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22.04.2010 RT I 2010, 22, 108 01.01.2011, enters into force on the date determined in the Decision of the Council of the European Union regarding the abrogation of the derogation established in respect of the Republic of Estonia on the basis provided for in Article 140 (2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Council Decision 2010/416/EU of 13 July 2010 (OJ L 196, 28.07.2010, p. 24-26).
This Act provides for the conditions and procedure for the making of contributions to and payments from funded pensions with the purpose of providing a person additional income, besides state pension insurance, after reaching pensionable age.
(2) A mandatory funded pension is a periodic benefit which is guaranteed pursuant to law, for the receipt of which units of a mandatory pension fund are acquired according to this Act and the Social Tax Act, and which is paid from the pension fund or by an insurer.
(3) A supplementary funded pension is a benefit for the receipt of which units of a voluntary pension fund are acquired or an insurance contract for a supplementary funded pension is entered into pursuant to the requirements provided for in this Act, and which is subject to the tax incentives provided for in the Income Tax Act.
(1) A pension fund is a contractual investment fund the principal objective of which is to provide unit-holders of the pension fund with a funded pension under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act and the Investment Funds Act.
2) voluntary pension funds including occupational retirement pension fund.
(3) Contributions to and payments from mandatory pension funds are made in connection with the receipt of mandatory funded pensions.
(4) Contributions to and payments from voluntary pension funds are made in connection with the receipt of supplementary funded pensions.
(1) The word “ pensionifond ” [pension fund] shall be used in the name of a pension fund.
(11) The words “tööandja pensionifond” [occupational retirement pension fund] shall be used in the name of an occupational pension fund.
(2) Other persons, agencies and associations that are not pension funds, except management companies managing pension funds, shall not use the word “ pensionifond ” or words or abbreviations with a misleadingly similar meaning in Estonian or in any other language in their name.
(3) Words that misleadingly give reason to believe that a pension fund is of a different type than it actually is shall not be used in the name of a mandatory pension fund or voluntary pension fund.
(1) The provisions of the Investment Funds Act apply to pension funds, management companies managing pension funds (hereinafter pension management companies), persons who have operated as pension management companies, depositaries of pension funds and to the making of contributions to and payments from funded pensions, unless otherwise provided by this Act.
(2) The rights and obligations attached to units of pension funds and transactions involving units of pension funds shall be provided for in the Investment Funds Act with the specifications arising from this Act. The provisions of subsections 109 (7)-(9) of the Investment Funds Act apply to the making of claims for payment against units of pension funds.
(3) The provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act apply to administrative proceedings prescribed in this Act, taking into account the specifications provided for in this Act, the Investment Funds Act and the Financial Supervision Authority Act.
Resident natural persons provided for in subsection 6 (1) of the Income Tax Act for whom a payer of social tax is required to pay social tax or who pay social tax for themselves and who are required to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension (hereinafter contributions) on remuneration provided for in § 7 of this Act are obligated persons.
(1) Contributions shall be made on remuneration specified in clauses 2 (1) 1)-6), 8) and 9) and clause 6 (1) 2) of the Social Tax Act during the period provided for in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) Contributions shall not be made on amounts specified in clause 2 (1) 7) and § 3 of the Social Tax Act, and on amounts paid to persons specified in § 6 of the Social Tax Act, or unemployment insurance benefits provided for in the Unemployment Insurance Act.
(3) The obligation to make contributions arises on 1 January of the year following the year during which an obligated person attains 18 years of age, and extinguishes on 31 December of the year of the first redemption day of pension fund units belonging to the obligated person pursuant to subsection 40 (2) of this Act.
(1) The contribution period is one calendar month.
(2) In the case of sole proprietors, the contribution period is one calendar year.
The rate of contribution is 2 per cent of the remuneration specified in subsection 7 (1) of this Act.
(1) Four per cent of the average monthly income subject to social tax in Estonia (hereinafter additional contribution) per each child of up to three years of age shall be additionally allocated from the state budget for making contributions to mandatory pension fund (hereinafter in this section pension fund) to an obligated person who is a parent raising a child of up to three years of age residing in Estonia, spouse of a parent, guardian or caregiver with respect to whom a written foster care contract has been entered into pursuant to subsection 15 (2) of the Social Welfare Act (hereinafter in this section parent). Additional contributions to a pension fund shall be made for one parent at a time.
(2) The a verage monthly income subject to social tax in Estonia shall be calculated by the Social Insurance Board in the procedure established by a regulation of the Government of the Republic on the basis of subsection 3 (4) of the Parental Benefit Act for the next calendar year at the latest by 1 May of the current calendar year on the basis of the data concerning social tax for the previous calendar year. The Social Insurance Board shall publish the a verage monthly income subject to social tax in Estonia on its webpage.
(3) A parent shall submit an application and, where necessary, additional documents to the Social Insurance Board for the application for making additional contribution and termination thereof.
(4) The format of the application specified in subsection (3) of this section and list of documents shall be established by a regulation of the Minister of Social Affairs.
(5) If both parents have the right to apply for the making of additional contribution in respect of the same child or one of the parents has the right to pension supplement pursuant to clause 24 (11) 2) of the State Pension Insurance Act, the parents shall agree which of the parents shall use the right to make additional contribution or whether the right to make the additional contribution is used. The agreement is expressed by the written consent on the application specified in subsection (3) of this section with regard to the waiver of the right to make additional contribution for the benefit of other person or the making of additional contribution on behalf of other person.
(6) The consent specified in subsection (5) of this section is not required if the whereabouts of the other parent are not possible to establish and the person submits a certificate of the Police and Border Guard Board to this effect to the Social Insurance Board or the other parent has been deprived in full of the right of custody over the child on the basis of § 135 of the Family Law Act.
