Working in different EU countries and contributing to their social security system can create pension entitlement in multiple EU states for employees as there is no total EU-pension on the basis of all working periods in the EU.

There is an entitlement to take all periods into account to comply with the different requirements for determining entitlement to pension benefits in all member states. However, the amount of pension payments in the different EU countries is not calculated according to the aggregated total periods but according to the time spent working in each country.

It is therefore recommended to regularly document the periods spent in each country in order to show a complete course of pension scheme periods at retirement age.