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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

Agreement on Social Security Between the United States and 
Luxembourg; Entry Into Force

    The Commissioner of Social Security gives notice that an agreement 
coordinating the United States (U.S.) and Luxembourg social security 
systems entered into force on November 1, 1993. The agreement with 
Luxembourg, which was signed on February 12, 1992, is similar to U.S. 
social security agreements already in force with fifteen other 
countries--Austria, Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, 
Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, 
and the United Kingdom. Agreements of this type are authorized by 
section 233 of the Social Security Act.
    Like the other agreements, the U.S.-Luxembourg agreement eliminates 
dual social security coverage--the situation that occurs when a person 
from one country works in the other country and is required, along with 
his employer, to pay social security taxes to both countries on the 
same earnings. Under the U.S.-Luxembourg agreement, a worker who is 
sent by an employer in the U.S. to work in Luxembourg for 5 years or 
less remains covered only by the U.S. system. The agreement includes 
additional rules that eliminate dual U.S. and Luxembourg coverage in 
other work situations.
    The agreement also helps eliminate situations where workers suffer 
a loss of benefit rights because they have divided their careers 
between the two countries. Under the agreement, workers may qualify for 
partial U.S. or Luxembourg benefits based on combined (totalized) work 
credits from both countries.
    Individuals who wish to obtain copies of the agreement or want more 
information about its provisions may write to the Social Security 
Administration, Office of International Policy, Post Office Box 17741, 
Baltimore, Maryland 21235.

    Dated: January 25, 1994.
Shirley S. Chater,
Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 94-735 Filed 1-11-94; 8:45 am]
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