(7) The right to make additional contributions arises as of the birth of the child. In the month of birth of the child and in the month of attaining three years of age, the amount of the additional contribution shall be calculated in proportion to the number of days for which a parent has the right to make an additional contribution.
(8) The period of payment of additional contribution is one calendar month and each month additional contribution shall be made for the previous calendar month. Additional contributions shall be made retrospectively for the calendar months prior to the submission of the application specified in subsection (3) of this section but not for more than six calendar months preceding the filing of the application.
(9) If parents cannot reach an agreement on the use of the right to additional contributions and the dispute is settled in court, additional contributions shall also be made for these calendar months to the extent of which the parent specified in subsection (1) of this section has the right to additional contributions but retrospectively for not more than six calendar months preceding the filing of the application with the court. The application specified in subsection (3) of this section shall be submitted to the Social Insurance Board within six months as of the entry into force of the court judgment concerned.
(10) If the parents wish to use the right to additional contributions in turns, the new applicant for additional contributions shall submit to the social Insurance Board the application specified in subsection (3) of this section, which includes the consent of the parent for whom additional contributions were made so far, unless otherwise specified in subsection (6) of this section. If the application is submitted before the fifteenth day of the current calendar month, the additional contributions shall be made for the person who has submitted the application from the next calendar month and upon later submission of the application from the second calendar month.
(11) If one of the parents has the right to pension supplement on the basis of clause 24 ( 11 ) 2) of the State Pension Insurance Act and he or she wishes to use the right to pension supplement pursuant to the second sentence of subsection 24 (6) of the State Pension Insurance Act, he or she shall submit an application specified in subsection (3) of this section, which includes the consent of the parent for whom additional contributions were made so far, to the Social Insurance Board for termination of additional contributions unless otherwise specified in subsection (6) of this section. The application for termination of additional contributions may also be submitted by the parent for whom additional contributions were made so far. If the application is submitted before the fifteenth day of the current calendar month, the making of additional contributions shall be terminated from the next calendar month and upon later submission of the application from the second calendar month.
(12) A parent acquires units of the pension fund provided for in subsection 19 (3) of this Act for additional contributions.
(13) The provisions of this section and the provisions of §§ 17, 19 and 21 of this Act with regard to the obligated person shall also be applied to a resident parent raising a child of up to three years of age residing in Estonia provided for in subsection 6 (1) of the Income Tax Act raising, who is not yet an obligated person for the purposes of this Act.
(1) Obligated persons who meet the conditions provided by Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of the Council laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities and instituting special measures temporarily applicable to officials of the Commission (Staff Regulations of Officials) (OJ L 56, 4.03.1968, pp. 1–7) (hereinafter Council Regulation) have the right to transfer 6/22 of the total of the pension funds accrued during the time of their employment by the institutions of the European Community to the mandatory pension fund pursuant to the procedure established by subsection 12 (21) of the State Pension Insurance Act.
(2) An obligated person acquires units of a pension fund provided for in subsection 19 (3) of this Act for the contributions specified in subsection (1) of this section..
5) at the request of a person to whom amounts provided for in clauses 1) and 2) of this subsection have been paid or for whom additional contributions provided for in subsection 10 (1) of this Act have been made issue a certificate with regard to the withheld contributions or additional contributions by 1 February of the year following the given calendar year or, if he or she leaves employment, together with the final settlement.
(11) In case a payer of social tax has been declared bankrupt, the declaration specified in clause (1) 4) of this section shall be submitted separately for the part of taxation period preceding the declaration of bankruptcy and the part of the taxation period following the declaration of bankruptcy..
(2) If a sole proprietor is required to make contributions pursuant to this Act, the Tax and Customs Board is required to calculate the amount of the contribution on income specified in clause 2 (1) 5) of the Social Tax Act at the rate provided for in § 9 of this Act on the basis of an income tax return for natural persons and information in the register of taxable persons, and is required to issue a tax notice concerning the amount of the contribution to be made to the sole proprietor not later than by 1 September of the year following the taxable period for social tax.
(3) A sole proprietor is required to pay the amount of contribution to be made and specified in subsection (2) of this section into the bank account of the Tax and Customs Board by 1 October of the year following the taxable period for social tax.
(4) The contributions of employees of such authorities whose staff, consolidated data or specific duties constitute a state secret shall be calculated pursuant to the procedure established by a regulation of the Minister of Finance.
(1) The Tax and Customs Board shall transfer money received upon the payment of contributions, additional contributions and the contributions provided by subsection 101 (1) of this Act into the bank account of the registrar of the Estonian Central Register of Securities (hereinafter registrar) within fifteen working days as of the receipt of such money.
41) the amount of the contribution provided for in subsection 101 (1) of this Act.
5) the registry code of the withholding agent or, in the case of a sole proprietor, the personal identification code of the person who made the contribution.
(3) The procedure for the forwarding of information and transfer of money to the registrar and for the correction of errors related thereto shall be established by the Minister of Finance by the procedure related to units of mandatory pension funds.
(4) The amounts corresponding to the mandatory funded pension part of social tax provided for in subsections 10 (4) and (41) of the Social Tax Act shall be transferred and the information shall be forwarded to the registrar pursuant to the procedure provided for in §§ 10 and 11 of the Social Tax Act.
(1) The provisions of the Taxation Act concerning taxes apply to contributions. The Tax and Customs Board shall verify that contributions are made correctly, shall designate, if necessary, amounts payable, shall collect amounts payable pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Taxation Act, and shall apply coercive measures permitted by law in order to enforce the performance of obligations.
(2) The provisions of the Taxation Act concerning withholding agents apply to withholding agents for contributions, and the provisions of the Taxation Act concerning taxpayers apply to obligated persons. Sanctions prescribed in the Taxation Act and by other penal laws shall be imposed on such persons for violation of the obligations of taxpayers and withholding agents provided by law.
