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Belgium:
Employment injuries:
Law of 10 April 1971.
Occupational diseases:
Laws co-ordinated by Royal Order
of 3 June 1970.Denmark:
Law of 8 March 1978, as amended.
Law of 20 May 1992 which is applicable to accidents after 1 January 1993 and to occupational diseases reported after that date, modified by law of 30 May 1998, in effect since 01.01.1999.Germany:
Social Code (Sozialgesetzbuch), Book VII from 7 August 1996, lastly amended by the law of 16 June 1998. Greece:
No particular insurance exists, the risk being covered under sickness, invalidity and survivors by specific regulations. Spain:
Employment injuries:
Revised text of legislation and Employment Injuries Regulation; Decree of 22 June 1956.
Occupational diseases:
Legislative Royal Decree 1/94 of 20 June, in which the amended version of the General Law on Social Security (Ley General de la Seguridad Social) is approved.
Royal Decree No 2609 of 24 September 1982.
Royal Decree No1647 of 31 October 1997.
Law No. 50 of 30 December 1998 on Fiscal, Administrative and Social measures.France:
Social Security Code (Code de la sécurité sociale), Book IV. Ireland:
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993, as amended. Iceland:
Law on Social Security (Lög um almannatryggingar) no. 117/1993 of December 1993 with later amendments.
Law on Social Assistance (Lög um félagslega aðstoð) no. 118/1993 of December. 1993 with later amendments.
Law on Disability (Lög um málefni fatlaðra) no. 59/1992 of June 1992 with later amendments.Italy:
Statutory Order no. 1124 of 30. June 1965.
Law No 251 of 10.5.1982.
Statutory Order no. 336 of 13. April 1994.Liechenstein:
Compulsory Accident Insurance Act (Gesetz über die obligatorische Unfallversicherung), LGBl. 1990 no. 46, last modified by LGBl. 1998 no. 110. Luxembourg:
Book II of the Social Insurance Code (Code des assurances sociales), amended notably by the law of 17 November 1997. Netherlands:
There is no specific insurance against employment injuries and occupational diseases. These risks are covered by sickness insurance (cash benefits and benefits in kind), insurance against incapacity for work (invalidity) and survivor's insurance. Norway:
National Insurance Act (folketrygdloven) of 28 February 1997, Chapter 13.
Occupational Injury Insurance Act of 16 June 1989.Austria:
General Social Insurance Act (Allgemeines Sozialversicherungsgesetz, ASVG), of 9 September 1955 last amended by BGBl. (Official Journal) I n. 2/2000.
Federal Hospitals Act of 18 December 1956 (Krankenanstaltengesetz, KAG) and Hospitals Acts of the Länder and amendments.
Long-term care benefit (Pflegegeld): Federal Care Benefit Act (Bundespflegegeldgesetz, BPGG) of 19 January of 1993, last amended by BGBl. (Official Journal) I n. 111/1998.Portugal:
Law No.100/97 of 13 September 1997.
Statutory Order n.143/99 of 30 April 1999, (employment injuries).
Statutory Order n.159/99 of 11 May 1999, (employment injuries of self-employed).
Statutory Order n.247/99 of 2 July 1999, (occupational diseases).Finland:
Employment Accident Insurance Act (Tapaturmavakuutuslaki) of 20 August 1948, amended.
Occupational Diseases Act (Ammattitautilaki) of 29 December 1988.Sweden:
Work Injury Insurance Act (Lag om arbetsskadeförsäkring) of 1976 and amendments. (Applies to work accidents/injuries/diseases occurred as from July 1st 1977). United Kingdom:
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
Social Security Administration Act 1992.
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