Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (repealed)Show full title

A. BELGIUM U.K.

1. Sickness andmaternity:
(a) For the purposes of applying Articles 16 to 29 of the implementing Regulation:
(i) as a generale rule:	the insurance body with which the employed or self-employed person is insured,
(ii) for mariners:	Caisse de secours et de prévoyance en faveur des marins —Hulp- en voorzorgskas voor zeervarenden (Relief and Welfare Fund for Mariners), Antwerpen,
(iii) for persons covered by the overseas social insurance scheme:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels),
(iv) for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels);
(b) For the purposes of applying Title V of the implementing Regulation:	Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité, Bruxelles —Rijksinstituut voor ziekte- en invaliditeitsverzekering, Brussel (National Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institute, Brussels) acting on behalf of the insurance bodies or the Relief and Welfare Fund for Mariners.
2. Invalidity:
(a) General invalidity (manual workers, clerical staff and miners) and invalidity of self-employed persons:	Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité Bruxelles —Rijksinstituut voor ziekte- en invaliditeitsverzekering, Brussel (National Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institution, Brussels) together with the insurance body with which the employed or self-employed person is, or has been, insured;
(b) Special invalidity scheme for miners:	Fonds national de retraite des ouvriers-mineurs, Bruxelles —Nationaal pensioenfonds voor mijnwerkers, Brussel (National Pension Fund for Miners, Brussels);
(c) Mariners' invalidity scheme:	Caisse de secours et de prévoyance en faveur des marins —Hulp- en voorzorgskas voor zeervarenden (Relief and Welfare Funds for Mariners), Antwerpen;
(d) invalidity of persons covered by the overseas social insurance scheme:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels);
(e) invalidity of former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)[F1 ;]
[F2 (f) invalidity of persons covered by a special scheme for civil servants:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances ou le service qui gère le régime spécial de pension — Administratie van pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën of de dienst die het bijzonder stelsel beheert ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance or the service which manages the special pensions scheme ).]
3. Old-age, death (pensions):
(a) general scheme (manual workers, clerical staff, miners and mariners):	Office national des pensions, Bruxelles —Rijksdienst voor pensioenen, Brussel (National Pension Office, Brussels);
(b) non-salaried persons scheme:	Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants, Bruxelles —Rijksinstituut voor de sociale verzekeringen der zelfstandigen, Brussel (National Social Insurance Institute for Self-Employed Persons, Brussels);
(c) overseas social insurance scheme:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels);
(d) scheme for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)[F1 ;]
[F2 (e) special scheme for civil servants:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances ou le service qui gère le régime spécial de pension — Administratie van pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën of de dienst die het bijzonder stelsel beheert ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance or the service which manages the special pensions scheme ).]
4. Accidents at work:
(a) Until expiry of the review period provided for by the law of 10 April 1971 (Article 72):
(i) benefits in kind:
— renewal and maintenance of prostheses:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at Work Fund, Brussels),
— benefits other than those referred to above:	the insurer with whom the employer is insured;
(ii) cash benefits
— grants:	the insurer with whom the employer is insured,
— supplementary awards provided for by Royal Decree of 21 December 1971:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at Work Fund, Brussels);
(b) after expiry of the review periods provided for by the law of 10 April 1971 (Article 72)
(i) benefits in kind:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at work Fund Brussels),
(ii) cash benefits:
— pensions:	the duly appointed body for pensions,
— supplementary awards:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at Work Fund, Brussels);
(c) scheme for mariners and fishermen:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at Work Fund, Brussels);
(d) in cases of non-insurance:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at Work Fund, Brussels);
(e) scheme for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)[F1 ;]
[F2 (f) for the whole of the Belgian public sector:	Personnel department of the administration employing the civil servant;
(g) scheme for military personnel and gendarmes:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances — Administratie van Pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance ).]
5. Occupational diseases:
(a) as a general rule:	Fonds des maladies professionelles, Bruxelles —Fonds voor beroepsziekten, Brussel (Occupational Diseases Fund, Brussels);
(b) scheme for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)[F1 ;]
[F2 (c) for the whole of the Belgian public sector:	Personnel department of the administration employing the civil servant;
(d) scheme for military personnel and gendarmes:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances — Administratie van Pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance ).]
6. Death grants:
(a) sickness and invalidity insurance:
(i) in general:	Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité, Bruxelles —Rijksinstituut voor ziekte- en invaliditeitsverzekering, Brussel (National Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institution, Brussels) together with the insurance body with which the employed person was insured,
(ii) for mariners:	Caisse de secours et de prévoyance en faveur des marins —Hulp- en voorzorgskas voor zeervarenden (Relief and Welfare Fund for Mariners), Antwerpen,
(iii) for persons covered by the overseas social insurance scheme:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)
(iv) for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels);
(b) accidents at work:
(i) in general:	the insurer,
(ii) for mariners:	Fonds des accidents du travail, Bruxelles —Fonds voor arbeidsongevallen, Brussel (Accidents at Work Fund, Brussels),
(iii) for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)[F1 ,]
[F2 (iv) for the whole of the Belgian public sector:	Personnel department of the administration employing the civil servant,
(v) for military personnel and gendarmes:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances — Administratie van Pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance );]
(c) occupational diseases:
(i) as a general rule:	Fonds des maladies professionnelles, Bruxelles —Fonds voor beroepsziekten, Brussel (Occupational Diseases Fund, Brussels),
(ii) for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels)[F1 ,]
[F2 (iii) for the whole of the Belgian public sector:	Personnel department of the administration employing the civil servant,
(iv) for military personnel and gendarmes:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances — Administratie van Pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance );]
[F2 (d) for those entitled to a pension under a special scheme for civil servants:	Administration des pensions du Ministère des Finances ou le service qui gère le régime spécial de pension — Administratie van Pensioenen van het Ministerie van Financiën of de dienst die het bijzonder stelsel beheert ( Pensions administration of the Ministry of Finance or the service which manages the special pensions scheme ).]
7. Unemployment:
(i) in general:	Office national de l'emploi, Bruxelles —Rijksdienst voor arbeidsvoorziening, Brussel (National Employment Office, Brussels);
(ii) for mariners:	Pool des marins de la marine marchande —Pool van de zeelieden ter koopvaardij, (Merchant Navy Pool) Antwerpen.
8. Family benefits:
(a) employed persons scheme:	Office national des allocations familiales pour travailleurs salariés, Bruxelles —Rijksdienst voor kinderbijslag voor werknemers, Brussel (National Family Allowances Office for Employed Persons, Brussels);
(b) self-employed persons' scheme:	Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants, Bruxelles —Rijksinstituut voor de sociale verzekeringen der zelfstandigen, Brussel (National Social Insurance Institute for Self-Employed Persons, Brussels);
(c) scheme for former employees of the Belgian Congo and Rwanda-Urundi:	Office de sécurité sociale d'outre-mer, Bruxelles —Dienst voor overzeese sociale zekerheid, Brussel (Overseas Social Insurance Office, Brussels).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 amending 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 Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 with a view to extending them to cover special schemes for civil servants.

F2 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 of 29 June 1998 amending 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 Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 with a view to extending them to cover special schemes for civil servants.