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Non-contributory protection within the framework of the Spanish Social Security System is no longer a marginal section within the content of contributory benefits and has become an additional section of the protective action of the Social Security System since the introduction of non-contributory benefits.

The Law extends the entitlement to Social Security retirement and disability pensions to all citizens, even when they have never made any contributions or have not contributed for a sufficient amount of time to qualify for contributory benefits.

Welfare pensions for old age granted to Spanish emigrants can also be assimilated to non-contributory pensions, although it must be taken into account that they do not form part of the institutional framework of the Social Security.