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Free movement of persons would not be possible without the guarantee that citizens do not lose their social security protection when moving to another Member State. In order to protect the social security rights of persons moving within the EU/EFTA, common rules are established at EU level. Detailed rules are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (‘Basic Regulation’) and Regulation (EC) No
987/2009 (‘Implementing Regulation’) (hereinafter jointly referred to as the “Coordination Regulations”). Through these rules, the legislator offers a well-developed social protection to mobile persons in the EU/EFTA. In order to protect the social security rights of persons moving within the EU, some key principles are set out in the Coordination Regulations: a) the prohibition of discrimination, reinforced by the equal treatment of cross-border facts and events (i.e. principle of assimilation); b) the aggregation of insurance periods; c) the exportability of benefits; and d) the determination of a single applicable legislation. The Coordination Regulations only ‘coordinate’ the various social security systems. Consequently, Member States are still free to decide who is to be insured, what benefits should be granted, how they should be calculated and for how long they should be granted. Moreover, coordination can be applied only in respect of legislation concerning social benefits which are within the material scope of the Coordination Regulations. It covers the following branches of social security: sickness benefits, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits, invalidity benefits, old-age benefits, survivors’ benefits, benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases, death grants, unemployment benefits, pre-retirement benefits, and family benefits. The Coordination Regulations also apply to special non-contributory cash benefits but not to social and medical assistance and certain benefits which are a compensation for damages.
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Published:
2020-12-30
Corporate author(s):
Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
(
European Commission
)
Personal author(s):
De Smedt, Lynn
;
Pacolet, Jozef
;
De Wispelaere, Frederic
Themes:
Social protection and social security
Subject:
cross-border cooperation
,
data collection
,
EU Member State
,
family benefit
,
social security
,
social security legislation
,
social-security benefit
,
social-security contribution
,
social-security harmonisation
,
statistical method
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978-92-76-15369-6
DOI
10.2767/068038
Catalogue number
KE-02-20-033-EN-N
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ISBN
978-92-76-15369-6
DOI
10.2767/068038
Catalogue number
KE-02-20-033-EN-N
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