Old-age pension
Payable when the following requirements are met: minimum age 65 years for men
and 60 for women; minimum contribution payments of 20 years; no longer working.
Pensions for seniority
Payable to employees and may be applied for before reaching the minimum age
laid down for the old age pension. The conditions are: no longer working, 57
years of age and 35 years of contributions (excluding contributions paid for
sickness and unemployment) or any age and 37 years of contributions - to be
increased to 40 years from 2008 (the contribution for sickness and unemployment
benefit is also counted).
For freelance workers: it is no longer necessary to have stopped work. the
two alternative requirements are: aged 58 and 35 years of contribution - or any
age and 40 years of contributions.
Text last edited on: 02/2007
Source: European Union
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