14. Claiming pension and pre-retirement benefits from compulsory schemes

Description: Users that are concerned are employed, self-employed persons and other persons holding entitlement to pension or pre-retirement benefits (including civil servants). The requirements concerning this procedure are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems and its Implementing Regulation (EC) No 987/2009. Under this procedure, competent authorities are required to accept a claim for pension and pre- retirement benefits in digital form. Users should receive an acknowledgment of receipt as confirmation that the application has been submitted or a decision on the claim whenever this decision will be made, as well as the Portable document P1, in digital form.

Competent body: Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.

Proof:
- proof of citizenship
- proof of birth
- proof of marriage/registered partnership
- proof of birth of child
- proof of death of parent
- proof of certificate of admission to secondary education institution
- proof of enrolment in tertiary education institution.

Link to e-Service: e-Services of the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.