DA040 – Information on Payment or not of Cash Benefits
Purpose of the SED:
This SED provides Information on Payment or not of Cash Benefits based on articles 36(3) and 21 of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004, Articles 33(1) and 27 (7) (9) (10) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009.
The conditions for starting the process described in the guidelines concerning AW_BUC_06b are fulfilled so the SED DA040 is to be issued and sent to the counterparty together with the attached copy of the national decision which is mandatory in case of refusal decision.
For general remarks applicable to all the AWOD SEDs click here.
Data required:
Specific mandatory field in DA040 (without which SED should not be send):
• 5.1 “We notified the insured person of our decision to” – choice between pay cash benefits and refuse to pay;
• Field 5.2 “period concern” to provide information on period (including the type of period) for which the cash benefits are granted/ refused or in refer to which the decision was considered is mandatory in DA040, as this might affect the rights of the person in question.
Note that:
• When it is decided to grant cash benefits for a particular period and to refuse cash benefits for another (e.g. the following period) it is recommend to send DA040. In such a case the period for which cash benefits are refused shall be stated in section 5.2 and the period for which cash benefits are granted may be provided in the additional information section (6.1). A copy of the corresponding decision should be attached. If the period for which the cash benefit is granted is not given in the refusal decision it may be provided it in another document attached to this SED
• If the decision of the competent institution is to refuse (or partially refuse) cash benefits, the corresponding decision shall be attached (in copy) to the SED (article 27(9) of Regulation 987/2009) including the following information listed in article 3 (4), 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence, of Regulation 987/2009:
- reasons for refusal to grant benefits, - remedies available and
- periods allowed for appeals.
If the national decision attached does not include these details they shall be provided accordingly.
In order to see the content and explanatory notes of SED DA040 please click here .
