
Convention
Annexes to the Convention
Supplementary Agreement
Annexes to the Supplementary Agreement
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| Austria | Luxembourg | ||
| Belgium | Malta | ||
| Cyprus | Netherlands | ||
| Denmark | Norway | ||
| France | Portugal | ||
| Germany | Spain | ||
| Greece | Sweden | ||
| Iceland | Switzerland | ||
| Ireland | Turkey | ||
| Italy | United Kindgom |
1. Sickness, accidents and pensions
Hauptverband der österreichischen Sozialversicherungsträger (Central Association of Austrian Social Security Institutions), Vienna.
2. Unemployment
Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit (Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Labour), Vienna.
3. Family allowances
Bundesministerium für soziale Sicherheit und Generationen (Federal Ministry for Social Security and Generations), Vienna.
A. Employed wage-earners
1. Sickness maternity
a. as a general rule: Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité (National sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institution), Brussels;
b. for seamen: Caisse de secours et de prévoyance en faveur des marins (Welfare Fund for Seamen), Antwerp.
2. Invalidity
a. general invalidity: Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité (National Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institution), Brussels.
b. special miners' invalidity: Fonds national de retraite des ouvriers-mineurs (National Retirement Fund for Mine Workers).
c. Seamen's invalidity: Caisse de secours et de prévoyance en faveur des marins (Welfare Fund for Seamen), Antwerp.
3. Old-age and death (pensions)
Office National des Pensions (National Pension Board), Brussels.
4. Occupational injuries and diseases
Ministry for Social Security.
5. Death grants
Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité (National Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institution), Brussels.
6. Unemployment
Office national de l'emploi (National Employment Board).
7. Family allowances
Office national d'allocations familiales pour travailleurs salariés (National Office for Family Allowances for Wage earners), Brussels.
B. Self-employed persons
1. Sickness invalidity
Institut national d'assurance maladie-invalidité (National Sickness and Invalidity Insurance Institution), Brussels.
2. Old-age death pensions
a. Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants (National Social Insurance Institute for Self-employed Workers) (for investigation of claims).
b. Office national des pensions (National Pension Board), Brussels (for payment of benefit).
3. Family Allowances
Institut national d'assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépendants (National Social Insurance Institution for Self-employed Workers).
Director of Social Insurance at the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurances, Nicosia.
1. Sickness maternity
Direktoratet for sygekassevaesenet (Directorate of Sickness Insurance), Copenhagen.
2. Invalidity old-age death pensions
Socialministeriet (Ministry of Social Affairs), Copenhagen.
3. Occupational injuries and diseases
Direktoratet for ulykkesforsikringen (Directorate of Occupational Injuries Insurance), Copenhagen.
4. Death
Direktoratet for sygekassevaesenet (Directorate of Sickness Insurance), Copenhagen.
5. Unemployment
Arbejdsdirektoratet (Directorate of Labour), Copenhagen.
6. Family benefits
Socialministeriet (Ministry of Social Affairs), Copenhagen.
Centre de sécurité sociale des travailleurs migrants (Social Security Centre for Migrant Workers), Paris.
1. Sickness
Bundesverband der Ortskrankenkassen (Federal Association of Local Sickness Funds), Bonn-Bad Godesberg.
2. Occupational injuries and diseases
Hauptverband der gewerblichen Berufsgenossenschaften (Central Federation of Industrial Employers' Liability Associations), Bonn.
3. Pension insurance for wage-earners
a. for the purpose of the application of Article 3, paragraph 2, of this Agreement: Verband Deutscher Rentenversicherungsträger (Federation of German Pension Insurance Institutions), Frankfurt/Main;
b. In all other cases:
i. relations with the Netherlands: Landesversicherungsanstalt Westfalen (Regional Insurance Institution of Westphalia), Münster;
ii. relations with Belgium: Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinprovinz (Regional Insurance Institution of the Province of Rhenania), Düsseldorf;
iii. relations with Italy: Landesversicherungsanstalt Schwaben (Regional Insurance Institution of Swabia), Augsburg;
iv. relations with France or Luxembourg: Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinland-Pfalz (Regional Insurance Institution of Rhenania-Palatinate), Speyer;
v. relations with Austria: Landesversicherungsanstalt Oberbayern (Regional Insurance Institution of Upper Bavaria), München;
vi. relations with Switzerland: Landesversicherungsanstalt Baden (Regional Insurance Institution of Baden), Karlsruhe;
vii. relations with Denmark: Landesversicherungsanstalt Schleswig-Holstein (Regional Insurance Institution of Schleswig-Holstein), Lübeck;
viii. relations with the United Kingdom: Landesversicherungsanstalt Freie und Hansestadt Hamburg (Regional Insurance Institution of the Free and Hanseatic Town of Hamburg), Hamburg;
ix. relations with Turkey: Landesversicherungsanstalt Ober- und Mittelfranken (Regional Insurance Institution of Upper Franconia and Central Franconia), Bayreuth;
x. relations with another Contracting Party: Landesversicherungsanstalt Rheinprovinz (Regional Insurance Institution of the Province of Rhenania), Düsseldorf.
