- •§ 1. Scope of application of Act
- •§ 2. Definition of state pension
- •§ 3. Insured persons
- •§ 4. Right to receive state pension
- •§ 5. Types of state pension
- •§ 6. Right to choose type of pension
- •§ 7. Right to receive old-age pension
- •§ 8. Deferred old-age pension
- •§ 9. Early-retirement pension
- •§ 11. Amount of old-age pension
- •§ 12. Annual factor of insured person
- •§ 13. Average amount of pension insurance part of individually registered social tax
- •§ 14. Right to receive pension for incapacity for work
- •§ 15. Pension qualifying period required for grant of pension for incapacity for work
- •§ 16. Permanent incapacity for work
- •§ 161. Term for conduct of examination
- •§ 17. Results of examination for establishment of incapacity for work
- •§ 18. Calculation of pension for incapacity for work
- •§ 19. Transfer from pension for incapacity for work to old-age pension
- •§ 20. Right to receive survivor’s pension
- •§ 21. Calculation of survivor’s pension
- •§ 22. Right to receive national pension
- •§ 23. Amount of national pension
- •§ 231. Transfer from national pension to pension for incapacity for work
- •§ 24. Right to receive pension supplements
- •§ 25. Recalculation of state pension
- •§ 26. Indexation of state pensions
- •§ 27. Pension qualifying period
- •§ 28. Time included in years of pensionable service
- •§ 29. Calculation of years of pensionable service
- •§ 30. Calculation of accumulation period
- •§ 31. Claim for state pension
- •§ 32. Grant of state pension
- •§ 33. Pension committee
- •§ 34. Decision to grant pension
- •§ 35. Pension certificate
- •§ 36. Payment of state pension
- •§ 41. Grant and payment of survivor's pension
- •§ 42. Specifications of calculation and payment of state pensions if pension rights arise pursuant to international agreement
- •§ 421. Calculation and payment of old-age pension upon employment by institutions of European Community
- •§ 43. Payment of state pensions to persons who are employed
- •§ 44. Payment of state pension on basis of authorisation document
- •§ 45. Unreceived pension
- •§ 46. Payment of state pensions to sentenced pensioners
- •§ 47. Withholding amounts from state pension
- •§ 48. Reclamation of pension amounts
- •§ 49. Organisation of state pension insurance
- •§ 50. State Pension Insurance Register
- •§ 51. Purpose and chief processor of register
- •§ 52. Entries in register and receiving data from register
- •§ 53. Composition, sources and registration of data
- •§ 54. Notification of insured persons
- •§ 55. State pension insurance funds
- •§ 56. Sources for covering expenditure prescribed for state pension insurance
- •§ 57. Expenditure prescribed for state pension insurance
- •§ 58. Previously determined categories of disability
- •§ 581. Specifications for increasing deferred old-age pension
- •§ 582. Differences in recalculation of old-age pension coefficient and permissibility of transfer of pension rights
- •§ 59. Calculation of accumulation periods and insurance components of state pensions for years 1999, 2000 and 2001
- •§ 60. Retention of previously granted pensions
- •§ 61. Value of base amount of pension, year of pensionable service and national pension rate
- •§ 611. Enrolment in full-time study
- •§ 612. Grant and recalculation of pension retroactively
- •§ 613. Allocations prescribed in state budget for specific purposes paid into pension insurance reserve and emergency reserve
- •§ 614. Payment of pensions
- •§ 62. Amendment of Superannuated Pensions Act
- •§ 63. Amendment of Old-Age Pensions under Favourable Conditions Act
- •§ 64. Amendment of Defence Forces Service Act
- •§ 65. Amendment of State Compensation of Victims of Crime Act
- •§ 66. Amendment of Social Benefits for Disabled Persons Act
- •§ 67. Repeal of legislation
- •§ 68. Entry into force of Act
§ 29. Calculation of years of pensionable service
(1) Years of pensionable service shall be calculated to the accuracy of a day.
(2) Upon calculation of the amount of a pension, years of pensionable service with the length of at least six months shall be rounded to a full year, and years of pensionable service with the length of less than six months shall not be taken into account.
(3) Compliance with the requirement for a pension qualifying period which grants the right to receive an old-age pension, pension for incapacity for work or survivor’s pension shall be determined on the basis of unrounded years of pensionable service.
§ 30. Calculation of accumulation period
(1) One year towards the accumulation period of an insured person shall be calculated for the insured person for whom the pension insurance part of individually registered social tax has been paid or calculated pursuant to the Social Tax Act in an amount equal to at least the minimum monthly wage for a year.
(2) Upon calculation of the accumulation period, the pension insurance part of individually registered social tax of an insured person for each calendar year shall be compared to the pension insurance part of social tax calculated on the minimum monthly wage for January of the corresponding year multiplied by twelve.
(3) If the pension insurance part of social tax is paid by the state or local government pursuant to § 6 of the Social Tax Act, the accumulation period shall be calculated to be equivalent to payment of the pension insurance part of social tax on the minimum monthly wage.
(08.12.2004 entered into force 01.04.2005 - RT I 2004, 89, 604)
(4) Amounts which have been received for each insured person from the pension scheme of the institutions of the European Communities based on the Council Regulation specified in subsection 12 (21) of this section shall be taken into account upon calculation of the accumulation period.
(28.11.07 entered into force 01.01.2000 - RT I 2007, 62, 395)
Chapter 9
Claim for, Grant and Payment of State Pension
§ 31. Claim for state pension
(1) Claimants for a state pension shall submit pension applications to their local pension office.
(11) The residence entered in the population register is deemed to be the residence of a pension claimant. If the residence of the pension claimant is not entered in the register, the pension claimant shall determine his or her residence himself or herself.
(19.06.2002 entered into force 01.07.2002 - RT I 2002, 53, 338)
(2) The Minister of Social Affairs shall establish the standard format for pension applications.
(3) The date on which a local pension office receives a pension application together with all necessary documents is deemed to be the date of making a pension claim. A certificate shall be issued to a pension claimant concerning receipt of the documents.
(4) If a pension application is sent by post and all necessary documents are appended, the date on the date stamp of the place in which the application is posted is deemed to be the date of making the pension claim.
(5) (Repealed - 19.06.2002 entered into force 01.08.2002 - RT I 2002, 61, 375)
(6) The local pension office shall assist a pension claimant when necessary in obtaining the necessary documents for making a pension claim.