Orienteringsskrivelse samt brev fra kommissær Thyssen om dansk position vedr. revision af forordning 883

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2 2019-511 EKN 27. november 2019
ORIENTERING SAMT BREV
Regeringens holdning til de verserende forhandlinger om revision
af forordning 883
Til underretning for Folketingets Europaudvalg vedlægges Beskæftigel-
sesministeriets orienteringsskrivelse samt kopi af brev fra kommissær
Thyssen om regeringens holdning til de verserende forhandlinger om
revision af forordning 883.
Jeppe Kofod
Europaudvalget 2016
KOM (2016) 0815 Bilag 28
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MARIANNE THYSSEN
MEMBER OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
Brussels, ] 8 MOV. 2019
Dear Minister,
I would like to thank you for your letter of 17 September 2019 in which you outline
Denmark’s position regarding the revision of the EU rules on the coordination of social
security systems.
In your letter, you explain that the Danish priorities remain unchanged. In particular, you
express your support for the Commission’s original proposal on the qualifying period for
aggregation ofunemployment benefits.
The current rules do not specify a qualifying period for aggregation of unemployment
benefits. This gives rise to legal uncertainty. In practice, the length of the qualifying
period varies from Member State to Member State, with some countries applying a
qualifying period of several months, and others a period ofjust one day.
The Commission’s proposal sought to remedy the uncertainty that exists under the
current rules by introducing, among other things, a minimum qualifying period of three
months. In other words, the Commission proposed clearer rules that ensured a genuine
link between the unemployed person and the labour market of the Member State paying
the benefits.
The Council’s general approach of June 2018 and the provisional agreement reached in
March 2019 introduce a minimum qualifying period of one month. While this is lower
than the Commission had proposed, it nonetheless constitutes an improvement compared
to the current situation: it provides a clearer rule on the qualifying period for aggregation
of unemployment benefits and a genuine link between the unemployed person and the
labour market ofthe Member State paying the benefits.
In your letter, you stress the need to achieve, with respect to the revision of the EU rules
on the coordination of social security systems, an agreement of high quality supported by
a broad majority.
Mr Peter Hummelgaard Thomsen
Ministerfor Employment
Holmens Kanal 20
DK 1060 Copenhagen K
ADDRESS: EUROPEAN COMMISSION, B-1049 BRUSSELS - TELEPHONE: 32.2.295 54 91 - E-MAIL: marianne.thyssen@ec.europa.eu
Ref. Ares(2019)7120790 - 18/11/2019
Europaudvalget 2016
KOM (2016) 0815 Bilag 28
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The European Commission is continuing to work closely with the co-legislators to
achieve such an agreement. I am glad to note that the most recent negotiations have been
constructive and that the co-legislators have agreed to use the provisional agreement
reached in March 2019 as the basis to finalise the file. I am convinced that we will soon
be able to provide our citizens with modernized rules that are fair, clear and enforceable.
Yours sincerely,
Marianne Thyssen
Electronically signed on 18/11/2019 15:26 (UTC+01) in accordance with article 4.2 (Validity of electronic documents) of Commission Decision 2004/563


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Folketingets Europaudvalg
Orientering om svar fra social- og beskæftigelseskommissær
Marianne Thyssen vedr. revision af forordning 883
Den 17. september 2020 sendte jeg til udvalgets orientering brev til social- og be-
skæftigelseskommissær Marianne Thyssen, hvori jeg redegjorde for regeringens
holdning til de verserende forhandlinger om revision af forordning 883.
Til udvalgets orientering vedlægger jeg hermed kommissær Marianne Thyssens
svar.
Venlig hilsen
Peter Hummelgaard
Europaudvalget 2016
KOM (2016) 0815 Bilag 28
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