Facts
[M.], born in 1974, worked as a baker for N. SA, starting from September 1, 1997. On August 25, 1999, Dr. R. diagnosed the baker's rhinitis and recommended a change of occupation. On February 1, 2000, the Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund (CNA) examined the insured person and, by decision of February 10, 2000, declared him immediately unfit for all work involving exposure to wheat and rye flour dust. The employer dismissed him as of February 1, 2000.
[M.] registered with the Disability Insurance Office of the Canton of Fribourg (the office) and the SYNA Unemployment Insurance Fund (the fund). The office recognized his right to vocational measures as of September 25, 2000; the fund paid unemployment benefits for the periods from February 21 to September 24, 2000 and from January 2 to February 27, 2001.
Suisse Assurances paid daily allowances for change of occupation for the period from February 2 to 20, 2000; for the period from February 21, 2000 to September 30, 2001, it paid allowances for change of occupation equivalent to 80 percent of the difference between the annual salary and the amount of unemployment and disability insurance benefits. By decision of November 30, 2001, confirmed on appeal on February 12, 2002, Suisse Assurances denied M.'s right to daily allowances and allowances for change of occupation.
Considerations
According to the Federal Tribunal, the benefits of other social insurers should not be taken into account when examining the right to daily allowance or allowance for change of occupation; they are only taken into account when determining the amount of benefits with regard to the rules on the concurrence and accumulation of benefits (over-indemnification).
Subject to over-indemnification, the appellant can claim the daily allowance for change of occupation for a period of four months and the allowance for change…