19. 3. 82 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 75/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 620/82 of 16 March 1982 establishing, in the relations between the Italian institutions and the institutions of the other Member States, special measures for the reimbursement of sickness and maternity insurance benefits in kind THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Article 51 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, drawn up after consulting the Administrative Commis- sion on Social Security for Migrant Workers, Whereas Article 36 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their fami- lies moving within the Community ('), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2793/81 (3, provides that the benefits in kind provided by the institution of a Member State on behalf of the institution of another shall be fully refunded, either on production of proof of actual expenditure or on the basis of lump-sum payments ; Whereas Articles 93, 94, 95 and 100 of Regulation (EEC) No 574/72(°), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 2793/81, fixing the detailed rules for the application of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, lay down the method for determining the amourits to be refunded and for making such refunds; Whereas the establishment of a national health service in Italy has entailed the abolition of all the sickness and maternity insurance management bodies and in particular that of the ‘Istituto nazionale per I'assicura- zione contro le malattie’ (National Sickness Insurance Institution), hereinafter referred to as the INAM, which was the liaison body and the competent institu- tion within the meaning of Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 and (EEC) No 574/72; () OJ No L 149, 5. 7. 1971, p. 2. OJ No L 275, 29. 9. 1981, p. 1. ) OJ No L 74, 27. 3. 1972, p. 1. Whereas this abolition has given rise to major difficul- ties in carrying out the operations for checking claims submitted by the institutions of the other Member States, on the one hand, and the operations for drawing up the INAM claims vis-@-vis the said institu- tions, on the other hand, for the purposes of the refunds provided for in Article 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; Whereas it appears advisable to resolve this particular situation by a single Community method applying simultaneously to all the claims by and on the INAM so as to expedite the overall and final settlement of these claims; Whereas this method should deviate as little as possible from the abovementioned provisions of Regu- lation (EEC) No 574/72 and recourse should be had to other criteria for the assessment of claims and debts or to special rules only where absolutely necessary, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION : Article 1 By way of derogation from the provisions of Title V of Regulation (EEC) No $74/72, the reimbursements provided for in Article 36 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of sickness and maternity insurance benefits in kind provided up to 31 December 1980 by the institutions of the Member States on behalf of the INAM and by the INAM on behalf of the said institu- tions, which have not been effected following the abolition of the INAM, shall be determined and effected in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Regulation. In the relations between Germany and Italy, the claims and debts of the ‘Cassa mutua provinciale di malattia di Bolzano’ shall not be covered by this Regu- lation.