Social security coordination
In connection with the freedom of movement of people and services in the European Union, it is particularly important to ensure that people moving between countries have adequate social security, regardless of where they are. For this reason, there are regulations that coordinate social security systems in individual countries.
These provisions are included in international agreements (concluded between individual states) and legal acts of the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union, such as: Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71, Council Regulation (EEC) No. 574/72, Regulation of the European Parliament Council ( EC) 883/2004, Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 of the European Parliament The last two documents came into force relatively recently, on 1 May 2010, and introduced a number of significant reforms to the coordination system (see also A1 / E101). Others are used only to a limited extent. All these provisions are based on four fundamental principles:
- The principle of equal treatment when applying social security provisions (prohibition of discrimination)
- The principle of unity of the legislation used (an insured person may not be simultaneously covered by insurance in several countries, but must be insured in at least one of them)
- Principle of preservation of acquired and acquisition rights (social security benefits acquired in one country are, as a general rule, not lost if the place of residence changes)
- The principle of aggregation of insurance periods (when determining the right to social security benefits, insurance periods in other countries are also taken into account).
Co-ordination covers not only countries belonging to the European Union (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Spain, the Netherlands, Ireland, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Germany, Poland, Portugal, Romania , Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom, Latvia), but also the European Economic Area (Liechtenstein, Norway, Iceland) and Switzerland.
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