benefits in kind

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F1Section 3Unemployed persons and members of their families

F1Article 25

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F1Article 25a (12)Contributions payable by wholly unemployed persons

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F1Section 4Pension claimants and members of their families

F1Article 26Right to benefits in kind in cases of cessation of the right to benefits from the institution which was last competent

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F1Section 5Pensioners and members of their families

F1Article 27Pensions payable under the legislation of several States where there is a right to benefits in the country of residence

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F1Article 28Pensions payable under the legislation of one or more States, in cases where there is no right to benefits in the country of residence

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F1Article 28aPensions payable under the legislation of one or more of the Member States other than the country of residence where there is a right to benefits in the latter country

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F1Article 29Residence of members of the family in a State other than the one in which the pensioner resides — Transfer of residence to the State where the pensioner resides

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F1Article 30Substantial benefits in kind

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F1Article 31Stay of a pensioner and/or members of his family in a Member State other than the State in which they reside

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F1Article 32 (15)

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F1Article 33 (7)Contributions payable by pensioners

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F1Article 34General provisions

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F1Section 5aPersons who study or receive vocational training and members of their families

F1Article 34aSpecial provisions for students and members of their families

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F1Article 34bCommon provisions

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F1Section 6Miscellaneous provisions

F1Article 35Scheme applicable where there are a number of schemes in the country of residence or stay — Previous illness — Maximum period during which benefits are granted

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F1Section 7Reimbursement between institutions

F1Article 36 (15)

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F1CHAPTER 2 (11)INVALIDITY

F1Section 1Employed persons or self-employed persons subject only to legislation under which the amount of invalidity benefits its independent of the duration of the periods of insurance

F1Article 37 (11)General provisions

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F1Article 38 (11)Consideration of periods of insurance or of residence completed under the legislation to which an employed person or a self-employed person was subject for the acquisition, retention or recovery of the right to benefits

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F1Article 39 (11)(14)Award of benefits

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F1Section 2Employed persons or self-employed persons subject either only to legislation under which the amount of invalidity benefit depends on the duration of periods of insurance or residence or the legislation of this type and of the type referred to in Section 1

F1Article 40 (11)General provisions

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F1Section 3Aggravation of invalidity

F1Article 41 (11)

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F1Section 4Resumption of provision of benefits after suspension or withdrawal — Conversion of invalidity benefits into old-age benefits — Recalculation of benefits granted under Article 39

F1Article 42 (11)Determination of the institution responsible for the provision of benefits where provision of invalidity benefits is resumed

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F1Article 43 (11)Conversion of invalidity benefits into old-age benefits — Recalculation of benefits granted under Article 39

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F1Section 5Persons covered by a special scheme for civil servants

F1Article 43a

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F1CHAPTER 3 (11)OLD AGE AND DEATH (PENSIONS)

F1Article 44 (11)General provisions for the award of benefits where an employed or selfemployed person has been subject to the legislation of two or more Member States

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F1Article 45 (11) (14)Consideration of periods of insurance or of residence completed under the legislations to which an employed person or self-employed person was subject, for the acquisition, retention or recovery of the right to benefits

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F1Article 46 (11)Award of benefits

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F1Article 46a (11)General provisions relating to reduction, suspension or withdrawal applicable to benefits in respect of invalidity, old age or survivors under the legislations of the Member States

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F1Article 46b (11)Special provisions applicable in the case of overlapping of benefits of the same kind under the legislation of two or more Member States

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F1Article 46c (11)Special provisions applicable in the case of overlapping of one or more benefits referred to in Article 46a (1) with one or more benefits of a different kind or with other income, where two or more Member States are concerned

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F1Article 47 (11)Additional provisions for the calculation of benefits

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F1Article 48 (11)Periods of insurance or of residence of less than one year

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F1Article 49 (11) (15)Calculation of benefits where the person concerned does not simultaneously satisfy the conditions laid down by all the legislations under which periods of insurance or of residence have been completed or when he has expressly requested a postponement of the award of old-age benefits

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F1Article 50 (11)Award of a supplement where the total of benefits payable under the legislations of the various Member States does not amount to the minimum laid down by the legislation of the State in whose territory the recipient resides

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F1Article 51 (11)Revalorization and recalculation of benefits

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F1Article 51aPersons covered by a special scheme for civil servants

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F1CHAPTER 4ACCIDENTS AT WORK AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

F1Section 1Right to benefits

F1Article 52Residence in a Member State other than the competent State — General rules

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F1Article 53Frontier workers — Special rule

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F1Article 54Stay in or transfer of residence to the competent State

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F1Article 55Stay outside the competent State — Return to or transfer of residence to another Member State after sustaining an accident or contracting an occupational disease — Need to go to another Member State in order to receive appropriate treatment

