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Sixth Act to amend the Fourth Book of Social Code and some other Acts

Main Region

First Region

Germany
Social security (general standards)
2016-11-11
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Sechstes Gesetz zur Änderung des Vierten Buches Sozialgesetzbuch und anderer Gesetze (6. SGB IV-Änderungsgesetz - 6. SGB IV-ÄndG)
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.

Entry dates region

    Date of entry into force
    2017-01-01
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Amended Text region

Electronic region

Serial region

    Serial title
    Bundesgesetzblatt Teil I
    Date
    2016-11-16
    Volume
    vol. 53
    Page range
    pp. 2500-2516