in the second subparagraph, the words "or unemployment insurance" are inserted between "such a social security" and "scheme";

"ANNEXLIST OF SUPPORT SCHEMES FULFILLING THE CRITERIA SET OUT IN ARTICLE 1

in paragraph 1a, first sentence, the words "he cannot be covered by any other public scheme of sickness insurance" are replaced by "he is not in gainful employment";

in paragraph 1b, first sentence, the words "he or she cannot be covered by any other public scheme of sickness insurance" are replaced by "he or she is not in gainful employment";

The "Exchange Specification for the N13 Phase II Data Exchange System" (see the section on "Reference" below) should be referred to, for appropriate guidelines on the XML reporting scheme.

the words "who provides evidence that he cannot be covered by any other public scheme of insurance against the risks referred to in Article 28" are replaced by "who is not gainfully employed",

The remaining percentage of on-the-spot checks shall be conducted throughout the retention period of one of those aid schemes."

If, account having been taken of the periods thus completed, the person concerned does not satisfy the conditions for receipt of these benefits, these periods shall be taken into account for the granting of the benefits under the general scheme or, failing this, under the scheme applicable to manual or clerical workers, as appropriate, in so far as they have been completed under a scheme other than the abovementioned corresponding scheme and provided that the person concerned has also been insured under this general scheme or, failing this, under the scheme applicable to manual or clerical workers, as appropriate."

In such cases, moreover, contributions to the pension scheme shall be paid in full from the budget of the institution or body referred to in Article 1b.";

Participation in appropriate proficiency testing schemes which comply with the "International Harmonised Protocol for the Proficiency Testing of (Chemical) Analytical Laboratories" (4) developed under the auspices of IUPAC/ISO/AOAC.

The said common rules and support schemes should be amended to allow their implementation in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter "the new Member States").

In the case of aid schemes under Article 87 of the Treaty and aid granted by bodies designated by the Member States, "payments effected by final beneficiaries" means aid paid to individual recipients by the bodies which grant the aid.

The scheme is available to "manufacturer exporters with or without supporting manufacturer(s)/vendor(s), merchant exporters tied to supporting manufacturer(s) and service providers" (quoted from Chapter 5.2 of the 2002 to 2007 Export and Import Policy).

References to the legal basis for the investigated schemes (i) to (v) referred to in recital 24 are hereafter made in relation to the Export and Import Policy covering the period 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2007 and to the "Handbook of Procedures - 1 April 2002 to 31 March 2007" (Volume 1).

The sectoral ceilings for partial implementation and/or the exclusion of certain sectors of the single payment scheme should be based on the quota, ceilings and quantities that were agreed in the accession negotiations.

After the end of the period of application of the single area payment scheme according to Article 143b and where Article 67 is applied, the allocation of the individual ceilings to producers and the setting up of the national reserve referred to in the second subparagraph shall take place no later than the end of the first year of the application of the single payment scheme."

After the end of the period of application of the single area payment scheme according to Article 143b and where Article 68(2)(a)(i) is applied, the allocation of the individual ceilings to producers and the setting up of the national reserve referred to in the second subparagraph shall take place no later than the end of the first year of the application of the single payment scheme."

By way of derogation from the second indent of Article 11(1), farmers in Lithuania who have been allocated a milk quota, shall be eligible for the early retirement scheme on condition that they are less than 70 years old at the time of the transfer.

In Article 103, the following paragraph is inserted after the first paragraph:"Alternatively, for any new Member State applying the single area payment scheme referred to in Article 143b in 2004 and opting for the application of Article 66, the regionalisation plan shall be established, according to objective criteria, not later than 1 August of the last year of application of the single area payment scheme.

in paragraph 1, the following subparagraphs are inserted after the first subparagraph:"The unmarried partner of an official shall be treated as the spouse under the sickness insurance scheme, where the first three conditions in Article 1(2)(c) of Annex VII are met.