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Pensions
Pensioners
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They won't be affected. Under Spanish law, contributory social security pensions are paid to their holders irrespective of where they reside. Whether or not the United Kingdom is part of the EU does not affect this issue.
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Yes, pensions recognized before the end of the transition period (31 December 2020) shall continue to be paid pursuant to the principle of exportability set forth in European regulations.
In any case, if contribution periods were completed in the other party before 31 December 2020, the pension, regardless of whether it was recognized before or after said date, shall also be exportable in accordance with this same principle.
Pensions recognized pursuant to the Protocol on Social Security Coordination of the Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community, of the one part, and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Irelan, of the other part, are also exportable.
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Yes, for the same reason stated in the previous paragraph.
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Yes, for the same reason stated in the previous paragraph.
Future pension rights
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Periods of insurance completed in other Member States of the European Union or of the European Economic Area, or in Switzerland, regardless of whether they were completed before or after the withdrawal of the United Kingdom, shall be calculated in the terms set forth in the Withdrawal Agreement and, therefore, the EU Regulations on coordination of social security systems shall be applied.
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Preliminary Note: These are Contributions to the Spanish Social Security System, with no transnational element other than the nationality of the worker. Therefore, this issue does not depend on international coordination rules, but on Spanish legislation which, moreover, does not establish any discrimination on the basis of the nationality of workers for the purposes of access to contributory Social Security pensions.
All periods duly contributed by a British national in Spain will be taken into account for the recognition of a future pension in Spain.
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The Protocol on Social Security Coordination sets forth the totalization of contribution periods completed in the other Party for the recognition of retirement pensions. Therefore, it allows those years of work in the United Kingdom to be taken into account for their future pension.