- •§ 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
§ 57. Expenditure prescribed for state pension insurance
(1) Only the following expenditure shall be financed out of the sources for covering expenditure prescribed for state pension insurance specified in clauses 56 (1) 1)-5) and subsection (11) of this Act:
1) old-age pensions (including old-age pensions under favourable conditions, early-retirement pensions and deferred old-age pensions), pensions for incapacity for work, survivor's pensions and pensions retained in their former amounts provided for in this Act, except pension supplements provided for in § 24 of this Act and parts of pensions which correspond to the years of pensionable service provided for in subsection 28 (3) of this Act;
2) pensions provided for in the Superannuated Pensions Act and the Old-Age Pensions under Favourable Conditions Act;
3) payments prescribed based on the Council Regulation specified in subsection 12 (21) of this Act.
(28.11.07 entered into force 01.01.2000 - RT I 2007, 62, 395)
(2) All other expenditure arising from this Act shall be financed out of funds specified in clause 56 (1) 6) of this Act.
(28.11.07 entered into force 01.01.2000 - RT I 2007, 62, 395)
(3) Pensions and pension supplements paid by Estonia pursuant to other Acts shall be financed out of funds prescribed by the corresponding Acts.
(4) If, pursuant to Acts established after passage of the state budget, the sources for covering expenditure prescribed for state pension insurance decrease or the expenditure increases, sources of compensation for the additional expenditure shall be provided by law.
Chapter 13
Implementation of Act
§ 58. Previously determined categories of disability
(1) In the case of persons whose category of disability has been determined for a specified term on the basis of the State Allowances Act and who within such term have not reached a pensionable age, their categories of disability are deemed to correspond to the permanent incapacity for work determined until the expiry of such term and medical examination for incapacity for work shall be conducted in respect of them within the specified term.
(2) The category of disability of a person shall not be reviewed if the category has been determined for a specified term on the basis of the State Allowances Act and the person attains the pensionable age not later than by 31 March 2003.
(3) The categories of disability of persons specified in subsection (2) of this section and persons up to the pensionable age whose category of disability has been determined for an unspecified term on the basis of the State Allowances Act are deemed to correspond to the permanent incapacity for work determined until the pensionable age.
(4) In the cases provided for in subsections (1) and (3) of this section, the following percentages of loss of capacity for work are deemed to correspond to the following categories of disability:
1) a loss of 100 per cent of the capacity for work corresponds to Category I disability;
2) a loss of 80 per cent of the capacity for work corresponds to Category II disability;
3) a loss of 60 per cent of the capacity for work corresponds to Category III disability.
(5) Persons between the age of 16 and the pensionable age whose category of disability has been determined for an unspecified term on the basis of the State Allowances Act have the right to request a medical examination for incapacity for work with respect to their permanent incapacity for work pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act.
(6) Except in the cases provided for in subsection (4) of this section, categories of disability are, until 31 March 2003, deemed to correspond to degrees of permanent incapacity for work as follows:
1) total incapacity for work with the loss of 100 per cent of the capacity for work corresponds to Category I disability;
2) partial incapacity for work with the loss 80 or 90 per cent of the capacity for work corresponds to Category II disability;
3) partial incapacity for work with the loss of 40 to 70 per cent of the capacity for work corresponds to Category III disability.
(7) Within the meaning of subsection 10 (1) of this Act, the raising of a disabled child or a person under 18 years of age who is disabled since childhood is deemed to be equivalent to raising of a disabled child who is under 18 years of age.