2005/965/EC: Decision No 203 of 26 May 2005 amending Decision No 170 of 11 June 1998 concerning the compilation of the lists provided for in Articles 94(4) and 95(4) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 Text of relevance to the EEA and to the EU/Switzerland Agreement

Article 1 of Decision No 170 is amended as follows: (a) point I.2(c) is deleted; (b) point I.2(d) is replaced by the following: ‘the date on which form E 109 is received by the institution of the place of residence, where neither the date on which entitlement to benefits in kind is acquired under the legislation of the competent State as provided for in paragraph (a) nor the date of change of residence as provided for in paragraph (b) is indicated on the form concerned.’; (c) the following point I.2a is inserted: ‘The institution of the place of residence shall inform the competent institution about the registration of the person concerned in order that the latter institution notify it of the measures to be applied on its behalf in order to avoid the person concerned continuing to use the European Health Insurance Card issued by the competent institution. The institution of the place of residence shall inform the person concerned that, as from the date of their registration with that institution, the European Health Insurance Card issued by the competent institution is no longer valid. Where appropriate, it shall provide a new European Health Insurance Card.’; (d) the following point I.4a is inserted: ‘The institution of the previous place of residence shall inform the competent institution and/or the institution of the new place of residence about the measures to be applied in order to avoid the insured person continuing to use the European Health Insurance Card issued by it beyond the date of registration. The competent institution and/or the institution of the new place of residence shall inform the person concerned that the European Health Insurance Card issued by the institution of the previous place of residence is no longer valid after the date from which the lump sums are no longer to be calculated. Where appropriate, it shall provide a new European Health Insurance Card.’; (e) point II.2(c) is deleted. (f) point II.2(d) is replaced by the following: ‘the date on which form E 121 is received by the institution of the place of residence, where neither the date on which entitlement to benefits in kind is acquired under the legislation of the competent State as provided for in paragraph (a) nor the date of change of residence as provided for in paragraph (b) is indicated on the form concerned.’; (g) the following point II.2a is inserted: ‘The institution of the place of residence shall inform the competent institution about the registration of the person concerned in order that the latter institution notify it of the measures to be applied in order to avoid the insured person continuing to use the European Health Insurance Card issued by it. The institution of the place of residence shall inform the person concerned that, as from the date of their registration with that institution, the European Health Insurance Card issued by the competent institution is no longer valid. Where appropriate, it shall provide a new European Health Insurance Card.’; (h) the following point II.4a is inserted: ‘The institution of the previous place of residence shall inform the competent institution and/or the institution of the new place of residence about the measures to be applied in order to avoid the insured person continuing to use the European Health Insurance Card issued by it beyond the date of registration. The competent institution and/or the institution of the place of residence shall inform the person concerned that the European Health Insurance Card issued by the institution of the previous place of residence is no longer valid after the date from which the lump sums are no longer to be calculated. Where appropriate, it shall provide a new European Health Insurance Card.’

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2006.