The European Parliament adopted by 645 votes to 13, with 18 abstentions, a legislative resolution modifying, under the second reading of the codecision procedure, the Council’s common position for adopting a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems.
The main amendments relate to information to be communicated to the persons concerned by the Regulation. The Parliament considers that those persons should be better informed about their rights and obligations (including administrative procedures) without delay and in any case within any time limits specified under the legislation of the Member State in question. Persons concerned may include, depending on the situation, the insured persons, their family members and/or their survivors or other persons.
Lastly, MEPs call for a comparative report on the implementation of certain points of the implementing regulation.