
1. 

((a)) by the actual carrying on of an occupation or the pursuit of a professional or trade activity whether salaried or not; and also
((b)) in the course of any period of temporary suspension of such occupation or professional or trade activity

((i)) as a result of sickness, maternity, accident at work, occupational disease or unemployment, as long as wages or benefits, excluding pensions, are payable in respect of these contingencies; or
((ii)) during paid leave, strike or lock-out; or
((iii)) during unpaid leave for the purpose of child-raising, as long as this leave is deemed equivalent to such occupation or professional or trade activity in accordance with the relevant legislation.

2. 

((a)) the actual exercise of any professional or trade activity, whether salaried or not; and also
((b)) the temporary suspension of such professional or trade activity

((i)) as a result of sickness, maternity, accident at work, occupational disease or unemployment, as long as wages or benefits, excluding pensions, are payable in respect of these contingencies; or
((ii)) during paid leave, strike or lock-out; or
((iii)) during unpaid leave for the purpose of child-raising, as long as this leave is deemed equivalent to such professional or trade activity in accordance with the relevant legislation.

3. This Decision shall replace Decision No 119 of 24 February 1983. It shall enter into force on the first day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The Chairman of the Administrative Commission
Bernhard SPIEGEL