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Enactment structure, operative effect and source provenance
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Purpose and legislative effect
“This preamble states that Congress approves the Social Security Agreement between Colombia and Uruguay.”
This preamble states that Congress approves the Social Security Agreement between Colombia and Uruguay. El artículo define los términos clave del Acuerdo, incluidas las partes contratantes, el convenio, la autoridad competente, los organismos de enlace, las entidades gestoras, las personas protegidas y el período de cotización. Este artículo define a qué materias se aplica el Acuerdo en Colombia y Uruguay. This provision applies the agreement to covered workers and their beneficiaries, survivors, or successors, and bars disability and survivor benefits based on facts that happened before the agreement took effect. Protected persons of one contracting party who become subject to the other party’s law must receive the same rights and obligations as that party’s nationals.
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Enacted 2003 · Record updated 1 Jan 2003. The date shown identifies this source expression and should not be treated as proof that no later change exists.
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This preamble states that Congress approves the Social Security Agreement between Colombia and Uruguay.
Section preamble
Cada Entidad Gestora determina quién es beneficiario de la prestación por sobrevivencia; si la prestación depende de sumar servicios de ambas Partes, las Entidades Gestoras la calculan y pagan proporcionalmente.
Section 11
Certain pension or survivor-benefit recipients may only get a reform, transformation, readjustment, or improvement if they prove contribution periods from the agreement’s effective date and meet the other legal requirements.
Section 23
Las Autoridades Competentes o Delegadas deben acordar medidas para garantizar derechos en curso de adquisición basados en períodos de cotización ya cumplidos antes de la derogación del Acuerdo.
Section 34
This article states that the law takes effect from the date it is published.
Section 3o
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Source and current-law status
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Source record from www.secretariasenado.gov.co · Enacted 2003 · Record updated 1 Jan 2003
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