Social security agreement
A social security agreement ( SVA ) is an international agreement between two states or nations , through which their social security law is coordinated. From the point of view of the social insured, it means that the same or similar benefits from the home social insurance can also be used in the territory of the other state.
Such agreements are of practical relevance in the event of unforeseeable events such as illness and accident or when transferring pensions from the statutory pension insurance or statutory accident insurance e.g. B. after the return of guest workers to their home country or the move of Germans abroad. In addition, the agreements specifically regulate the provision of service contract workers in the event of illness or after an accident at work.
From the point of view of paying contributions to the social security agencies, such agreements are of general relevance. For example, a person can live in one state but work in another. This raises not only the question of which country's income tax legislation is applicable, but also which social security systems a person concerned belongs to, is subject to contributions and is entitled to.
In the member states of the EU and the member states of the EEA as well as indirectly in Switzerland, European law applies with further significance. (See also: European social law .)
Germany
Social insurance agreements regulate the legal relationship with exactly one country and contain demarcation standards. These avoid that both German and foreign statutory provisions on compulsory insurance have to be applied to the same employment (avoidance of double insurance). This only applies to classes of insurance that are covered by the respective agreement and not, as in the EU / EEA / Switzerland, for all classes of social insurance.
In 2016, 7.9 million euros were spent on the German-Turkish social security agreement.
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The Federal Republic of Germany has bilateral social security agreements with the following countries:
| Social insurance agreements with the insurance branches covered and the dates of entry into force | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| country | Health insurance | care insurance | Pension insurance | unemployment insurance | Accident insurance | in force since |
| Albania | x | December 01, 2017 | ||||
| Australia | x | 01/01/2003 | ||||
| Bosnia Herzegovina | x | x | x | x | 09/01/1969 | |
| Brazil | x | x | x | 05/01/2013 | ||
| Chile | x | x | 01/01/1994 | |||
| China | x | x | 04/04/2002 | |||
| India | x | x | October 01, 2009 | |||
| Israel | x | x | x | 05/01/1975 | ||
| Japan | x | x | 02/01/2000 | |||
| Canada (and Province of Quebec) | x | x | 04/01/1988 | |||
| Korea (Republic) | x | x | 01/01/2003 | |||
| Kosovo | x | x | x | x | x | 09/01/1969 |
| Morocco 1) | x | x | x | x | 08/01/1986 | |
| Macedonia | x | x | x | x | x | 11/01/1969 |
| Moldova (Republic) | x | x | 01.03.2019 | |||
| Montenegro | x | x | x | x | 09/01/1969 | |
| Philippines | x | x | 06/01/2018 | |||
| Serbia | x | x | x | x | 09/01/1969 | |
| Turkey | x | x | x | x | 11/01/1965 | |
| Tunisia 1) | x | x | x | 08/01/1986 | ||
| Uruguay | x | 02/01/2015 | ||||
| United States | x | December 01, 1979 | ||||
1) The agreements with Morocco and Tunisia only apply to nationals of the respective contracting states. In all other agreements, the nationality of the workers is irrelevant.
Negotiations have started with Argentina and the Russian Federation. An agreement was signed with Ukraine in November 2018. It still needs to be ratified in both countries before it comes into force.
Competence - Liaison Office
The so-called liaison offices, which are located in Germany, for example, at the umbrella organizations of the individual social insurance branches, are usually responsible for processing.
See also
Web links
- Social security agreement and contract negotiations in Germany
- Social security agreements and normative conventions of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Information brochure of the German pension insurance "Living and working in Europe
- ↑ https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/2018_02/543248-543248
- ↑ Overview of the social security agreements
- ↑ http://www.bmas.de/SharedDocs/Downloads/DE/zweiseiten-abkommen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=4
- ^ Publisher: BMAS - Agreement between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Republic of Albania on Social Security. Retrieved on October 25, 2017 (German).
- ↑ BGBl. 2002 II p. 2306