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Together with other organisations, FIEC released a "Joint Employers Statement" on the Revision of Regulation 883/2004 on the Coordination of Social Security Systems: Prior notification and the need for digitalisation.

European businesses operating across borders face numerous bureaucratic hurdles, which hinder both labour mobility and the provision of services. This impacts Europe’s competitiveness. A modern and simplified regulation 883/2004 can reduce the red tape experienced by companies, enhance mobility and contribute to the European Commission’s burden reduction target. After 12 presidencies of the Council of the EU, 18 trialogues and 2 provisional agreements, the interinstitutional negotiations on the regulation coordinating social security systems have still not been concluded. Compromises have already been reached on 80% of this regulation: it is now time to bring this process to a conclusion with a revised and simplified Regulation. The alternative is the prospect of the withdrawal of the proposal, which would set Europe back a number of years and fail to provide much needed clarity to European employers on this vital issue.

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