Desde la firma NEWLAND CHASE nos indican: «Desde nuestro Advisory team nos han hecho llegar esto:

My understanding is that it is about the way the A1 may in the future be issued, which will make it easier for the holder to share this with authorities and for them to verify authenticity. This is being tested in Italy at the moment.

Some links and some key take aways:

* https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=1545&langId=en
“In a first phase, the pilot will focus on the digitalisation of the procedures related to the Portable Document PD A1, which certifies the legislation applicable to the holder, and is used for example when a person is temporarily posted by her/his employer to another Member State. “

* https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/wikis/display/EBSI/ESSPASS
“ESSPASS leverages on existing EU and national digital initiatives, among others, the proposed European Digital Identity (EUDI) framework and on the EU ‘Single Digital Gateway’ Regulation. This Regulation requires that by the end of 2023, in the field of social security coordination, citizens are able to request and obtain electronically : the Portable Document A1 (PDA1), the EHIC, and a summary of pension decisions (PDP1). The first phase of ESSPASS focused on the cross-border digital verification of the PDA1.”

* https://ec.europa.eu/social/BlobServlet?docId=26166&langId=en
“In 2017, the European Commission made available the EESSI IT system, which allows social security institutions across the EU to exchange information more rapidly and securely, while gradually phasing out their paper-based processes.EESSI allows for secure and fast exchange of information between institutions (e.g. to notify a posting operation to the institution of the receiving country). However, only social security institutions have access to the EESSI system and information is not available in real-time. The ESSPASS pilot intends to complement EESSI by facilitating the interactions between mobile citizens and relevant public authorities for social security purposes (e.g. labour inspectors or health care providers), making real-time verification of social security coverage and entitlements possible, including by those actors that do not have access to the EESSI system.”
“The main objective of ESSPASS is to facilitate the interaction between mobile citizens and national authorities and improve the portability of social security rights across borders. It will facilitate the verification process by the competent actors and institutions. Thanks to ESSPASS, the issuing institutions will be able to update in real time the validity of the document stating the social security situation of the person, for instance in cases of changes, revocation, or suspension. Furthermore, ESSPASS will reduce the need for paper or plastic certificates.”

“The European Commission and INPS (Istituto Nazionale della Previdenza Sociale) decided to launch the first phase of the European Social Security Pass pilot to test, in a first phase, the cross-border digital verification of the validity and authenticity of the Portable Document (PD) A1 which indicates the social security legislation applicable to the holder and is used for example when a person is temporarily posted to work in a Member State other than the one where they are insured. Italy, with INPS, plays the role of PD A1 Issuer and other countries are actively involved in the development and testing of an application for labour inspectors to verify the PD A1 electronically. Based on the preliminary findings, the Commission would be able to decide whether to extend the pilot to other social security coordination procedures, which are also mainly paper-based (such as the European Health Insurance Card and other seven portable documents in the fields of sickness and unemployment benefits, accident at work and occupational diseases and pension).”

Steps:

1. The employer of the sending Member State requests the verifiable attestation from the National Social Security Institution for the posted worker (in case of an employee) or by the posted worker itself (in case of a self-employed person), requesting the verifiable attestation from the National Social Security Institution.
2. The National Social Security Institution verifies the request for the verifiable attestation successfully. The attestation is made available to the posted worker.
3. The posted worker stores the verifiable attestation duly signed by a Trusted Issuer in a digital wallet, together with his/her identity.
4. The process is finalised in the hosting Member State where an inspector requests the posted worker to present the verifiable attestation. 5. The inspector then does a real-time validation of the verifiable attestation by checking the verifiable attestation and signatures of all involved parties.

En España no tenemos noticias todavía, pero estamos implementando una herramienta interna que nos permite tener acceso de forma integrada a todo este tipo de información, a través de una aplicación llamada COMIC, que estamos desarrollando en coordinación con partners de otros países de la Unión Europea, con el cual tenemos colaboración.

Te comento porque empezaremos a comercializar esta aplicación y puede ser una oportunidad para que vuestros clientes puedan tener acceso a este tipo de información en toda la Unión Europea, de manera práctica y eficaz.

En el caso de que estéis interesados, me dejas saber y les podemos facilitar una demo y comentar mejor el proyecto.

Bianca de Oliveira
GD Global Mobility
Teléf: 91 524 71 50
Mail: Bianca.Oliveira@gdglobalmobility.com «