8. The UK left the EU on 31 January 2020 and entered a transition period (which lasts until 31 December 2020). The Withdrawal Agreement will create a cohort that will continue to be covered by EU coordination regulations after the end of the transition period. From that point on, the response teams will have to determine whether a person falls within the scope of the withdrawal agreement provisions on the coordination of social security systems and therefore applies EU coordination regulations or whether they are not covered by UK national law and existing mutual agreements. If you notice formatting errors in this guide (broken links, spelling mistakes, etc.) or if you have any comments about the layout or navigability of the guide, you can send EU.Agreements@dwp.gov.uk an email. DWP Decision Maker Guidance, Importance of Family Members – 073252, assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/911538/dmgch703.pdf ↩ 1. These guidelines are developed by the Department of Work and Pensions, Her Majesty`s Department of Revenue and Customs and the Department of Health and Social Welfare. Anyone can ask the DoD to remove or amend a particular guidance document by sending a written request to osd.mc-alex.ocmo.mbx.guidance-documents@mail.mil. Please use the words “INSTRUCTIONS: [Insert the title of the important guide from the list below]” in the subject line of the e-mail message. The component should attempt to respond to all requests within 90 days of receipt of the request or as quickly as possible, taking into account the limitations of the request. 6. Without prejudice to other previous bilateral agreements concluded by the United Kingdom with EU Member States, when examining Ireland`s applications, staff should also be aware of other reciprocal agreements between the United Kingdom and Ireland concerning the coordination of social security systems. This includes the 2007 Irish Bilateral Social Security Agreement [footnote 4], which mainly covers people who have worked in parts of the UK, including the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, and who are not covered by EU coordination regulations.

↩ www.gov.uk/government/publications/eea-efta-separation-agreement-and-explainer 5. These guidelines explain the impact of the Withdrawal Agreement on the coordination of social security systems, but do not constitute a definitive declaration or a substitute for the law itself. The purpose of this Guide is to assist staff responsible for the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement in defining it in the context of social security coordination under the Withdrawal Agreement. Those guidelines cover only the elements of the coordination of the social security systems of the Withdrawal Agreement and should therefore only be used in relation to those provisions. If you receive personal data from a country, territory or sector covered by an adequacy decision from the European Commission, the sender of the data should check how to comply with its local laws on international transfers. Review local legislation and guidance and seek legal advice if necessary. 1. This Chapter supports the decision-making process concerning the social security provisions in the part on citizens` rights of the Withdrawal Agreement and related agreements. The main objective is to identify the persons covered by the provisions of the Title on the coordination of social security systems (Title III) of the Withdrawal Agreement and to define their rights under those provisions.

It should be read in conjunction with all ministry-specific guidelines on these provisions. The guides are available in a variety of formats. Guides include, for example, memoranda, policy statements, rules of interpretation, personnel manuals, circulars, bulletins, advice or frequently asked questions designed to advise parties outside the federal executive on legal rights and obligations that fall under the jurisdiction of the ministry`s regulatory or law enforcement agency. Guides do not have the force and effect of law unless they are expressly approved by law or incorporated into a contract. The Department of Defense (DoD) may not cite, use, or rely on guidelines not published on this website except to establish historical facts. These guidelines will contribute to the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement and assist staff of the Ministry of Work and Pensions, HM Revenue & Customs and the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare to examine an application to a Social Security Coordination Service or to determine eligibility under the EU Social Security Coordination Regulation (“Coordination Regulation”) from 1 January 2021. This publication is www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-security-arrangements-between-the-uk-and-the-eu-from-1-january-2021-staff-guide/guidance-relating-to-the-uks-operational-implementation-of-the-social-security-coordination-provisions-of-part-2-of-the-eu-withdrawal-agreement-citi If the DoD develops a meaningful guidance document, a notice will be published in the Federal Register in which the availability of the draft guidelines is announced. , and a copy of the draft will be available on this website with a link to the electronic waybill at www.regulations.gov. The public can comment on the draft documents by following the instructions in the publication of the Federal Register and on Regulations.gov. ii. a person receiving a UK social security benefit in the EU who is not exported under national rules or a reciprocal agreement with the country concerned; 2.

This Guide sets out the provisions on citizens` rights to coordinate social security systems in Part Ii of the Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community (`the Withdrawal Agreement`). This is the Withdrawal Agreement agreed at the European Council meeting on 17 October 2019 and implemented in the United Kingdom by the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020. Chapter 3: provides a summary of the EU regulations on the coordination of social security systems (the “EU Coordination Regulations”) in order to facilitate the understanding of the guidelines for the implementation of the Withdrawal Agreement. 15. The export scheme (renunciation of the residence scheme) allows the payment of certain benefits in cash outside the competent State. Payment of these benefits must be made without reduction, modification, suspension, withdrawal or confiscation because the person or members of his or her family reside outside the State responsible for payment of the benefit. All eligibility requirements for the benefit must continue to be met. 15. If a person does not fulfil the conditions for coordination of social security systems in the Withdrawal Agreement, the person`s right to social security benefits or the payment of contributions to United Kingdom social security shall be determined in accordance with national law or mutual agreement with the State concerned. ↩ www.efta.int/media/documents/legal-texts/eea/the-eea-agreement/Main%20Text%20of%20the%20Agreement/EEAagreement.pdf If you have any questions about the guidelines or if you think they contain factual errors, please send an email to: 7. The family members relating to Titles I and II are those defined in Article 2(2) of the EU Free Movement Directive.

Guidance on this can be found in the Division`s existing guidelines [footnote 22]. The definition includes: For more information, consult the legislation and guidelines of the supervisory authority of the sender`s country or ask for your own legal advice. These links contain information about specific regulations in: 11. In order to determine whether a person falls within the scope of the provisions on the coordination of social security systems, it is necessary to consider whether they fully fall within the scope of Article 30 of the Withdrawal Agreement (including those covered by Article 30(3) because they have rights of residence because they fall within the scope of Article 10 of the Withdrawal Agreement). Otherwise, it may be necessary to examine whether they fall partially within the scope (Article 32 of the Withdrawal Agreement) or whether they have derived rights as family members. If a person is not covered by one of these criteria, his or her social security situation depends on national law or a reciprocal agreement between the United Kingdom and the State concerned. Some power lines may experience slight deviations in this order. (3) The provisions of the Withdrawal Agreement ensure cooperation between those three agreements and, therefore, references in this Chapter to EU citizens or EU Member States should be understood as including citizens and States of the EEA-EFTA countries (Norway, Liechtenstein and Iceland) and Switzerland. 30. Title II governs the rights and obligations relating to the rights and obligations covered by Article 10 of the Withdrawal Agreement in the host Member State. The relevant provisions of Title II for the purposes of this Guide concern the right of residence and the rights of employed and self-employed persons. .