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By means of the social security system, the State guarantees to the people it
covers, either because they perform a professional activity as contributors or
because they fulfil the requirements in the non-contributory scheme, plus their
family or equivalent in their care, appropriate protection in the eventualities
and situations laid down by the General Social Security Law.
Two Levels of Protection
Contributory Scheme
This includes Spaniards who live in Spain and foreigners who live or who are
legally in Spain, provided they exercise their activity in national territory in
both cases and provided they are:
- Employed persons
- Self-employed persons
- Members of Cooperativas de Trabajo Asociado (Cooperatives)
- Students
- Public and civil servants and officers in the armed forces
Non-contributory Scheme
This covers all Spaniards resident in national territory, Hispano-Americans,
Portuguese, Brazilians, nationals of Andorra and the Philippines and nationals
of other countries according to bilateral treaties and collective and other
agreements.
Composition of the social security system
- General Scheme
- Special Scheme
- Agriculture
- Seafarers
- Self-employed persons
- Domestic workers
- Coal miners
- Students (Student Insurance)
- Civil Servants
Text last edited on: 05/200
Source: European Union
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