Harmonization of Legislation in the Sphere of Pension and Medical support of the Eurasian Economic Union Member Countries (Based on the Legislation of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan)

The thesis analyzes the fundamentals of the legislation concerning pension and medical care within the Eurasian Economic Union on the example of the Russian Federation and the Republic of Kazakhstan interaction. The existing applied problems in these areas were also examined. The need to analyze the interaction of the two countries in this field is resulted from the intensity of migration flows, the development of a single labor market, as well as recent significant changes in the union’s pension law. An analysis of the differences in pension and medical care systems is very interesting, as well as the path of such systems development taken by the legislators of two neighboring countries. This is because both areas are in the process of active renewal both in Russia and Kazakhstan. Union law is actively developing, so the need to form a single pension space was formulated within the union 5 years ago. However, until quite recently, the main emphasis was placed on the law protecting the economic interests of participants and regulating financial and trade matters. The differences in the local pension systems of all 5 union members and the complexity of the harmonization process made it possible to formulate the regulatory base for a single pension space only on December 20, 2019, when the “Agreement on pension provision for workers of the Member States of the Eurasian Economic Union” was concluded in St. Petersburg. This Agreement will allow to solve several practically important issues. For example, the cross-border transfer of pension rights, the calculation of length of service and the way its calculated, the rules for granting of pension upon reaching the established age to citizens working in the EAEU member country upon returning to their country of permanent residence or applying for a pension in the EAEU member country that is not a country of permanent residence, etc. The Agreement on pension provision is the most significant among the EAEU regulatory acts and the first comprehensive document regulating in detail the interaction of countries on specific issues of pension provision.