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

By adopting the report by Mrs Ria OOMEN-RUIJTEN (PPE, NL), the European Parliament approved this proposal for the modification of the regulations with the following amendments: -it rejects the granting of a derogation to the Netherlands that would enable it to apply to students and people undergoing vocational training a social insurance scheme requiring them to be registered and allowing only for reimbursement on the basis of average cost, to be paid in the form of a lump sum; -it also calls for the nationals of third countries legally resident in the territory of a Member State to receive at least the health care benefits that are needed immediately.