Transfer of pension rights

What is a ‘transfer IN'
It is a procedure for transferring pension rights accrued under a national or private scheme to the pension scheme of the European institutions. Recently transfers IN have also become possible from the national schemes in Cyprus, Hungary, Malta and the Slovak Republic.

Why request a transfer?
The transfer allows staff to receive their pension from a single source - the scheme of the European institutions - when they retire. It is an option - and certainly not an obligation - offered to staff who will receive a pension from the European institutions.

When to request a transfer
The decision to transfer pension rights is often made many years before pensionable age. Therefore this decision is often a matter of guesswork, since it depends on unforeseeable future factors and consequences (e.g. future professional and personal circumstances, amount of the future pension, etc.) or on the evolution of the relevant legislation. The transfer procedure can take several years but the request must be submitted within the first 10 years of service.