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ADVANCES OF MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS AND SPECIAL CHILDBIRTH AND ADOPTION ALLOWANCES (Article 1(z)) I. Advances of maintenance payments BELGIUM Advances of maintenance allowances under the law of 21 February 2003 creating a maintenance payments agency within the federal public service, Finance Department BULGARIA Maintenance payments made by the State under Article 92 of the Family Code DENMARK Advance payment of child support laid down in the Act on Child Benefits Advance payment of child support consolidated by Law No 765 of 11 September 2002 GERMANY Advances of maintenance payments under the German law on advances of maintenance payments (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz) of 23 July 1979 ESTONIA Maintenance allowances under the Maintenance Allowance Act of 21 February 2007 SPAIN Advances of maintenance payments under the Royal Decree 1618/2007 of 7 December 2007 FRANCE Family support allowance paid to a child one of whose parents or both of whose parents are in default or are unable to meet their maintenance obligations or the payment of a maintenance allowance laid down by a court decision CROATIA

Temporary advances paid by Centres for Social Welfare on the basis of the obligation to provide temporary maintenance pursuant to the Family Act (OG 116/03, as amended) LITHUANIA Payments from the Children's Maintenance Fund under the Law on the Children’s Maintenance Fund. LUXEMBOURG Advances and recovery of maintenance payments within the meaning of the Act of 26 July 1980 AUSTRIA Advances of maintenance payments under the Federal Law on the grant of advances of child maintenance (Unterhaltsvorschussgesetz 1985 – UVG) POLAND Benefits from the Alimony Fund under the Act of Assistance to the Persons Entitled to Alimony PORTUGAL Advances of maintenance payments (Act No 75/98, 19 November, on the guarantee of maintenance for minors) SLOVENIA Maintenance replacement in accordance with the Act of Public Guarantee and Maintenance Fund of the Republic of Slovenia of 25 July 2006 SLOVAKIA Substitute alimony benefit (substitute maintenance payment) pursuant to the Act No 452/2004 Coll. on substitute alimony benefit as amended by later regulations FINLAND Maintenance allowance under the Security of Child Maintenance Act (671/1998) SWEDEN

Maintenance allowance under the Maintenance Support Act (1996:1030) II. Special childbirth and adoption allowances BELGIUM Childbirth allowance and adoption grant BULGARIA Maternity lump sum allowance (Law on Family Allowances for Children) CZECH REPUBLIC Childbirth allowance ESTONIA (a) Childbirth allowance (b) Adoption allowance SPAIN Single payment birth and adoption grants FRANCE Birth or adoption grants as part of the ‘early childhood benefit’, except when they are paid to a person who remains subject to French legislation pursuant to Article 12 or Article 16 ◄ CROATIA One-off cash benefit for a newborn child under the Maternity and Parental Benefits Act (OG 85/08, as amended) One-off cash benefit for an adopted child under the Maternity and Parental Benefits Act (OG 85/08, as amended) One-off cash benefits for a newborn child or an adopted child provided by regulations on local and regional self-government pursuant to Article 59 of the Maternity and Parental Benefits Act (OG 85/08, as amended) LATVIA (a) Childbirth grant (b) Adoption allowance LITHUANIA Child lump sum grant LUXEMBOURG Antenatal allowances Childbirth allowances HUNGARY Maternity grant POLAND

Single payment birth grant (Act on Family Benefits) ROMANIA (a) Childbirth allowance (b) Layette for newborn children SLOVENIA Childbirth grant SLOVAKIA (a) Childbirth allowance (b) Supplement to childbirth allowance FINLAND Maternity package, maternity lump-sum grant and assistance in the form of a lump sum intended to offset the cost of international adoption pursuant to the Maternity Grant Act.