Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 2016, published 106th ILC session (2017)

Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118) - Mauritania (Ratification: 1968)

Other comments on C118

Observation

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Article 5 of the Convention. Payment of benefits in the event of residence abroad. Under section 66(2) of the Act of 3 February 1967, the payment of social security benefits is suspended when the beneficiary is not resident in Mauritania, except where reciprocity agreements or international social security agreements exist. When the beneficiary originates from a State that has signed such an agreement with Mauritania, the physical presence of the beneficiary is not required for entitlement to benefit or to organize the bank transfer of the benefits. In its latest report, the Government indicates that Mauritania is currently bound by bilateral social security agreements with Algeria, Benin, France, Mali, Morocco, Senegal and Tunisia. It adds that, in the event of residence in a country that is not bound to Mauritania by an international agreement, such as the Equality of Treatment (Social Security) Convention, 1962 (No. 118), benefits may still be paid but on condition that the beneficiary, whether a Mauritanian or a foreign national, makes him or herself known to the Mauritanian embassies and consulates abroad so that they can issue the periodical documents required to continue the payment of benefits (life or school attendance certificates). While noting this information, the Committee requests the Government to indicate how the beneficiaries of the social security benefits envisaged under Article 5 of the Convention, whether they are Mauritanian or foreign nationals, are informed of this possibility for the payment of their benefits abroad when they leave the national territory for a country that is not bound to Mauritania by a social security agreement.