160 _ Official Journal of the European Communities REGULATION (EEC) No 574/72 OF THE COUNCIL of 21 March 1972 fixing the procedure for implementing 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 regard to the Treaty establishing the - European Economic Community, and in partlcular Articles 2, 7 and 51 thereof; : Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1408/711 of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons and their families moving within the Community, and in particular Article 97 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission adopted after consultation with the Administrative Commission for the Soc1a1 Security of Migrant Workers; Having regard to the Opinion’ of the European Parliament; Having regard to the Oplmon of the Economic and Social Commlttee Whereas Regulation No 32 on social security for migrant workers having replaced by Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 whereof Article 99 also repealed Regulation No 43 which fixed the implementing procedures and supplemented the provisions of Regulation. No 3 on social security for migrant workers, it is necessary to provide implementing procedures adapted to the new basic rules and to the experience gained in applying these texts over a period of twelve years; Whereas it is necessary in particular to specify the competent institutions of each Member State, the documents to be furnished and the formalities to be completed by persons concerned in order to obtain benefits, the procedures for administrative cheeks and medical examinations and the conditions for the reimbursement of benefits provided by the institution of one Member State on behalf of the institution of another Member State, And the duties of the Audit Board; HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: TITLE 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS ’ Article 1 Article 2 Definitions .. : . oy Printed model forms — Information on legislations — Guides For the purposes of this Regulation: (a) ‘Regulation’ .means Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; (b) ‘Implementing Regulation’ means this Regu- lation; (c) the definitions in Article 1 of the Regulation have - the meaning assigned to them in the said Article. 1 O] No L 149, 5.7.1971, p. 2. 1. Models of certificates, certified statements, declarations, .applications and other documents necessary for the application of the Regulation and of the Implementing Regulation shall be drawn up by the Administrative Commission. Two Member States or their competent authorities may, by mutual agreement and having received the Opinion of the Administrative Commission, adopt 51mp11f1ed forms for use between them. 2 O] No L 30, 16.12.1958, p. 561/58. 8 OJ No L 30, 16.12.1958, p. 597/58.