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Article 1 of Law No 592/2006 provides: ‘(1) Unless provided otherwise by this Law, the recipients of an old-age pension, an early old-age pension, an invalidity pension, a social pension, a widow/widower’s pension or an orphan’s pension granted in accordance with special rules, who are entitled to the payment of that pension in December of the calendar year and who reside in the Slovak Republic shall receive a Christmas bonus from the Social Insurance consisting in a social benefit from the State, provided that the amount of the pension paid in December of the calendar year shall not exceed 60% of the average monthly salary in the Slovak Republic, as communicated by the National Statistics Office for the calendar year preceding that in which the Christmas bonus is paid. 2. The recipients of a military and police retirement pension, a military and police invalidity pension, a military and police widow/widower’s pension or a military and police orphan’s pension granted in accordance with special rules, whose pension was initially classified as an old-age pension, invalidity pension, partial invalidity pension, a long service pension, a widow/widower’s pension, or an orphan’s pension granted in accordance with the general rules on social security, which were applicable until 30 April 1998 and which have become military and police insurance benefits in accordance with the rules in force since 1 May 1998, or which were applicable until 30 June 2002 and which have become military and police insurance benefits in accordance with special rules, and the recipients of a military and police widow/widower’s pension or a military and police orphan’s pension granted after the death of a person entitled to a reclassified old-age pension, a reclassified invalidity pension, a reclassified partial invalidity pension or a reclassified long service pension who are entitled to the payment of that pension in December of the calendar year and who reside in the Slovak Republic shall receive from the Department of Social Insurance of the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice, the Intelligence Service, the National Security Bureau, the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry for Post and Telecommunications, the Ministry of Finance and the Office for Social Security for the Armed Services, (“the authorities”), a Christmas bonus consisting in a social benefit from the State, provided that the amount of the pension paid in December of the calendar year shall not exceed the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1. … 5. The recipients of an old-age pension or an invalidity pension who also receive a social pension shall receive the Christmas bonus referred to in paragraph 1 only if the total of the amount of the old-age pension and the social pension or the invalidity pension and the social pension paid in December of the calendar year does not exceed the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1. The recipients of an old-age pension, an early old-age pension, an invalidity pension, a social pension, a military and police retirement pension, or a military and police invalidity pension, referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3, who also receive a widow/widower’s pension, an orphan’s pension, a military and police widow/widower’s pension or a military and police orphan’s pension shall receive the Christmas bonus if the total of the amount of the pensions paid in December of the calendar year does not exceed the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1. If the recipients of a pension referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 also receive a pension from the Social Insurance and the authorities, and if the amount of those pensions paid in December of the calendar year does not exceed the amount calculated in accordance with paragraph 1, the Christmas bonus shall be added to the amount of whichever pension is higher. … 8. The amount of the Christmas bonus shall be: (a) EUR 66.39 if the amount of the pension or the combined amount of the pensions is less than or equal to the minimum subsistence income for an adult, in accordance with the special rules in force … (b) shall be calculated in accordance with the formula in the annex if the amount of the pension of the combined amount of the pensions is greater than the minimum subsistence allowance for an adult, in accordance with the special rules in force.’