(1) In order to acquire units of a pension fund, a person shall submit a corresponding application (hereinafter choice application).
(21) A person under 16 years of age, who has the right to additional contributions pursuant to § 10 of this Act, may also submit the choice application with the written consent of his or her legal representative.
(2) The right of a person to submit a choice application arises when the person attains 18 years of age. A person of at least 16 years of age may also submit a choice application with the written consent of his or her legal representative.
(3) If a successor with restricted active legal capacity inherits units of a pension fund, the legal representative of the person shall submit the choice application.
(4) By submitting a choice application, the person undertakes to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension to the pension fund indicated in the choice application under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act.
(5) Upon submission of a choice application, a person shall have equal access to the rules and prospectuses of all registered pension funds.
(51) Submission of choice application or holding a unit of the pension fund may not be a prerequisite for entry into or amendment of the insurance, finance or investment services agreement or gaining other profit beside the payments of mandatory pension fund, as well as the conditions or terms of the named agreements or obtaining the profit beside the mandatory pension fund unit may not be subject to submission of the choice application or holding the mandatory pension fund unit.
(6) Upon failure to submit a choice application, subsection 19 (3) of this Act applies.
11) the signature of the person unless the application is submitted in a manner which enables written reproduction and identification of the person.
(2) The format of choice applications shall be established by the Minister of Finance, which may prescribe, if necessary, additional information to be set out in a choice application in addition to that provided for in subsection (1) of this section.
(1) A choice application shall be submitted to an account administrator of the Estonian Central Register of Securities or an insurer chosen by the applicant with respect to whom the status of the account administrator is applied on the basis of § 371 of the Estonian Central Register of Securities Act (hereinafter both account administrator), in writing or in a manner which enables written reproduction and identification of the person.
(2) An account administrator shall identify a person entitled to submit a choice application or his or her representative on the basis of the person's identity document and shall forward the information in the choice application immediately to the registrar under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Estonian Central Register of Securities Act and legislation established on the basis thereof, and under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure established by the registrar on the basis of the specified Act and legislation.
2) the person who submits the choice application is identified according to an agreement between the registrar and the account administrator by corresponding organisational means, hardware and software, and the choice application is submitted in a manner which enables written reproduction and identification of the person.
(4) A choice application shall be submitted personally or through a representative.
(5) The legal representative of a person or a representative authorised by the legal representative in writing may submit a choice application in the name of a person who is of at least 16 years of age.
(6) If a choice application is submitted through a representative, the representative shall identify the principal on the basis of the principal's identity document. The representative shall prove his or her right of representation to the account administrator and append a copy of the identity document of the principal to the choice application.
(7) An application submitted in the name of another person without the right of representation is valid unless the person in whose name the choice application was submitted without the right of representation contests the application within thirty days as of the day when the person became or should have become aware of submission of the choice application.
(71) The account administrator shall apply a fee for submission of the choice application uniformly and in the same amount regardless of which mandatory pension fund the choice application has been submitted to.
(8) A choice application submitted to the registrar or to an account administrator cannot be withdrawn.
(1) The registrar shall open a pension account for an obligated person on the basis of a choice application to keep account of the pension fund units belonging to the person.
(2) A pension account shall not be opened if a choice application does not comply with the requirements established by legislation, if the personal identification code indicated in the choice application contains mistakes or if a choice application is submitted by a person who is not entitled to submit a choice application.
(3) If a pension account is not opened, the registrar shall notify the person who submitted the choice application or the account administrator immediately thereof and of the reasons therefor by forwarding an electronic error notice through the information system. The account administrator shall immediately notify the person who submitted the choice application of the error notice. In order for a pension account to be opened, the person shall submit a new, valid choice application.
3) the date of forwarding the error notice.
(5) The registrar shall open pension accounts for other obligated persons in addition to for obligated persons who have submitted a choice application. Pension accounts shall be opened on the basis of information received from the Tax and Customs Board pursuant to subsection 12 (2) of this Act.
(6) A pension account shall be opened immediately after the registrar receives the information indicated in the choice application or the information specified in subsection 12 (2) of this Act, except in the case specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(7) The list of information to be entered in a pension account shall be established, entries shall be made in pension accounts, persons shall be notified of entries, and fees for services related to pension accounts shall be charged under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Investment Funds Act, the Estonian Central Register of Securities Act and legislation established on the basis thereof, and in the price list of the registrar.
(8) Orders by the holder of a pension account to make entries or perform other acts provided for in this Act shall meet the requirements established by the registrar.
(9) The holder of a pension account is required to notify the account administrator or, in the case specified in subsection 16 (3) of this Act, the registrar immediately of any changes to the information set out in the choice application or the application provided for in subsections 21 (1), 25 (1) and 29 (1) of this Act.
(10) The registrar shall forward, once a year not later than by 1 December, information specified in clauses 15 (1) 1) and 2) of this Act concerning holders of pension accounts who have submitted choice applications during the period from 1 November of the previous year until 31 October of the year when information is forwarded to the Tax and Customs Board.
5) upon the acquisition of units for the purposes of compensating for loss pursuant to the procedure provided for in §§ 34 and 35 of this Act and §§ 70-73 of the Guarantee Fund Act.
(1) Upon the making of a contribution to a pension fund, a person shall acquire the number of units issued by the pension management company corresponding to the amount of the contribution.
(2) A person may only make contributions to one pension fund at a time.
(3) Contributions shall be made to the mandatory pension fund indicated in the choice application or, in the absence of a choice application, to a pension fund determined by the registrar by the drawing of lots. The procedure for the drawing of lots shall be established by the Minister of Finance on the proposal of the registrar.
