34Article 42 EC confers on the Council the task of instituting a scheme allowing workers to overcome any obstacles which may arise for them from national rules in the field of social security. The Council has in principle fulfilled that obligation by adopting Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 1971 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community, as amended and updated by Council Regulation (EC) No 118/97 of 2 December 1996 (OJ 1997 L 28, p. 1).
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