[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 46499]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-18826]


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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION

[Docket No. SSA-2014-0028]


Supplementary Agreement on Social Security Between the United 
States and the Swiss Confederation; Entry Into Force

AGENCY: Social Security Administration (SSA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: We are giving notice that on August 1, 2014, a new agreement 
will enter into force that replaces the original U.S.-Swiss Social 
Security agreement that has been in effect since November 1, 1980. The 
new agreement, which was signed on December 3, 2012, was concluded 
pursuant to section 233 of the Social Security Act.
    The new agreement updates and clarifies several provisions in the 
original U.S.-Swiss Social Security agreement. The primary purpose, 
however, is to correct an anomalous situation, caused by a change in 
Swiss law, in which the original agreement allowed U.S. nationals to 
receive certain disability benefits from Switzerland on more favorable 
terms than Swiss nationals. Additionally, the new agreement provides 
that under certain conditions less restrictive than those of the 
original agreement. U.S. nationals may qualify for Swiss flat-rate, 
needs-based benefits. The new agreement also introduces new and 
enhanced provisions for the protection and integrity of personal data 
transmitted under the agreement.
    Individuals who wish to obtain copies of the new agreement or want 
general information about its provisions may write to the Social 
Security Administration, Office of International Programs, Post Office 
Box 17741, Baltimore, Maryland 21235-7741. The Social Security Web site 
at http://www.socialsecurity.gov/international also includes the text 
of the new agreement. Anyone who wants information about the Swiss 
Social Security programs may write to the Swiss Compensation Office, 18 
Avenue Ed. Vaucher, CH-1211 Geneva 28, Switzerland.

    Dated: August 1, 2014.
Carolyn W. Colvin,
Acting Commissioner of Social Security.
[FR Doc. 2014-18826 Filed 8-7-14; 8:45 am]
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