No L 335/10 Official Journal of the European Communities 30. 12. 95 COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 3096/95 of 22 December 1995 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed “persons, to self-employed persons and to member of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Articles 51 and 235 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, submitted following 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 (%), 1.  Whereas it is necessary to introduce certain amendments to Regulations (EEC) No 1408/71 (%) and EEC No 574/72 (°); whereas some of these amendments are linked to changes introduced by Member States to their social security legislation, with others being technical in nature and intended to complete the said Regulations; 2. Whereas it is necessary, given the fact that the nature of and the conditions for granting special adoption allowances are similar to those for childbirth allowances, to supplement Article 1 (u) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 in order to enable reference to be made to these in Section II of Annex II; 3.-  Whereas .it appears necessary to enable seconded employed persons employed on the territory of several Member States or employed on the territory of a Member State in an undertaking having its registered place of business in another Member State and operating across their shared frontier; self-employed workers in similar situations; seamen in comparable situations and persons benefiting from a derogation to the provisions of Articles 13 () OJ No C 260, 5. 10. 1995, p. 13. () O] No C 339, 18. 12. 1995. (3) Opinion delivered on 23 November 1995 (not yet published in the Offical Journal). {(*) O] No L 149, 5. 7. 1971, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by the 1994 Article of Accession. ) O] No L 74, 27. 3. 1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by the 1994 Article of Accession. to 16 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 by agreement between competent authorities, including civil servants and persons treated as such; and to members of their families accompanying them, to benefit from the provisions of Article 22 (1) (a) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 for any situation in which benefits are required, provided that the stay is for occupational purposes; Whereas it is necessary, for reasons of simplification and unification of the administrative regulations, to delete Article 32 of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71; Whereas Article 49 (1) (b} permits payment of benefit taking account only of periods completed under legislations conferring entitlement, when these periods suffice for calculating benefits by applying the legislations whose conditions are satisfied; whereas however taking account of periods completed under legislations whose conditions of entitlement are not satisfied may result in higher levels of benefit in certain situations, to be determined, under the legislations for which the conditions are satisfied; whereas it therefore appears useful to supplement Article 49 (1) (b) (i) and_(ii) in order to permit such periods to be taken into account when it results in the person concerned receiving a higher level of benefit; Whereas it is necessary to amend the heading ‘B. DENMARK’ of Annex LII to Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 in order to specify the current definition of the expression ‘members of the family’; Whereas, in the light of the amendment to be introduced to Article 1 (u) (i) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71, the title of Section II of Annex II must be amended dccordingly; whereas the headings ‘A. BELGIUM’ and ‘E. FRANCE’ of this Annex should be supplemented to take account respectively of the adoption premium and adoption allowance which have been introduced in the legislation of these Member States in relation to family benefits;