(4) If contributions to a pension fund determined by the registrar have begun and the obligated person submits a choice application, the registrar shall replace the pension fund chosen by drawing lots by the pension fund noted in the choice application immediately, but not later than on the third working day after accepting the choice application by the registrar.
(5) The pension management company shall issue the units of the pension fund at their net asset value. The pension management company shall not charge the obligated person any other fee for making a contribution to the pension fund, issue of a unit of the pension fund and related activities.
No limitations on the number of units acquired at any one time or on the amounts payable for units upon issue of units of a pension fund shall be prescribed in the rules of a pension fund.
(1) An obligated person may begin to make contributions to a new pension fund for which the person shall submit a new choice application to the account manager or the registrar.
(4) The registrar shall refuse to accept a choice application if the choice application submitted or forwarded to the registrar through the account administrator does not comply with the requirements provided for in this Act or the issue of units of the pension fund into which the person wishes to commence making contributions is prohibited pursuant to the Investment Funds Act. The registrar shall refuse to accept the choice application forwarded to the registrar through he account administrator also in the case the date of submission of the choice application is earlier than the date of acceptance of the choice application by the registrar.
(5) The registrar shall notify the applicant of the choice application or the account administrator immediately about the refusal to accept a choice application and of the reasons therefor by forwarding an electronic error notice through the information system. The account administrator shall immediately notify the applicant of the error notice. In order to commence the making of contributions to a new pension fund, a person shall submit a new, valid choice application.
(7) The registrar shall replace the pension fund where the obligated person is making contributions by the pension fund noted in the new choice application immediately, but not later than on the third working day after accepting the choice application by the registrar.
(1) The issue of units of a pension fund shall be organised by the registrar pursuant to legislation, the pension fund rules and a contract entered into by the registrar with the pension management company and the depositary of the pension fund.
3) forward, to the depositary or pension management company of each pension fund, information concerning the number of units of the corresponding pension fund additionally transferred into pension accounts and the amounts transferred for this purpose. At the request of the pension management company, this information shall be submitted for each unit-holder.
(3) The number of units of a pension fund to be transferred into a pension account shall be determined based on the net asset value of the unit on the date on which the transfer specified in clause (2) 2) of this section is made.
(4) The specific procedure for the issue of units of a pension fund shall be established by the procedure related to the units of a mandatory pension fund to be established pursuant to subsection 12 (3) of this Act.
(1) A unit-holder has the right to exchange units of a pension fund only for units of another pension fund under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Division.
(2) The exchange of units of a pension fund is not permitted if the redemption or issue of units of either of the pension funds involved in the exchange is prohibited pursuant to the Investment Funds Act.
(3) No payments shall be made to unit-holders from pension funds upon the exchange of units of a pension fund.
(4) Units of pension funds shall be exchanged pursuant to the procedure prescribed in this Act, the Investment Funds Act and in the pension fund rules of the pension funds involved in the exchange.
(2) All or part of the units of a unit-holder in a pension fund may be exchanged.
(3) A unit holder has the right to exchange the units of pension funds three times a year. The units of pension fund shall be exchanged on the first working day following 1 January and 1 May, and on 1 September or the first working day following if 1 September is not a working day.
(4) Upon an exchange of units of a pension fund, the pension fund to which the contributions of the person to a mandatory funded pension are made or should be made shall remain the same.
(1) In order to exchange units of a pension fund, a unit-holder shall submit an application for the exchange of units of a pension fund (hereinafter in this section application) to the account administrator or registrar. The provisions of subsections 14 (2)-(3) and 16 (1)-(8) of this Act apply to such applications.
(11) Upon submission of an application for a successor with restricted active legal capacity, also upon the grant of written permission of a legal representative for submission of the application to a person under 18 years of age the legal representative shall have the consent of the court provided for in subsections 131 (1) or clause 188 (1)8) of the Family Law Act.
9) the signature of the unit-holder unless the application is submitted in a manner which enables written reproduction and identification of the person.
(21) The provisions of subsection 14 (51) and subsection 16 (71) of this Act apply to the application.
(3) The registrar shall refuse to accept an application if the application submitted or forwarded to the registrar through the account administrator does not comply with the requirements provided for in this Act or the issue of units of the pension fund the person wishes to acquire for the units belonging to him or her is prohibited pursuant to the circumstances provided for in subsection 23 (2) of this Act. The registrar shall also refuse to accept the application forwarded to the registrar through he account administrator if the date of submission of the application is earlier than the date of acceptance of the application by the registrar.
(4) Upon refusal to accept an application, the registrar shall notify the applicant or the account administrator immediately thereof and of the reasons therefor by forwarding an electronic error notice through the information system. The account administrator shall immediately notify the applicant of the error notice. In order to exchange units of a pension fund, a person shall submit a new, valid application.
3) on 31 July for exchange of units of pension fund on 1 September or on the first working day following if 1 September is not a working day.
(7) Until the date provided for submission of the application in subsection (6) of this section 31 October, a person may amend his or her application by submitting a new application provided for in subsection (1) of this section.
(8) The format of applications shall be established by the Minister of Finance, which may prescribe, if necessary, additional information to be set out in an application in addition to that provided for in subsection (2) of this section.
(1) Upon an exchange of units of a pension fund, the units of one pension fund are redeemed and the units of another pension fund are issued.
(2) As a result of an exchange, a person shall acquire, for the redemption price of the units of a pension fund, a corresponding number of units of another pension fund, and payment for the units of the other pension fund shall be made at the net asset value of the same day.
(3) An exchange of units of a pension fund shall be organised by the registrar together with the depositary of the pension fund.
(4) If the redemption of units of a pension fund the units of which a unit-holder wishes to exchange is prohibited under circumstances provided for in subsection 23 (2) of this Act, the registrar shall organise the exchange at the earliest opportunity after such circumstances cease to exist.
