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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
 

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

    The Commissioner of Social Security gives notice that an agreement 
coordinating the United States (U.S.) and Greek social security systems 
is effective beginning September 1, 1994. The agreement with Greece, 
which was signed on June 22, 1993, is similar to U.S. social security 
agreements already in force with sixteen other countries--Austria, 
Belgium, Canada, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, 
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.-Greek 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.-Greek agreement, a worker who is sent by an 
employer in the United States to work in Greece for 5 years or less 
remains covered only by the U.S. system. The agreement includes 
additional rules that eliminate dual U.S. and Greek 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 Greek 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: November 8, 1994.
Shirley S. Chater,
Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 94-29054 Filed 11-23-94; 8:45 am]
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