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F1Article 56Accidents while travelling

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F1Article 57 (7)Benefits for an occupational disease where the person concerned has been exposed to the same risk in several Member States

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F1Article 58Calculation of cash benefits

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F1Article 59Costs of transporting a person who has sustained an accident at work or is suffering from an occupational disease

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F1Section 2Aggravation of an occupational disease for which the benefit has been awarded

F1Article 60 (7) (11)

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F1Section 3Miscellaneous provisions

F1Article 61Rules for taking into account the special features of certain legislations

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F1Article 62Scheme applicable where there are several schemes in the country of stay or residence — Maximum duration of benefits

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F1Section 4Reimbursements between institutions

F1Article 63

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F1Section 5Students

F1Article 63a

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F1CHAPTER 5DEATH GRANTS

F1Article 64Aggregation of periods of insurance or residence

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F1Article 65Right to grants where death occurs in, or where the person entitled resides in, a Member State other than the competent State

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F1Article 66Provision of benefits in the event of the death of a pensioner who had resided in a Member State other than the one whose institution was responsible for providing benefits in kind

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F1Article 66aStudents

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F1CHAPTER 6UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS

F1Section 1Common provisions

F1Article 67Aggregation of periods of insurance or employment

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F1Article 68Calculation of benefits

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F1Section 2Unemployed persons going to a Member State other than the competent State

F1Article 69Conditions and limits for the retention of the right to benefits

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F1Article 70Provision of benefits and reimbursements

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F1Section 3Unemployed persons who, during their last employment, were residing in a Member State other than the competent State

F1Article 71

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F1Section 4Persons covered by a special scheme for civil servants

F1Article 71a

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F1CHAPTER 7 (8)FAMILY BENEFITS

F1Article 72 (8)Aggregation of periods of insurance, employment or self-employment

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F1Article 72a (9) (14)Employed persons who have become fully unemployed

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F1Article 73 (8)Employed or self-employed persons the members of whose families reside in a Member State other than the competent State

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F1Article 74 (8)Unemployed persons the members of whose families reside in a Member State other than the competent State

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F1Article 75 (8)Provisions of benefits

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F1Article 76 (8)Rules or priority in cases of overlapping entitlement to family benefits under the legislation of the competent State and under the legislation of the Member State of residence of the members of the family

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F1Article 76aStudents

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F1CHAPTER 8BENEFITS FOR DEPENDENT CHILDREN OF PENSIONERS AND FOR ORPHANS

F1Article 77Dependent children of pensioners

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F1Article 78Orphans

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F1Article 78a

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F1Article 79 (7)Provisions common to benefits for dependent children of pensioners and for orphans

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F1Article 79aProvisions relating to benefits for orphans entitled to benefits under a special scheme for civil servants

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F1TITLE IVADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

F1Article 80Composition and working methods

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F1Article 81Tasks of the Administrative Commission

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F1TITLE VADVISORY COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS

F1Article 82 (B)Establishment, composition and working methods

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F1Article 83Tasks of the Advisory Committee

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F1TITLE VIMISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

F1Article 84 (7)Cooperation between competent authorities

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F1Article 84aRelations between the institutions and the persons covered by this Regulation.

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F1Article 85Exemptions from or reductions of taxes — Exemption from authentication

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F1Article 86 (14)Claims, declarations or appeals submitted to an authority, institution or tribunal of a Member State other than the competent State

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F1Article 87Medical examinations

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F1Article 88Transfers from one Member State to another of sums of money payable pursuant to this Regulation

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F1Article 89Special procedures for implementing certain legislations

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F1Article 90 (8)

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F1Article 91Contributions chargeable to employers or undertakings not established in the competent State

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F1Article 92Collection of contributions

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F1Article 93Rights of institutions responsible for benefits against liable third parties

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F1TITLE VIITRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

F1Article 94 (7) (8) (11) (12)Transitional provisions for employed persons

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F1Article 95 (6) (12)Transitional provisions for self-employed persons

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F1Article 95a (11)Transitional provisions for application of Regulation (EEC) No 1248/92

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F1Article 95b (14)Transitional provisions for application of Regulation (EEC) No 1247/92

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F1Article 95cTransitional provisions for application of Regulation (EC) No 1606/98

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F1Article 95dTransitional provisions applicable to students

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F1Article 95eTransitional provisions for application of Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999

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F1Article 95fTransitional provisions relating to Annex II, section I, under the headings ‘D. GERMANY’ and ‘R. AUSTRIA’.

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F1Article 95g

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F1Article 96Agreements relating to reimbursement between institutions

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F1Article 97Notification pursuant to certain provisions

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F1Article 98Implementing Regulation

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