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| Original name: | Sechstes Gesetz zur Änderung des Vierten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch und anderer Gesetze (6. SGB IV-Änderungsgesetz - 6. SGB IV-ÄndG) |
| Name: | Sixth Act to amend the Fourth Book of Social Code and some other Acts |
| Country: | Germany |
| Subject(s): | Social security (general standards) |
| Type of legislation: | Law, Act |
| Adopted on: | 2016-11-11 |
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| Published on: | Bundesgesetzblatt Teil I, 2016-11-16, vol. 53, pp. 2500-2516 |
| ISN: | DEU-2016-L-104016 |
| Link: | https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_isn=104016&p_lang=en |
| Bibliography: | Bundesgesetzblatt Teil I, 2016-11-16, vol. 53, pp. 2500-2516 Act on-line in German  Gesetze im Internet, Ministry of Justice - Bundesministerium der Justiz, Germany PDF (consulted on 2017-04-05) |
| Abstract/Citation: | The Act incorporates various amendments of Book IV of the Social Code and other acts: - Optimization of reporting procedures in social protection: -Definition of important procedural components such as company and paying agent numbers, - introduction of machine-readable encryption of the data of social insurance certificate, - possibility of electronic application and re-transmission of certificates on the continuation of the insurance protection abroad, - electronic transmission of certificate data to the German statutory accident insurance, - establishment of e-information platform for employers on social insurance issues, - simplification of the transmission of remuneration certificate data, - introduction of quality management system for software used, by the social insurance institutions in the application procedure, - opening of non-admissibility complaint against appealing decisions by the national labor courts. Overall Insertion, amendment and abolition of numerous sections of 21 Laws and 11 Legal Regulations. |
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