Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Added(b) in Part II, the section “LITHUANIA” is replaced by the following:

Added‘LITHUANIA

Added(a) Social insurance work incapacity pensions, paid under the Law on Social Insurance Pensions

Added(b) Social insurance widow’s/widower’s and orphans' pensions, calculated on the basis of the work incapacity pension of the deceased person under the Law on Social Insurance Pensions’;

Added(c) in Part III, the third paragraph is replaced by the following:

Added“Nordic Convention on social security of 12 June 2012”;

Added(8) Annex X is amended as follows:

Added(a) the section "CZECH REPUBLIC" is deleted;

Added(b) in the section “GERMANY”, point (b) is replaced by the following:

Added“(b) Bürgergeld, basic provision for jobseekers in accordance with Volume II of the Social Code ▌.";

Added(c) the section "ESTONIA" is amended as follows:

Added(i) point (a) is deleted;

Added(ii) the following point is added:

Added“(c) Pensioner's living alone allowance (Social Welfare Act of 6 September 2016)”;

Added(d) the section “LITHUANIA” is replaced by the following:

Added‘LITHUANIA

Added(a) Social assistance disability and old age pension (Law of 2005 on Social Assistance Pensions, Article 5 and Article 6);

Added(b) Relief compensation (Law of 2005 on Social Assistance Pensions, Article 12);

Added(c) Transport compensation for the disabled who have mobility problems, granted before 2019 according to the Law on Transport Compensation;’;

Added(e) in the section “HUNGARY”, point (c) is deleted;

Added(f) the section "AUSTRIA" is replaced by the following:

Added‘AUSTRIA

Added(a) Compensatory supplement (Federal Act of 9 September 1955 on General Social Insurance — ASVG, Federal Act of 11 October 1978 on Social insurance for persons engaged in trade and commerce — GSVG and Federal Act of 11 October 1978 on Social insurance for farmers — BSVG);

Added(b) Supplementary allowance (Federal Act of 18 November 1965 on the pension entitlements of federal officials, their survivors and dependents - Pensionsgesetz 1965 (PG 1965); Federal Act on the pension benefits of officials of Austrian Federal Railways – Bundesbahn-Pensionsgesetz (BB-PG); Federal Act of 9 July 1958 on the retirement and pension benefits of Federal theatre employees (Bundestheaterpensionsgesetz (BThPG)).’;

Added(g) the section “POLAND” is replaced by the following:

Added‘POLAND

Added(a) Social pension (Act of 27 June 2003 on social pensions);

Added(b) Supplementary parental benefit (Act of 31 January 2019 on supplementary parental benefit);

Added(c) Supplementary benefit for persons unable to live independently (Act of 31 July 2019 on supplementary benefit for persons unable to live independently).’;

Added(h) the section “PORTUGAL” is amended as follows:

Added(i) point (a) is replaced by the following:

Added‘(a) Non-contributory State old-age pension (Decree-Law No 464/80 of 13 October 1980);’;

Added(ii) the following point is added:

Added‘(d) The Basic Component and the Supplement of the Social Benefit for Inclusion (Decree-Law Nº 126-A/2017 of 6 October 2017 as amended).’;

Added(i) the following section is inserted after the section "PORTUGAL":

Added"ROMANIA

AddedSocial allowance for pensioners (Government Emergency Ordinance No 6/2009 establishing minimum guaranteed social pension, endorsed by Law No 196/2009) ▌;";

Added(j) the section "SLOVENIA" is deleted;

Added(k) in the section "FINLAND", point (c) is deleted;

Added(l) the section “SWEDEN” is replaced by the following:

Added"SWEDEN

Added(a) Housing supplements for persons receiving a pension (Chapters 99-103 of the Social Insurance Code) (2010:110);

Added(b) Maintenance support for the elderly (Chapter 74 of the Social Insurance Code) (2010:110);”;

Added(m) in the section "UNITED KINGDOM", the following points are added:

Added"(f) Personal Independence Payment mobility component (in Great Britain legislation, Part 4 of The Welfare Reform Act 2012 and in Northern Ireland Legislation, Part 5 of the Welfare Reform (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/2006 (N.I. 1));

Added(g) Best Start Foods payment (Welfare Foods (Best Start Foods) (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/193));

Added(h) Best Start Grants (pregnancy and baby grant, early learning grant, school-age grant) (The Early Years Assistance (Best Start Grants) (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (SSI 2018/ 370));

Added(i) Funeral Support Payment (Funeral Expense Assistance (Scotland) Regulations 2019 (SSI 2019/292));

Added(j) Scottish Child Payment (Scottish Child Payment Regulations 2020 (SSI 2020/XX));

Added(k) Child Disability Payment mobility component (The Disability Assistance for Children and Young People (Scotland) Regulations 2021 (SSI 2021/174));

Added(l) Adult Disability Payment mobility component (Social Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (“SS(S)A”)) and the Disability Assistance for Working Age People (Scotland) Regulations 2022;

Added(m) Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (The Winter Heating Assistance (Pension Age) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2025);

Added(n) Winter Fuel Payment (The Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2025).";

Added(9) Annex XI is amended as follows:

Added(a) the section "CZECH REPUBLIC" is replaced by the following:

Added"CZECH REPUBLIC

Added1. For the purpose of defining members of the family according to Article 1(i), ‘spouse’ also includes registered partners as defined in the Czech act No 115/2006 Coll., on registered partnership.

Added2. Notwithstanding Articles 5 and 6 of this Regulation, for the purpose of granting the supplementary benefit in respect of insurance periods completed under the legislation of the former Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, solely the insurance periods completed under the Czech legislation can be taken into account in order to meet the condition of at least one year of Czech pension insurance within the defined period after the date of dissolution of the federation (§ 106a, paragraph 1, letter b) of Act No 155/1995 Col., on pension insurance). ▌";

Added(b) in the section "GERMANY", point 3 is replaced by the following:

Added"3. For the purpose of granting cash benefits under §47(1) of SGB V, §47(1) of SGB VII and § 24i of SGB V to insured persons who live in another Member State, German insurance schemes calculate net pay, which is used to assess benefits, as if the insured person lived in Germany, unless the insured person requests an assessment on the basis of the net pay which he or she actually receives. For the purpose of granting parental leave benefit under the Federal Parental Allowance and Parental Leave Act (BEEG) to persons living in another Member State, the competent institution for German parental leave benefit shall calculate the average monthly earned income under §§2c to 2f of the Act, which is used to assess benefits, as if the person lived in Germany. In doing so, if tax bracket IV is applicable under the second sentence of §2e(3) of BEEG because the beneficiary was not classified in any German tax bracket during the assessment period, he or she may request that the parental leave benefit be assessed on the basis of his or her actual net income taxed in the Member State of residence. ▌";