12.2.1999 Official Journal of the European Communities L 38/1 (Acts whose publication is obligatory) COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 307/1999 of 8 February 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 with a view to extending them to cover students 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 after consultation of the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament (?), Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (?), (1) Whereas point (c) of Article 3 of the Treaty lays down that the activities of the Community shall include, as provided in the Treaty, the abolition, as between Member States, of obstacles to the free movement of persons; (2) Whereas Article 7a of the Treaty provides that the internal market shall comprise an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty; (3) Whereas with a view to establishing the free movement of employed and self-employed persons and removing the obstacles that would, in the field of social security, result from the application of national legislation only, the Council, on the basis of Articles 51 and 235 of the Treaty, adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and members of their families moving within the Community (¥) and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 (°); (4) Whereas, moreover, the scope of the Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 should be extended to include, in principle, the special schemes covering students; (5) Whereas, in the social security field, the application of national legislation alone does not afford sufficient protection for students moving within the Community; whereas, in order to make the free movement of persons fully effective, the social security schemes applic- able to them should be coordinated; C 46, 20. 2. 1992, p. 1. C 94, 13. 4. 1992, p. 326. C 98, 21. 4. 1992, p. 4. L 149, 5. 7. 1971, p. 2. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 (O] L 209, 25. 7. p- 1). 74, 27. 3. 1972, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1606/98 (O] L 209, 25. 7. p- 1).