Documents and Downloads

Would you like to learn more about the activities of the European Representation for the German Social Insurance System? Below you'll find links to several issues of the European news magazine published by the German Social Insurance System, EUREPORTsocial, as well as to various documents available for free download. For further information, addresses and links, please visit the ESIP website.

Position papers published by the German Social Insurance System on European issues (PDF format):

Joint opinion of the German Social Insurance Umbrella Organisations to the CEC's proposal for a directive on combating late payment in commercial transactions (10 Dec. 2009) .
Joint opinion of the German Social Security Umbrella Organizations to the CEC's proposal for a directive on the application of patient's rights in cross-border healthcare (2 Sept. 2008) .
Social Security as "social service provision" in the Internal Market: not an appropriate concept for Europe (April 2005).
Joint position of the Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the Statutory Health Insurance Funds to a Directive on "Services in the internal market" (21 March 2005) (in German).
Joint position of the Statutory Health Insurance Physicians and the Statutory Health Insurance Funds on the recognition of professional qualifications (14 March 2005) (in German).
Position of the Umbrella Organizations of the German Social Security to the questionnaire of the European Commission regarding social services of general interest (November 2004) (in German)
Shaping Europe in favour of insured people - the latest developments in european health policy (September 2004) (in German)
Proposal from the European Commission for a Directive on "Services in the internal market" dated 13 January 2004
The Open Method of Co-ordination in the Social Insurance Field
Communication from the European Commission of 30 December 2003 "Modernising Social Protection fore More and Better Jobs - a comprehensive approach contributing to making work pay"
The Open Method of Co-ordination in the Healthcare Field

Issues of the news magazine EUREPORTsocial (in German):

EUREPORTsocial, issue 12/2009 .
EUREPORTsocial, issue 11/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 9-10/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 7-8/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 6/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 4-5/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 3/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 1-2/2009.
EUREPORTsocial, issue 12/2008.

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