(5) If the issue of units of a pension fund the units of which a unit-holder wishes to acquire for the units belonging to him or her is prohibited under circumstances provided for in subsection 23 (2) of this Act on the date of the exchange of the units of the pension fund provided for in subsection 24 (3) of this Act, the registrar shall refuse to exchange the units of the pension fund and shall notify the applicant or the account manager immediately thereof. The account administrator shall immediately notify the applicant of the refusal to exchange units.
(6) The specific conditions and procedure for the issue of units of a pension fund shall be established by the procedure related to the units of a mandatory pension fund to be established pursuant to subsection 12 (3) of this Act.
(1) Upon the exchange of units of a pension fund, a redemption fee, up to the amount prescribed in the rules of the corresponding pension fund, shall be paid to the pension management company for the units on behalf of the unit-holder.
(2) The rate provided for in § 140 of the Investment Funds Act applies upon calculation of the redemption fee.
(1) In case of the death of the unit-holder the units of pension funds shall transfer to the successor.
(2) The successor has the right to transfer the inherited units to his or her pension account or redeem under the terms and conditions specified in this Act. An application for transfer or redemption of the units of pension fund is a unilateral transaction for the purposes of the General Part of the Civil Code Act.
(3) The registrar shall cancel the units of a pension fund belonging to the inheritance on its own initiative if the units of a pension fund are not redeemed or transferred into the pension account of a successor within ten years as of the opening of the succession.
(4) In the cases provided for in subsection (3) of this section the rights and obligations arising from the units of a pension fund shall be deemed to be extinguished and the money corresponding to the units shall remain in the pension fund.
3) is not yet the obligated person for the purposes of this Act but he or she is a resident natural person specified in subsection 6 (1) of the Income Tax Act.
(2) Upon submission of the application for the transfer of units of a pension fund, the successor is deemed to have agreed to the terms and conditions of the pension fund for the transfer of the units of which into his or her account he or she has submitted an application.
(1) The successor may demand that the units of the pension fund belonging to the inheritance be redeemed within one year after his or her certificate of succession of his or her right of succession has been verified.
(2) The term provided for in subsection (1) of this section is not applied to the successor who has no opportunity to transfer the units of the pension fund into his or her pension account pursuant to subsection 29 (1) of this Act, as well as with regard to the successor who during verification of the certificate of succession is in compliance with the terms and conditions specified in clause 29 (1) 3) of this Act.
10) the date of submission of the application.
(11) If the units of a pension fund are inherited by a successor with restricted active legal capacity, the application provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be submitted by his or her legal representative who shall have a court consent in the cases provided for in subsection 131 (1) or clause 188 (1) 8) of the Family Law Act.
(2) The account administrator shall forward the corresponding application and a copy of the succession certificate immediately to the registrar under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in the Estonian Central Register of Securities Act and legislation established on the basis thereof, and under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure established by the registrar on the basis of the specified Act and legislation.
(3) The redemption of inherited units of a pension fund or transfer thereof into the pension account of a successor shall be organised by the registrar within three working days as of the receipt of the documents provided for in subsection (1) of this section and pursuant to legislation, the pension fund rules and the contract entered into by the registrar with the pension management company or the depositary. Upon redemption of units of a mandatory pension fund, the registrar shall make the payment to the person who inherited the units.
(4) The registrar shall refuse to grant an application specified in subsection (1) of this section if the application does not comply with the requirements provided for in this Act. The registrar shall notify the account administrator of the refusal to grant the application and of the reasons therefor. The account administrator shall immediately notify the applicant thereof. In order to redeem the inherited units of a pension fund or to transfer into his or her pension account, the person shall submit a new, valid application.
(5) The specific procedure for the handling the application provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be established by the Minister of Finance, by the procedure related to the units of a mandatory pension fund to be established pursuant to subsection 12 (3) of this Act.
(6) The format of the application provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be established by the Minister of Finance.
(1) If the Financial Supervision Authority ascertains that there has been a violation of the investment restrictions provided for in § 76 or Division 3, 4 or 5 of Chapter 7 of the Investment Funds Act or in the pension fund rules and there is reason to believe that the violation has caused loss to the unit-holders of the pension fund, the pension fund management companies, or persons who have operated as pension management companies (hereinafter both in this Division pension management company) are required to compensate for the loss caused to the unit–holders of the pension fund.
(2) A pension management company shall determine the extent of the loss on the basis of all the proprietary damage caused, including any loss of profit compared to the situation that would exist if such violation had not occurred and where the assets of the pension fund associated with the violation would have been invested similarly to the other assets of the pension fund.
(21) In order to compensate for the damage caused to the unit-holder of the pension fund the new units of pension fund shall be issued at the expense of the pension management company. The pension management company may redeem the units of the pension fund owned in order to issue new units (hereinafter own units).
(3) Any loss caused to the unit-holders provided for in § 62 of the Guarantee Fund Act shall not be compensated for pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Division.
(4) The provisions of this Division do not restrict claims for compensation for loss on other bases provided by law.
(1) The Financial Supervision Authority may issue a precept to compensate for loss caused to the unit-holders of a pension fund to the pension management company. The Financial Supervision Authority shall forward a copy of the precept immediately to the registrar, the depositary of the pension fund and the Guarantee Fund.
4) other circumstances which the Financial Supervision Authority deems necessary.
7) circumstances which are deemed necessary by the pension management company.
(2) The application shall be submitted to the Financial Supervision Authority no later than thirty days before expiry of the term specified in clause 33 (2) 3) of this Act and in clause (1) 42) of this section. If the Financial Supervision Authority has not submitted any objections within ten calendar days after the receipt of the application, the pension management company shall forward the application to the registrar for execution. The pension management company shall eliminate any deficiencies contained in the application by the due date established by the Financial Supervision Authority.
