Court: Polish Social Insurance Institution cannot review non-domestic social security decisions

Under the coordination procedure, the authority competent to contest the legitimacy of the Polish Social Insurance Institution (ZUS)’s decision provisionally establishing applicable social security law is the corresponding insurance institution in the other country. This point is essential to consider when evaluating the possibility of challenging a ZUS decision in this area. As common courts in Poland are not authorised to review decisions of this nature, any concerns regarding such a decision should be raised with the relevant non-domestic authority. If that insurance institution confirms or challenges ZUS’s initial determination, then ZUS is bound by that outcome and cannot appeal it. – Kinga Polewka-Włoch comments for Rzeczpospolita.

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