It is with pleasure that I present to you our October trESS e-newsletter. Approaching the end of 2012, we are happy to inform you about our project and about the latest developments in the field of EU social security coordination.

As to the activities of the project, all the planned trESS 2012 seminars have already taken place and, to our great delight, these seminars were all considered very instructive and fruitful. At the same time and as usual, different reports will be finalised in the coming weeks under the reporting and analytical branch of the project. Two of these reports (‘The coordination of unemployment benefits’ and ‘The coordination of benefits with activation measures’) will be presented at the coming December meeting of the Administrative Commission. You will find the fruit of this work on our website. New topics for reports in 2013 are already on the radar. We would also like to remind you to take a look at our renewed website and to keep inviting your colleagues to join our social media platforms if they are interested in EU social security coordination.

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trESS analytical work

At this stage, the different reports (on long-term care, on activation measures and on unemployment benefits) to be delivered to the European Commission are in their finalising phase. The reports on long-term care and unemployment are part of the agenda of the Commission as they will open the debate on the potential amendment of the Regulations in these areas.
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trESS social media and website

The trESS LinkedIn Group already brings over 300 people together, producing a lot of interesting discussion on the coordination of social security in the EU.

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Ms Marzena Matyja is a Legal Officer in the Unit ‘Free movement of workers and coordination of social security systems’ of DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion.

She took up this responsibility a year ago. Before, she dealt with migration matters in DG Home Affairs of the Commission and in the public sector in Poland.

She was prepared to provide us with insight into current questions regarding cross-border health care.

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2nd Social Security Coordination Communication Network Workshop: better synergies between national and EU information
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Your pension rights if you have lived or worked in more than one EU country
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Conference on the European Quality Framework for Long Term Care 
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European Social Network seminar: Retaining and regaining independence and inclusion in later life - the role of social services
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Thematic seminar of the Network on free movement of workers: EU migrants in Italy and their fundamental rights
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(Case C-137/11) Partena ASBL v Les Tartes de Chaumont-Gistoux SA
This reference has been made in proceedings between Partena, the social insurance office for self-employed persons in Belgium, and Les Tartes de Chaumont-Gistoux, concerning the recovery by Partena from that company of social security contributions and surcharges.
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(Case C-115/11) Format Urzadzenia v ZUS I Oddzial w Warszawie
The reference has been made in proceedings between Format and one of its employees, Mr Kita, on the one hand, and the Polish Social Security Institution ZUS, on the other, concerning the determination of the legislation applicable to Mr Kita under Regulation 1408/71.
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Political agreement on the coordination of social security systems with Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Turkey

The Council reached a political agreement on the position to be taken by the EU on provisions for the coordination of social security systems provided for by the association agreements or similar agreements between the EU and Albania, Montenegro, San Marino and Turkey.

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Recommendation of the Administrative Commission on organ donation published

Recommendation S1 of 15 March 2012 concerning financial aspects of cross-border living organ donations has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

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A selection of recent publications in the field of EU social security coordination.
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