(1) Units of the pension fund into which the mandatory funded pension contributions are made or should be made by a unit-holder shall be issued to the unit-holder in the amount of the loss suffered. If the unit-holder has entered into a pension contract for a mandatory funded pension, agreed to the pension fund, applied for single payments or if the unit-holder has died, the units of the pension fund into which his or her last mandatory funded pension contribution was paid, shall be issued.
(2) If own units are redeemed, no payments shall be made to the pension management company from the pension fund.
(3) If own units are redeemed under the conditions provided for in this Division, the redemption fee shall not be charged.
(4) A specific procedure for the redemption of own units and the issue of units to unit-holders shall be established by the procedure related to the units of a mandatory pension fund to be established pursuant to subsection 12 (3) of this Act.
3) the terms for compensation for damages to the unit-holders.
(1) If a pension fund is liquidated pursuant to the procedure provided for in §§ 174-187 of the Investment Funds Act, every unit-holder shall acquire a number of units of a new pension fund chosen by him or her corresponding to his or her part of the amount of money to be distributed or, if the unit-holder fails to make such choice, of a pension fund determined by the registrar on the basis of this section or through the drawing of lots.
(2) A unit-holder shall choose a new pension fund by submitting an application which complies with the conditions provided for in subsections 16 (1) and (3) of this Act within two months after publication of the liquidation notice in at least one daily national newspaper, unless the Financial Supervision Authority specifies a longer term. The provisions of subsections 14 (5) and (51) and subsections 16 (71) of this Act shall be applied to the submission of the application.
10) the signature of the unit-holder.
(4) An application provided for in subsection (2) of this section shall be submitted to the account administrator, who shall forward the information in the application immediately to the registrar.
(5) If a unit-holder has failed to submit an application provided for in subsection (2) of this section during the prescribed term, the unit-holder shall acquire units of the pension fund into which the mandatory funded pension contributions made by the unit-holder are or should be paid as at the due date provided for in subsection (2) of this section.
(6) If there is no pension fund specified in subsection (5) of this section or the pension fund is a pension fund to be liquidated, the registrar shall draw lots for the new pension fund of the unit-holder from among the pension funds whose investment strategy is similar to the investment strategy of the pension fund to be liquidated according to subsections 76 (3)-(5) of the Investment Funds Act.
(7) The registrar shall draw lots for the new pension fund of the unit-holder within five working days as of expiry of the term for submission of an application provided for in subsection (2) of this section.
(1) The depositary of a pension fund shall transfer the money to be distributed among unit-holders immediately after performance of all acts provided for in §§ 180 and 181 of the Investment Funds Act into the account of the registrar. If the liquidator of the pension fund is the pension management company or liquidators appointed by the Financial Supervision Authority, the depositary of the pension fund shall transfer the money to be distributed among unit-holders on the order of the liquidator.
(2) At the earliest opportunity, but not later than on the next working day after receipt of the amount specified in subsection (1) of this section in the account of the registrar, the registrar shall issue units of a new pension fund and delete units of the pension fund to be liquidated simultaneously. The provisions of § 84 of the Investment Funds Act apply to the deletion of units belonging to a pension management company.
(3) Before the units specified in subsection (4) of this section are transferred into pension accounts, the registrar shall separate from the amount specified in subsection (1) of this section an amount corresponding to the units belonging to the pension management company or to the person who has operated as the pension management company, which shall remain in the account of the registrar until the end of the liquidation of the mandatory pension fund.
(4) The registrar shall transfer a corresponding number of units of new pension funds into pension accounts in the Estonian Central Register of Securities in the amount specified in subsection (1) of this section from which the amount specified in subsection (3) has been separated.
(5) At the same time as units are transferred into pension accounts in the Estonian Central Register of Securities, the registrar shall transfer amounts which correspond to the net asset values of the units transferred into the pension accounts into the bank accounts of the new pension funds in their depositaries.
(6) If units are deleted, the redemption fee shall not be charged.
(1) If the issue of units of a pension fund to be liquidated is suspended on the basis of subsection 180 (3) of the Investment Funds Act, the funds provided for in clause 18 1) of this Act shall be paid into the bank account of the registrar.
(2) As of the day following the date of drawing lots for a new pension fund provided for in subsection 37 (7) of this Act, a unit-holder shall acquire units of the new pension fund set out in subsection 37 (2) of this Act or determined on the bases provided for in subsections 37 (5)-(7) of this Act for the money specified in subsection (1) of this section and subsequent contributions.
(3) A unit-holder can commence making contributions to another pension fund pursuant to the procedure provided for in § 21 of this Act.
(1) A unit-holder shall be entitled to mandatory funded pension payment when the person has reached the pensionable age (hereinafter pensionable age) provided for in the State Pension Insurance Act.
(2) To get the mandatory funded pension payment the unit holder of the pension fund is entitled to conclude a pension contract under the terms and conditions and the procedure provided for in this Division, agree upon a fund pension with the pension management company or apply for a single payment form the pension fund.
(1) A pension contract is an insurance contract for a mandatory funded pension signed between the unit-holder of a mandatory funded pension and the insurer on the basis of which the insurer undertakes to make pension payments to the unit-holder who signed the contract (hereinafter policyholder) under the terms and conditions and the procedure agreed upon in the contract until his or her death and the policyholder undertakes to make insurance premiums to the insurer.
(2) The insurer that is established in Estonia and has the activity licence for annuity payments and the Estonian subsidiary of the insurer that is established in the contract state of the European Economic area which is the fund participant of the sectoral fund prescribed by the Guarantee Fund Act and which has a valid contract with the registrar of the Estonian Securities Central Register specified in subsection 371 (1) of the Estonian Securities Central Register Act is entitled to conclude the pension contract.
