+29.5.81 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 143/1 * (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EEC) No 1390/81 of 12 May 1981 extending to self-employed persons and members of their families Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their ~ families moving within the Community THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having régard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 2, 7, 51 and 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission drawn up after consultation of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers (1), Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3), Whereas, in order to attain freedom of movement for employed persons and eliminate the obstacles that would, in the sphere of social security, result from the application of national legislations only, the Council adopted, on the basis of Article 51 of the Treaty, Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application: of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community (4), as last amended by Regulation (EEC) No 196/81 (%) fixing the rules for coordinating social security schemes for- employed persons; Whereas freedom of movement for persons, which is one of the cornerstones of the Community, is not (1) O] No C 14, 18. 1. 1978, p. 15. (3) OJ No C 131, 5. 6. 1978, p. 45. (3) OJ No C 269, 13. 11. 1978, p. 40. (4) OJ No L 149, 5.7.1971, p. 2. (5) OJ No L 24,28.1.1981, p. 3. confined to employed persons but also extends to self-employed persons in the framework of the freedom of establishment and the freedom to supply services; Whereas the coordination of the social security schemes applicable to self-employed persons is necessary to attain one of the objectives of the Community; whereas the Treaty has not provided the necessary specific powers for this purpose; Whereas, in pursuance of the Treaty, any discrimination on grounds of nationality with regard to establishment and the provision of services has been prohibited since the end of the transitional period; Whereas, in the sphere of social security, the application of national legislations only would not afford sufficient protection to self-employed persons moving within the Community; whereas, in order to make the freedom of ~ establishment and the freedom to provide services fully effective, the social security schemes for self-employed persons should be coordinated; Whereas Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, even though it applies to employed persons, already covers certain categories of self-employed persons; whereas, for reasons of equity, it would be appropriate to apply, to the largest possible extent, the same rules to self-employed persons as are laid down for employed persons; Whereas there are grounds for making the necessary adaptations to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 to make it possible to apply the provisions of that Regulation to self-employed persons and their families moving within