Social security: nationals of third countries not covered due to their nationality

Despite substantial progress, ministers did not reach an agreement on a draft Regulation designed to ensure that third-country nationals who are legally resident in the EU and who are in a cross-border situation are subject to the same rules coordinating social security entitlements as European citizens.

The last two outstanding issues concern the principle of equal treatment of third-country nationals and the possibility of exporting pensions to third countries.