(3) Upon entry into a pension contract all the units of the funded pension belonging to the policyholder shall be redeemed, or the units of the pension funds corresponding to at least 700-fold the national pension rate (hereinafter the national pension rate) established on the basis of the National Pension Insurance Act and a single payment in the amount corresponding to the units shall be made to the insurer chosen by the person.
(4) The amount corresponding to the units indicated in subsection (3) of this section shall be calculated by multiplying the number of units redeemed with their net value.
(5) The insurer is obliged to sign the pension contract if the unit-holder is entitled to the mandatory funded pension on the basis of subsection 40 (1) of this Act. The insurer is not obliged to sign the pension contract if the amount obtained by multiplication of the number of all the units of the pension funds belonging to the unit-holder with their net asset value (hereinafter the total value of units) is less than the rate provided for in subsection 42 (3) of this Act.
(6) If the total value of units belonging to the unit-holder is larger than 700-fold national pension rate, the unit-holder is entitled to sign the pension contract on the basis of which the insurer shall be paid single insurance premium to the extent of the unit that upon signing the contract corresponds to at least the specified rate. The unit-holder has the right to leave the remaining units into the pension account, sign another pension contract with regard to them, pay an additional insurance premium, agree upon the fund pension provided for in § 42 of this Act or submit an application for single payment in the cases provided in § 43.
(7) If the unit-holder uses the right provided for in subsection (6) of this section, upon signing the pension contract, he or she shall determine which units of pension funds shall be redeemed to cover insurance premium.
(8) The units whose redemption is prohibited according to the Investment Funds Act shall not be taken into account upon determination of the total value of units.
(9) The terms and conditions and the exact procedure for entry into a pension contract and for making payments on the basis thereof are regulated in subdivision 2 of this Division.
(1) The fund pension is the scheme agreed upon between the unit-holder and the pension management company on the basis of which periodic funded pension payments are made to the unit-holder from the pension fund until the termination of the fund pension.
(2) The fund pension shall include all the pension funds whose units are owned by the unit-holder. The units whose redemption is prohibited by the Investment Funds Act shall not be taken account of.
(3) The unit-holder is entitled to agree upon the fund pension if the total value of the units owned by him or her is less than 50-fold national pension rate.
(4) The unit-holder has the right to agree upon fund pension if he or she uses the right provided for in subsection 41 (6) of this Act.
(5) Upon making payments of the fund pension to the unit-holder the number of units prescribed shall be redeemed and the payment shall be made in the amount corresponding to these units. The registrar shall organise the redemption of units and making the payments to the unit-holder.
(6) The amount corresponding to the units indicated in subsection (5) of this section is gained by multiplying the number of the units to be redeemed with their net value.
(7) Agreement to the terms and conditions and the exact procedure for making payments on the basis thereof are regulated in subdivision 3 of this Division.
(1) If the total value of the units owned by the unit-holder equals tenfold of the national pension rate or is lower, the person is entitled to demand the redemption of all the units and the payment of the corresponding amount in a single payment (hereinafter single payment).
(21) For redemption of the units acquired after single payment the unit-holder has the right to submit an application for getting a single payment, agree upon the fund pension or enter into a pension contract under the terms and conditions provided for in this Act.
(22) In case in the pension account of the unit-holder as of 1 April of the year following the year of expiry of the obligation to make contributions there are units in the pension account of the unit-holder whose total value equals tenfold the national pension rate or is lower, the registrar shall organise the redemption of the units within one month and shall make a single payment to the unit-holder in the corresponding amount.
(3) The provisions of this section shall also be applied in the case the total value of units has decreased to the amount specified in subsection (1) as a result of the payments of the fund pension.
(1) An obligated person who meets the conditions provided by the Council Regulation specified in subsection 101 (1) of this Act has the right for redemption of all the pension units belonging to him or her and to enter the total amount of the units in the pension scheme of the institutions of the European Community pursuant to the procedure provided by subsection 12 (21) of the State Pension Insurance Act.
(2) All the expenses related to the redemption of the units and the making of the transfer specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be borne by the obligated person.
(1) The pension contract shall only cover the longevity risk provided for in the Insurance Activities Act. It is prohibited to cover all other insurance risks.
(2) Calculating the longevity risk the insurer is obliged to use the mortality rate that describes the life expectancy of the same value with regard to men and women of the same age. The changes in the mortality rates used may only be applied with regard to the pension contracts that are signed after making the changes in mortality rates as well as with regard to the technical profit by which the pension payments shall be increased.
(3) The insurer bears the investment risk related to the pension contract.
(4) A policyholder can only be a natural person who is entitled to funded pension payments from mandatory pension fund pursuant to subsection 40 (1) of this Act.
5) pension payments shall be made on the day of month agreed upon between the insurer and the policyholder that must fall within the period between the 10th and 15th day of the calendar month.
(6) A pension year is a one-year period the calculation of which under the pension contract commences upon entry into the pension contract.
(7) The amount of the pension payment is calculated on the basis of the same guaranteed annual interest rate of pension contract offers made on one day as well as the mortality rates describing life expectancy and the fees charged by the insurer.
(8) The insurer is obliged to distribute at least 50% of the technical profit of the pension contracts of each financial year between the policyholders of pension contracts and the beneficiaries increasing all the future pension payments in the financial year following the year of the creation of the technical profit. The distribution of the technical profit between the policyholders and beneficiaries shall be based on the percentage of each pension contract in the creation of the technical profit.
(9) The proprietary rights arising from a contract shall not be security for a loan or be encumbered in any other way or belong to the joint property of spouses.
(10) The provisions of the Law of Obligations Act apply to the pension contract, taking account of the specifications arising from this Act.
(11) The condition that diverges from the conditions provided for in subsections (1)-(10) of this section is void unless such condition was agreed upon pursuant to § 46 of this Act.
