- •§ 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
§ 8. Deferred old-age pension
(1) A deferred old-age pension is an old-age pension which is granted at a later age than the pensionable age provided for in subsections 7 (1) and (2) of this Act (hereinafter pensionable age).
(2) A person has the right to receive a deferred old-age pension at any time after his or her right to receive an old-age pension arises.
(3) A deferred old-age pension shall be calculated pursuant to the procedure for calculation of old-age pensions provided for in § 11 of this Act, by increasing the pension by 0.9 per cent for every month which has passed after the person has attained the pensionable age.
(4) Deferred old-age pensions are granted for life.
(5) A deferred old-age pension shall not be granted to a person to whom a state pension has been granted (except a survivor's pension or a national pension upon loss of a provider) pursuant to this Act or any other Act.
§ 9. Early-retirement pension
(1) A person who has earned the pension qualifying period provided for in clause 7 (1) 2) of this Act required for grant of an old-age pension has the right to receive an early-retirement pension up to three years before attaining the pensionable age.
(2) An early-retirement pension shall be calculated pursuant to the procedure for calculation of old-age pensions provided for in § 11 of this Act, by reducing the pension by 0.4 per cent for every month and a period shorter than a month which remains until the person attains the pensionable age.
(3) A pension shall be reduced by 0.4 per cent also if less than one calendar month remains until the person attains the pensionable age.
(4) If calculation of the amount of an early-retirement pension is based on the national pension rate pursuant to subsection 11 (6) of this Act, the reduction provided for in subsections (2) and (3) of this section applies to the national pension rate.
(5) Early-retirement pensions are granted for life.
(6) Upon acquisition of an additional pension qualifying period, the amount of an early-retirement pension shall be re-calculated pursuant to the procedure provided for in § 25 of this Act.
(7) Early-retirement pensions shall not be recalculated as old-age pensions (§ 7) or as old-age pensions under favourable conditions.
§ 10. Old-age pension under favourable conditions
(1) The following persons who have earned the pension qualifying period required for the grant of an old-age pension have the right to receive an old-age pension under favourable conditions as follows:
1) a mother, father, step-parent, guardian or caregiver who for at least eight years has raised a child under 18 years of age with a moderate, severe or profound disability or five or more children – five years before attaining the pensionable age;
2) a mother, father, step-parent, guardian or caregiver who has raised four children for at least eight years – three years before attaining the pensionable age;
3) a mother, father, step-parent, guardian or caregiver who has raised three children for at least eight years – one year before attaining the pensionable age;
4) (Repealed - 17.12.2003 entered into force 01.01.2004 - RT I 2003, 88, 589)
5) (Repealed - 17.12.2003 entered into force 01.01.2004 - RT I 2003, 88, 589)
6) persons suffering from pituitary dwarfism, at the age of 45.
(2) If several persons specified in clauses (1) 1)-3) of this section have the right to apply for an old-age pension under favourable conditions with respect to the same children, the persons shall agree on who exercises the right to receive the old-age pension under favourable conditions. Such agreement shall be expressed by a written consent to waive the exercise of the right to receive the old-age pension under favourable conditions in favour of other pension claimant.
(3) If one of the persons specified in clauses (1) 1)-3) of this section refuses to grant his or her written consent to another person for claiming for an old-age pension under favourable conditions, the pension claimant has the right to have recourse to a court for resolutions of the dispute.
(4) Old-age pensions under favourable conditions are granted for life.