Social security: employed persons, self-employed persons and their families (amend. Regul. 1408/71/EEC, 574/72/EEC)

Adopting the report by Mrs Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN (PPE, NL), the European Parliament confirmed the amendments proposed by the plenary on 31 March 1998 modifying the basic regulation on social security for migrant workers, following referral back to committee. For the record, these amendments seek to: - extend the field of application of this regulation to employed and self-employed persons and students and the members of their families subject to the legislation of a Member State who are nationals of one Member State or are stateless or refugees; - provide that retired former frontier workers and members of their families can benefit from social security entitlements in their country of residence. �