The Saeima has adopted and the President promulgated the following laws: the amendments to the law "on State pensions" to make the law "on State pensions" (Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, no. 1) as follows: 1. Article 9, second paragraph: Add to paragraph 2 with the following content: "calculation of the old-age pension that the insured person's disability time valid only up to the age pension for age;"
Add to paragraph 3 with the following content: "calculation of the old-age pension that the insured person's disability time valid only until the granting of old-age pension age required;".
2. Express article 23 the third part as follows: "(3) the possible old-age pension calculated this law, article 12, first paragraph in the order, assuming until the sponsor reach age pension age, you need to have made insurance contributions, a sponsor of the average period of work, but if the work was not of income, from the national minimum wage."
3. Supplement article 24, second subparagraph, after the words "granted (recalculated) pension" with the words "without regard to article 12 of this law referred to in the second subparagraph the terms".
4. Replace article 38, second paragraph, the words "the Person has received a permanent residence permit or are permanently recorded in the Republic of Latvia" with the words "aliens or stateless persons".
5. transitional provisions: paragraph 1: to make the first and second sentence, and the third the first part of the sentence as follows: "citizens of Latvia, for returnees, their family members and descendants until 1991 January 1 in Latvia and outside Latvia accumulated work and then be treated as periods of insurance indemnity form, which requires the State pension, regardless of social insurance premiums. Aliens and stateless persons whose normal place of residence on January 1, 1991, Latvia was in the form of insurance, seniority accumulated in Latvia and the assimilated periods of work, as well as outside Latvia accumulated work assimilated periods referred to in points 4, 5 and 10. Until January 1, 1991, but this paragraph 11. in the case referred to in subparagraph 1996 1 January following the insurance indemnity for the equivalent periods: ";
supplemented with paragraph 11 as follows: ' 11) the time when the insured person recognised as disabled and not working (also due to accident at work or an occupational disease), but not longer than until the granting of old-age pension age required; This time is valid only for the calculation of retirement pensions. ';
Express (4) and (5) the following: "4. insurance payments from the social insurance budget are made: 1) on the person the status of unemployed and receiving unemployment benefits — to the law" on compulsory social insurance against unemployment "entry into force;
2 for non-working persons) recognized as disabled due to accident at work or an occupational disease — to the law "on compulsory social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases" entry into force.
5. The Person who is up to the law "on compulsory social insurance against accidents at work and occupational diseases" entry into force recognised as disabled due to accident at work or an occupational disease, or that person dies the person who had the survivors, invalidity pension or survivor's pension shall be granted and paid in accordance with this Act. ";
13. paragraph: replace the words "via: the average annual salary insurance contributions for the 1996 wage level" with the words "via: the average annual salary of insurance contributions, 1997, taking into account the annual growth of the pension funds, is applicable to the 1996 wage level of contributions";
Add to paragraph after the words "in 1997 — Vi is the insured person's average insurance contribution salary in 1996" with text by the following: "If in 1996 a pension claimant worked less than 12 months, the average insurance contributions wage determined by dividing the amount of insurance contribution wage for 1996 worked months to 12. If the insured person's insurance service in Latvia not less than 30 years and the insured person's average insurance contribution salary in 1996 is less than the 1996 average insurance contributions wage, for fixing the amount of the pension to be taken into account in the 1996 average insurance contributions wage; "
Add to point with the following content: "If a person after the entry into force of this Act until the date of application for a pension has not worked or work started after the year 2000, Vi of the 1997 is the national minimum wage. As regards disabled people apply the transitional provisions set out in paragraph 18 of the procedures.
During the transitional period the old-age pension to be calculated by the following formula: Ks + K P = _____ _____ G P — the annual pension, which is the twelfth monthly pension;
KS: starting capital, laid down in the second subparagraph;
(K) — pension funds, set in this law article 12, first paragraph;
G-period (in years) for which the year of retirement is planned for the old-age pension costs. "
16. paragraph: make 7 and 8 subparagraph by the following: ' 7) politically repressed persons previously granted the old-age pension and invalidity pension without bonus, laid down in point 3 of this paragraph, the periods, applying the coefficient 1.1;
8) switching from one type to another pension, persons in the statutory old-age pension for the age of this date of entry into force of the law, the pension is granted; in this case, the significant of this law, the provisions of article 25 and this paragraph in point 1 in the pension calculation; ";
supplemented with paragraph 11 as follows: ' 11) national pensions granted earlier, which stopped in the cases specified by law, renewable with the day when newly acquired the rights to stop the pension if the pension costs for the month of termination is not older than five years. After the expiration of the State pension to be granted. ';
Replace paragraph 17, first sentence, the words "and of paragraph 16 in point 1 and 3" with numbers and the words "16. point 1, 3 and 7 above";
18: Supplement 1. section with the following content: "If the period of the insured person's average insurance contribution salary is less than the national minimum wage, with the 1997 start of pension capital is taken into account in the national minimum wage;"
Express 2. subparagraph by the following: "2) If a disabled person has not worked after the entry into force of this law, in accordance with this law, the provisions of article 12. Calculation of the old-age pension in 1996, starting the determination of substantial capital into 1995 the average insurance contribution salary, but in subsequent years — the average 1996 salary insurance contributions; "
supplemented with paragraph 3 by the following: "3) pensions starting capital for the establishment of the disability period until January 1, 1996, when the insured person was recognized as disabled (also due to accident at work or an occupational disease) and not worked, but not longer than until the granting of old-age pension age needs to be taken into account for this, the average insurance contributions wage (Vi): 1996-Vi is 50 percent in 1995, the average insurance salaries;
in 1997, and further, Via is 50 percent of the average 1996 salary insurance contributions. "
Transitional provisions with the entry into force of this Act shall terminate the constitutional order of article 81 of Cabinet of Ministers issued regulation. 120 "amendments to the law" on State pensions "(Latvian Saeima and the Cabinet of Ministers rapporteur, 1996, no. 10).
The Parliament adopted the law of 6 November 1996.
The President g. Ulmanis in Riga 1996 26 November