6. Request for determination of applicable legislation in accordance with Title II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004
Description: This procedure relates to the issuance of the Portable Document (PD) A1 foreseen under Title II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 (the Basic Regulation). Article 19(2) of Regulation (EC) No 987/2009 provides that at the request of the person concerned or of the employer, the competent institution of the Member State whose legislation is applicable pursuant to Title II of Regulation (EC) No 883/2004 shall provide an attestation that such legislation is applicable and shall indicate, where appropriate, until what date and under what conditions.
Under the SDGR, a person concerned (depending on national legislation, an employee, employer or self-employed) has to be able to electronically submit a request for PD A1 to a competent institution. The user has to receive, in digital format, both outcomes: (a) an automatic acknowledgement of receipt of the request and (b) the PD A1 in electronic format if following the necessary verification, the person (employed or self-employed) is found to be entitled to it.
Competent authority: Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.
Necessary conditions for the e-Service to work properly:
In which case is the SDG service used?
The SDG service "Request for determination of applicable legislation A1" is used when an EU/EEA citizen who holds an OIB wishes to apply for the issuance of a portable A1 document, which confirms that the social security legislation of the issuing Member State applies to him/her, and that there is no obligation to pay contributions in another Member State in which that person carries out an activity.
Example:
A self-employed person residing in the Republic of Croatia and performing a significant part of his/her activity there simultaneously or alternately performs some activity in the Republic of Slovenia (or in several EU/EEA member states). In order to be able to prove that Croatian legislation in the field of social security continues to apply to him/her, he/she can submit an electronic application for PD A1 via the HZMO e-Services. After the HZMO processes the application, the citizen will receive a PD A1 which he/she can present, if necessary, upon request by authorized persons or institutions.
Link to e-Service: e-Services of the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.
Under the SDGR, a person concerned (depending on national legislation, an employee, employer or self-employed) has to be able to electronically submit a request for PD A1 to a competent institution. The user has to receive, in digital format, both outcomes: (a) an automatic acknowledgement of receipt of the request and (b) the PD A1 in electronic format if following the necessary verification, the person (employed or self-employed) is found to be entitled to it.
Competent authority: Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.
Necessary conditions for the e-Service to work properly:
- Proof: none.
- PIN (Croatian, Osobni identifikacijski broj - OIB): procedure requires the user's PIN (OIB).
In which case is the SDG service used?
The SDG service "Request for determination of applicable legislation A1" is used when an EU/EEA citizen who holds an OIB wishes to apply for the issuance of a portable A1 document, which confirms that the social security legislation of the issuing Member State applies to him/her, and that there is no obligation to pay contributions in another Member State in which that person carries out an activity.
Example:
A self-employed person residing in the Republic of Croatia and performing a significant part of his/her activity there simultaneously or alternately performs some activity in the Republic of Slovenia (or in several EU/EEA member states). In order to be able to prove that Croatian legislation in the field of social security continues to apply to him/her, he/she can submit an electronic application for PD A1 via the HZMO e-Services. After the HZMO processes the application, the citizen will receive a PD A1 which he/she can present, if necessary, upon request by authorized persons or institutions.
Link to e-Service: e-Services of the Croatian Pension Insurance Institute.