Model provisions for a bilateral social security agreement and explanatory report (1998)

The aim of this book is to assist states (in particular, Central and Eastern European countries having joined the Council of Europe recently) with the drawing up of bilateral agreements on social security. The model provisions incorporate the basic principles of co-ordination: equal treatment, determination of applicable legislation, retention of acquired rights and of rights in course of acquisition and provision of benefits abroad.
The book is divided into four parts - general provisions, applicable legislation, special provisions concerning the various categories of benefits and miscellaneous provisions -and followed by an explanatory report, which aims to make suggested provisions easier to understand.