4. Pension insurance for salaried employees
Bundesversicherungsanstalt für Angestellte (Federal Insurance Institution for Salaried Employees), Berlin.
5. Miners' pension insurance
Bundesknappschaft (Federal Miners' Insurance Institution), Bochum.
6. Supplementary pension insurance for iron and steel workers
Landesversicherungsanstalt für das Saarland Abteilung Hüttenknappschaftliche Zusatzversicherung (Regional Insurance Institution of the Saar Department for Supplementary Pension Insurance for Iron and Steel Workers), Saarbrücken.
7. Old-age pensions for farmers
Gesamtverband der landwirtschaftlichen Alterskassen (Federation of Agricultural Old Age Pension Funds), Kassel.
8. Unemployment and family benefits
Hauptstelle der Bundesanstalt für Arbeit (Central Office of the Federal Institute for Labour), Nürnberg.
1. Sickness maternity old-age invalidity survivors' (pensions)
Social Security Institute (IKA) Athens.
2. Unemployment benefits and family allowances
Employment and Labour Service (OAED), Athens.
Agency mentioned in Annex 1 of this Agreement.
1. Benefits in kind
An Roinn Slainte, Baile Atha Cliath 1 (Department of Health, Dublin 1).
2. Cash benefits
An Roinn Leasa Shoisialaigh, Baile Atha Cliath 1 (Department of Social Welfare, Dublin 1).
1. Sickness tuberculosis maternity occupational injuries:
A. Benefits in kind: Ministry of Health Rome
B. Cash benefits:
a. sickness, maternity, tuberculosis » National Social Insurance Institute (INPS): General Directorate Rome
b. prostheses and major appliances and cash benefits for disease : National Insurance Institute for Occupational Injuries (INAIL) :and Diseases occupational injury and General Directorate Rome
2. Occupational injuries and diseases
The National Institution for Insurance against Occupational Injuries (INAIL), Rome
3. Invalidity old age death tuberculosis unemployment family benefits
The National Social Security Institute (INPS), Rome.
For the application of Article 46 of this agreement: the institutions responsible for the payment of similar benefits in the country of permanent residence (see Annex 2).
In all other cases: l'Inspection générale de la sécurité sociale (General Social Security Inspectorate), Luxembourg.
Department of Social Services.
1. Sickness maternity invalidity occupational injuries and diseases
a. Benefits in kind: College voor zorgverzekeringen (Health care insurance board), Diemen.
b. Benefits in cash: National Social Insurance Institute c/o Gak Nederland bv, Amsterdam.
c. Health care allowance: Belastingdienst Toeslage, Utrecht.
2. Old age death (pensions) family benefits
Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank), Amsterdam.
National Insurance Institution (for all branches, apart from unemployment).
Unemployment: Directorate of Labour.
Caixa Central de Segurança Social dos Traba hadores Migrantes (Central Social Security Fund for Migrant Workers), Lisbon.
1. All Social Security schemes, except the scheme for seamen, and all contingencies, except non-contributory benefits and unemployment benefit: Instituto Nacional de la Seguridad Social (INSS) (National Institute of Social Security) Madrid.
2. Special scheme for seamen, all contingencies: Instituto Social de la Marina (ISM) (Social Institute of the Navy) Madrid.
3. Unemployment benefit, except for seamen: Instituto Nacional de Empleo (INEM) (National Institute of Employment) Madrid.
4. Non-contributory old-age and invalidity pensions: Instituto Nacional de Servicios Sociales (INSERSO) (National Institute of Social Services) Madrid.
1. Unemployment
Arbetsmarknadsstyrelsen (National Labour Market Board), Stockholm.
2. All other social security schemes
Riksförsäkringsverket (National Insurance Board), Stockholm.
1. Sickness maternity
Office fédéral des assurances sociales (Federal Social Insurance Office), Berne.
2. Invalidity old age death (pensions)
Caisse suisse de compensation (Swiss Compensation Fund), Geneva.
3. Occupational injuries and diseases
Caisse nationale suisse d'assurance en cas d'accidents (Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund), Lucerne.
4. Unemployment
Office fédéral de l'industrie, des arts et des métiers et du travail, service de l'assurance chômage (Federal Office for Industry, the Arts and Crafts and Labour, Unemployment Insurance Department), Berne.
5. Family benefits
Office fédéral des assurances sociales (Federal Social Insurance), Berne.
The institutions mentioned in Annex 2.
The competent authority as in Annex 1 of this Agreement.