Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 (repealed)Show full title

Article 37 U.K. Documents and information which should accompany claims to the benefits referred to in article 36 of the implementing Regulation

The submission of the claims referred to in Article 36 of the implementing Regulation shall be subject to the following rules:

(a)

the claim must be accompanied by the required supporting documents and must be made on the form provided for by the legislation:

(i)

of the Member State on whose territory the claimant resides, in the case referred to in Article 36 (1);

(ii)

of the Member State to which the employed or self-employed person was last subject, in the cases referred to in Article 36 (2) and (3);

(b)

the accuracy of the information supplied by the claimant must be established by official documents attached to the claim form, or confirmed by the competent bodies of the Member State in whose territory the claimant resides;

(c)

the claimant must indicate, in so far as is possible, either the institution or institutions administering insurance in respect of invalidity, old-age or death (pensions) of any Member State with which the employed or self-employed person has been insured, or in the case of an employed person the employer or employers for whom he has worked in the territory of any Member State, by producing any employment certificates which he may have in his possession;

(d)

if, under Article 44 (2) of the Regulation, the claimant asks for the postponement of the award of any old-age benefits to which he would be entitled under the legislation of one or more member States he must specify the legislation under which he is claiming benefits.