European Treaty Series - No.139

 

EUROPEAN CODE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
(REVISED)


Rome, 6.XI.90

The member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,

Considering that the aim of the Council of Europe is to achieve a greater unity between its members for the purpose, among others, of promoting their social progress;

Considering the value of harmonising the protection guaranteed by social security and the charges which result therefrom in conformity with common European standards;

Noting that national social security legislation has developed in most Council of Europe member States since the European Code of Social Security and the Protocol thereto were opened to signature on 16 April 1964;

Believing that this development necessitates a revision of those instruments to the full extent appropriate, with a view, on the one hand, to adjusting them to the present aspirations and capacity of European society and, on the other hand, to extending social security protection to the whole population, together with individual social rights, and eliminating discrimination, in particular discrimination based on sex;