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Social Security Coordination Regulation

Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems
32004R0883 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

• Article 1 — Definitions
• Article 2 — Persons covered
• Article 3 — Matters covered
• Article 4 — Equality of treatment
• Article 5 — Equal treatment of benefits, income, facts or events
• Article 6 — Aggregation of periods
• Article 7 — Waiving of residence rules
• Article 8 — Relations between this Regulation and other coordination instruments
• Article 9 — Declarations by the Member States on the scope of this Regulation
• Article 10 — Prevention of overlapping of benefits
• Article 11 — General rules
• Article 12 — Special rules
• Article 13 — Pursuit of activities in two or more Member States
• Article 14 — Voluntary insurance or optional continued insurance
• Article 15 — ►M1  Contract staff ◄ of the European Communities
• Article 16 — Exceptions to Articles 11 to 15

Chapter 1 Sickness, maternity and equivalent paternity benefits

Section 1 Insured persons and members of their families, except pensioners and members of their families

• Article 17 — Residence in a Member State other than the competent Member State
• Article 18 — Stay in the competent Member State when residence is in another Member State – Special rules for the members of the families of frontier workers
• Article 19 — Stay outside the competent Member State
• Article 20 — Travel with the purpose of receiving benefits in kind — authorisation to receive appropriate treatment outside the Member State of residence
• Article 21 — Cash benefits
• Article 22 — Pension claimants

Section 2 Pensioners and members of their families

• Article 23 — Right to benefits in kind under the legislation of the Member State of residence
• Article 24 — No right to benefits in kind under the legislation of the Member State of residence
• Article 25 — Pensions under the legislation of one or more Member States other than the Member State of residence, where there is a right to benefits in kind in the latter Member State
• Article 26 — Residence of members of the family in a Member State other than the one in which the pensioner resides
• Article 27 — Stay of the pensioner or the members of his/her family in a Member State other than the Member State in which they reside — stay in the competent Member State — authorisation for appropriate treatment outside the Member State of residence
• Article 28 — Special rules for retired frontier workers
• Article 29 — Cash benefits for pensioners
• Article 30 — Contributions by pensioners

Section 3 Common provisions

• Article 31 — General provision
• Article 32 — Prioritising of the right to benefits in kind — special rule for the right of members of the family to benefits in the Member State of residence
• Article 33 — Substantial benefits in kind
• Article 34 — Overlapping of long-term care benefits
• Article 35 — Reimbursements between institutions

Chapter 2 Benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases

• Article 36 — Right to benefits in kind and in cash
• Article 37 — Costs of transport
• Article 38 — Benefits for an occupational disease where the person suffering from such a disease has been exposed to the same risk in several Member States
• Article 39 — Aggravation of an occupational disease
• Article 40 — Rules for taking into account the special features of certain legislation
• Article 41 — Reimbursements between institutions

Chapter 3 Death grants

• Article 42 — Right to grants where death occurs in, or where the person entitled resides in, a Member State other than the competent Member State
• Article 43 — Provision of benefits in the event of the death of a pensioner

Chapter 4 Invalidity benefits

• Article 44 — Persons subject only to type A legislation
• Article 45 — Special provisions on aggregation of periods
• Article 46 — Persons subject either only to type B legislation or to type A and B legislation
• Article 47 — Aggravation of invalidity
• Article 48 — Conversion of invalidity benefits into old-age benefits
• Article 49 — Special provisions for civil servants

Chapter 5 Old-age and survivors' pensions

• Article 50 — General provisions
• Article 51 — Special provisions on aggregation of periods
• Article 52 — Award of benefits
• Article 53 — Rules to prevent overlapping
• Article 54 — Overlapping of benefits of the same kind
• Article 55 — Overlapping of benefits of a different kind
• Article 56 — Additional provisions for the calculation of benefits
• Article 57 — Periods of insurance or residence of less than one year
• Article 58 — Award of a supplement
• Article 59 — Recalculation and revaluation of benefits
• Article 60 — Special provisions for civil servants

Chapter 6 Unemployment benefits

• Article 61 — Special rules on aggregation of periods of insurance, employment or self-employment
• Article 62 — Calculation of benefits
• Article 63 — Special provisions for the waiving of residence rules
• Article 64 — Unemployed persons going to another Member State
• Article 65 — Unemployed persons who resided in a Member State other than the competent State
• Article 65a — Special provisions for wholly unemployed self-employed frontier workers where no unemployment benefits system covering self-employed persons exists in the Member State of residence

Chapter 7 Pre-retirement benefits

• Article 66 — Benefits

Chapter 8 Family benefits

• Article 67 — Members of the family residing in another Member State
• Article 68 — Priority rules in the event of overlapping
• Article 68a — Provision of benefits
• Article 69 — Additional provisions

Chapter 9 Special non-contributory cash benefits

• Article 70 — General provision
• Article 71 — Composition and working methods of the Administrative Commission
• Article 72 — Tasks of the Administrative Commission
• Article 73 — Technical Commission for Data Processing
• Article 74 — Audit Board
• Article 74a — The European Labour Authority
• Article 75 — Advisory Committee for the Coordination of Social Security Systems
• Article 76 — Cooperation
• Article 77 — Protection of personal data
• Article 78 — Data processing
• Article 79 — Funding of activities in the social security field
• Article 80 — Exemptions
• Article 81 — Claims, declarations or appeals
• Article 82 — Medical examinations
• Article 83 — Implementation of legislation
• Article 84 — Collection of contributions and recovery of benefits
• Article 85 — Rights of institutions
• Article 86 — Bilateral agreements
• Article 87 — Transitional provisions
• Article 87a — Transitional provision for application of Regulation (EU) No 465/2012
• Article 88 — Updating of the Annexes
• Article 89 — Implementing Regulation
• Article 90 — Repeal
• Article 91 — Entry into force