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Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition)
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28 Nov 2025
Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements
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Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements
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Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements
Chapter 16: European Union co-ordination rules
1. Introduction
The five sets of co-ordination rules
How to check whether the co-ordination rules apply
The co-ordination principles
Legal sources of the co-ordination rules
2. Who is covered
Who is covered by Withdrawal Agreement protections
How long the Withdrawal Agreement protections apply
Partial Withdrawal Agreement protections
Who is covered by the main co-ordination rules
Who is covered by the UK–Ireland Convention on Social Security
Who is covered by the UK–EU Protocol
Who is covered by the UK–EFTA Convention
When the old co-ordination rules apply
Common terms
'Subject to the legislation of'
Member of the family
3. Which benefits are covered
Social security benefits
Disability and carers' benefits
Special non-contributory benefits
Social and medical assistance
4. Principles of co-ordination
The single competent state
How residence is determined
When the competent state changes
If the decision maker decides the UK is not the competent state
Sickness benefits
Equal treatment of people
Equal treatment of facts and events
Aggregation
Disability and carers' benefits
Unemployment benefits
Exporting benefits
Overlapping benefit rules
5. Family benefits
Members of your family resident in another state
Priority when family benefits overlap
Administration of family benefits
Chapter 17: International agreements
1. Reciprocal agreements
Agreements with non-European Economic Area countries
Agreements with Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Gibraltar
Agreements with Northern Ireland
Agreements with Gibraltar
Agreements with European Economic Area states
Agreement with Switzerland
People covered by the agreements
Benefits covered by the agreements
Unemployment benefits
Sickness and invalidity benefits
Maternity benefits
Benefits for industrial injuries
Retirement pensions and bereavement benefits
Family benefits
Dependants’ benefits
2. Council of Europe conventions and agreements
Effect on benefit entitlements
3. European association agreements and their replacements
Agreements with equal treatment provisions
Who is covered
Other agreements
Albania
Israel
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CPAG. "Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements." In
Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition).
, 2024. Accessed September 9, 2026.
CPAG,
https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-258769CITANCHOR.
CPAG. "Part 6: European co-ordination rules and international agreements." In
Benefits for Migrants Handbook (15th edition).
, 2024. Accessed September 9, 2026. https://askcpag.org.uk/?id=-258769CITANCHOR.
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