Recent developments at EU level concerning social security coordination trESS bilateral seminar Estonia-Finland 4 September 2012 Jonathan Olsson & Felix Schatz DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion

Overview Legislative developments External dimension Miscellaneous amendments 2010 EEA and Switzerland External dimension Work of the Administrative Commission New decisions and recommendations and other forms of guidance EESSI Outcome of Working Parties Outlook Review of provisions on unemployment and long-term care Information sources and funding

Legislative Developments

Miscellaneous Amendments 2010 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1244/2010 Update of country-specific Annexes Published in OJ L 338, 22.12.2010, p. 35 Entered into force on 11 January 2011 Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council Published in OJ L 149, 8.6.2012, p. 4 Entered into force on 28 June 2012

Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 Main changes Applicable legislation: change of rules for working in 2 or more MS - Article 13 BR and 14(5) and (5b) IR Introduction of the concept of “ home base” for air crew members - Article 11(5) BR and 14(5a) IR Solution for formerly self-employed frontier workers who were covered in the Member State of last activity, but whose MS of residence does not have an unemployment benefits scheme - Article 65a BR

EEA and Switzerland EEA Joint Committee Decision No 76/2011 Adopted on 1 July 2011 Published in OJ L 262, 6.10.2011, p. 33 Regulations (EC) Nos 883/2004 and 987/2009 apply in relation to IS, LI and NO since 1 June 2012 EC-CH Joint Committee Decision No 1/2012 Adopted on 31 March 2012 Published in OJ L 103, 13.4.2012, p. 51 Regulations (EC) Nos 883/2004 and 987/2009 apply in relation to Switzerland since 1 April 2012

EXTERNAL Dimension

Communication on the External Dimension of EU Social Security Coordination COM(2012) 153 final of 30 March 2012 Makes the case for strengthening cooperation between Member States to achieve a more coherent approach to social security coordination with third countries Sets out ways in which the EU rules currently impact on social security coordination with third countries Describes existing components of common EU approach to social security coordination with third countries

The Communication proposes The creation of a new annual forum at EU level to strengthen cooperation between Member States as regards third countries Exploring the use of EU social security agreements with selected third countries Developing the common EU approach, including the adoption of a second package of Association Council decisions with Turkey, Albania, Montenegro and San Marino

Work of the Administrative Commission

New Decisions and Recommendations E3: prolongation of transitional period for EESSI (OJ C 12, 14.1.2012, p. 6) U4: reimbursement of unemployment benefits for former frontier workers (OJ C 57, 25.2.2012, p. 4) Recommendation No S1: healthcare coverage for cross-border living organ donation (OJ C 240, 10.8.2012, p. 3)

Practical Guide on applicable legislation Replaces the "Posting Guide" Working instrument to assist institutions, employers and citizens in the area of determining the applicable social security legislation Available on the Commission's website: http://ec.europa.eu/social-security-coordination Planned update – Regulation (EU) No 465/2012 and other general developments

EESSI – Current activities at EU level Central system Validation and prioritization of requirements (October 2012) Agreement on specifications (December 2012) Business model Legal validation of SEDs and Flows - 3rd review, alignment process (December 2012) Updated guidelines (December 2012) Baseline version

Working Parties of the AC Child-raising periods (14 April 2011) Followed-up by Ad-hoc Group of the AC, report due in autumn 2012 Patients' mobility (4 October 2011) Followed-up by guidance note of the Commission on the relationship between Regulations (EC) Nos 883/2004 and 987/2009 on the coordination of social security systems and Directive 2011/24/EU on the application of patients' rights in cross-border healthcare. Presented to the Committee on cross-border healthcare in May and to the Administrative Commission in June 2012

Working Parties of the AC Recovery (17 November 2011) To be followed-up by an explanatory note from the Commission Family benefits; ex-Decisions Nos 147 and 150 (18 April 2012) Recommendations adopted by Administrative Commission in June 2012 – no need for replacing Decisions Nos 147 and 150 Applicable legislation (4 October 2012) Review of the Practical Guide, especially in view of Regulation (EU) No 465/2012

OUtlook

Revision of the social security coordination rules Scope Coordination of long-term care benefits (LTC) Coordination of unemployment benefits Planning 2009-2011 Evaluation 2012-2013 Impact assessment 2014 Proposal from the Commission

Revision of the social security coordination rules Aim Improved social security protection for migrant persons Enhanced effectiveness of the coordination regime Legal certainty for all stakeholders Simplification

Coordination of LTC benefits Is the current system of coordination of long-term care benefits satisfactory? Is a new set of rules needed & how radical the changes should be? LTC within material scope of coordination Regulations Coordination under Chapter 1 – Sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits Court of Justice (recent: C-208/07 Chamier-Glisczinski, C-388/09 da Silva, C-206/10 Commission v Germany, C-538/11 Sax - pending) No definition, no list of benefits See also: trESS Think Tank Report 2011; trESS analysis of selected concepts 2010

Chapter 6 - Unemployment benefits Room for simplification and clarification? Complex coordination regime for cross-border workers (Article 65 BR and new Article 65a BR), including the new reimbursement mechanism (Decision No U4) Application of the case-law of the Court of Justice (C-131/95 Huijbrechts, 1/85 Miethe) Extension of the period of export of unemployment benefits Application of the principle of aggregation of periods

Information Sources and Funding

Information sources Commission's website http://ec.europa.eu/social-security-coordination Links to legislation, official documents Practical guide on applicable legislation "Small Guide" on citizens' rights Information sheets "Your rights country by country" Explanatory notes and videos trESS network http://www.tress-network.org trESS seminars

Information sources New smartphone application for EHIC

Funding by the Commission - Call for proposals 2012 Financial support to: transnational actions for cooperation and/or for improving information transnational or national actions for preparing and implementing the system for electronic data exchange (EESSI) A total of 17 projects funded with a total of 2.5 million euros Not yet decided on funding in 2013

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