Social security and child benefit agreements

The 1981 Germany-Morocco agreement: what it covers and what we could not confirm.

Germany and Morocco signed a social security agreement on 25 March 1981 with an implementing arrangement of 19 April 1984. The German approval act of 10 April 1986 (BGBl. 1986 II p. 550) is on gesetze-im-internet.de.

What is confirmed

• The agreement coordinates, according to the explanatory memorandum to the bill, the statutory accident and pension insurance and in part health insurance of the nationals of both states. It entered into force on 1 August 1986 (DGUV notice).
• A separate child benefit agreement of the same date exists, with a supplementary agreement signed in Rabat on 22 November 1991. According to the bill materials, amounts follow the country where the children live (Wohnlandprinzip), and benefit is paid for up to six children in Morocco.

What we could not confirm

• Current child benefit rates for children living in Morocco, who qualifies today, and the procedure at the Familienkasse: not checked. Amounts only with a source.
• How pension periods in Morocco and Germany are added up today and what the competent German liaison body requires: not checked.
• Whether the agreement covers unemployment or care insurance: the sources we read speak of accident, pension and partly health insurance only.

Practical: keep proof of your insurance periods in Morocco. For benefits in Berlin see After arrival.