(1) Upon conclusion of the pension contract the policyholder and the insurer may agree upon the suspension of pension payments in which case the pension payments shall be made after the period designated in the pension contract has elapsed from the entry into of the pension contract.
(2) The policyholder and the insurer may agree upon the increase of pension payments at the entry into of the pension contract.
(3) The pension contract may be concluded as a joint pension contract under the terms and conditions provided for in § 47 of this Act.
(4) A pension contract may be concluded with a prescribed guaranteed period under the terms and conditions provided for in § 48 of this Act.
2) together with another policyholder chosen by himself or herself on the basis of which the insurer undertakes to make pension payments to the policyholders until their death, and the policyholders undertake to pay insurance premium to the insurer.
(2) In case of the death of the policyholder the rights arising from his or her pension contract shall transfer to the insured person.
(3) The insured person need not be a unit holder or at pensionable age during the entry into the joint pension contract or in the case provided in subsection (2) of this Act but the right for pension payments shall arise at attainment of the pensionable age.
(1) For the purposes of this Act, a guaranteed period is a period of time for which a contract specifies a beneficiary or beneficiaries who are entitled to payments made pursuant to the contract if the policyholder dies during the guaranteed period, or in the case provided for in § 47 of this Act both policyholders, or the policyholder and the insurer die during the guarantee period.
(2) In the case of a guaranteed period specified in subsection (1) of this section, pension payments shall be made to the beneficiary until the expiry of the guaranteed period.
(3) The policyholder has the right to name several beneficiaries. A legal person cannot be a beneficiary.
(1) For entry into a pension contract a unit-holder of a pension fund shall submit a standard format application to the insurer chosen by himself or herself.
(2) The insurer is obliged to determine the policyholder’s requirements to the pension contract on the basis of the information provided by the unit-holder at least to the extent provided for in clause 50 (1) 2) of this Act and make a signed written offer to the unit-holder for the entry into the contract in compliance with these requirements to the greatest extent possible.
6) the length of the guarantee period and the beneficiary if a pension contract with the guaranteed period is entered into.
(4) Upon agreement to the offer made by the insurer the unit holder shall return it with his or her signature to the insurer.
(5) Immediately after the offer has been signed by the unit holder the insurer shall submit to the registrar an application for the transfer of the insurance premium in correspondence with the provisions of subsection 52 (4) of this Act. The pension contract is deemed to be entered into upon acceptance of the application by the registrar.
5) the unit-holder has no valid pension contract and the total value of units is larger that a 700-fold national pension rate but the value of the units belonging to withdrawal, noted in the application, is lower.
2) the reasons for refusal.
(8) The insurer is obligated to immediately notify the policyholder of the date of entry into the pension contract and the right to withdraw from the contract within 14 days as of the entry into pension contract.
(9) The policyholder is entitled to withdraw from the contract within 14 days as of entering into the pension contract by the submission to the insurer an application for withdrawal in writing or in the form enabling reproduction in writing within the term specified. The insurer is obliged to notify the registrar immediately about the application for withdrawal, by submitting the information specified in clauses 52 (4) 1)-4) and 11) of this Act.
(10) Upon a failure of the insurer to use the right of withdrawal provided for in subsection (9) of this section, the registrar shall satisfy the application submitted by the insurer and organise the redemption of the units and shall transfer the respective amount that corresponds to the total value of units or the amount determined upon entry into the pension contract to the bank account of the insurer within five working days after 14 days have elapsed from the entry into pension contract.
(11) The insurer shall issue a pension contract policy in compliance with § 51 of this Act to the insurer immediately after the receipt of the insurance premium.
12) consult the unit-holder in other issues related to the pension contract.
(2) The advice and recommendations given to the unit-holder must be submitted in such details that correspond to the complexity of the pension contract and the competence of the unit-holder.
(3) the information disclosed to the unit-holder shall be presented in writing or in a format that enables reproduction in writing, is explicit, synoptically structured and compiled in the Estonian language or in another language agreed upon with the unit-holder.
12) the contact details of the competent supervisory body where the unit-holder may submit a complaint on the activities of the insurer.
(2) The insurance premium in the pension contract and the pension payments in the policy and the offer signed by the parties to the contract may differ in the part that results from the change in the number of units or in their value that took place during the redemption of the units provided for in subsection 49 (10) of this Act.
(3) If the insurance premium received by the insurer is larger than that in the offer, the insurer is required to increase the pension payments of the pension contract respectively.
(4) In case of a change in the information in the policy the insurer is required to issue a new policy to the policyholder.
(5) The pension contract policy shall be in the written form.
4) the surrender value of the pension contract.
(2) The insurer is also required to submit the amount of the surrender value of the pension contract to the policyholder at the latter’s request.
(3) The information specified in subsection (1) of this section is required to be submitted in the monetary value or if it is not possible then in percentages in compliance with the terms and conditions provided for in subsection 50 (3) of this Act.
(6) The information specified in subsection (5) of this section must be in compliance with the conditions provided for in subsection 50 (3) of this Act.
(7) The provisions of subsection (5) of this Act do not apply to the policyholder the total value of whose units was larger than a 700-fold national pension rate at the moment of concluding the pension contract.
(1) Upon acquisition of units of a pension fund after the entry into a contract, the policyholder has the right to submit an application to the insurer for payment of additional insurance premium in the amount of the acquired units. With regard to the units acquired after the entry into the pension contract a single payment may be requested or the fund pension agreed upon only in the case specified in clause (2) 2) of this section.
2) is larger than a 700-fold national pension rate, the policyholder has the right, in addition to the right provided for in clause 1) of this subsection, to leave part of the units in the pension account, agree upon the fund pension provided for in § 42 of this Act with regard to them or in the case provided for in § 43 submit an application for a single payment provided that the additional insurance premium has been paid or another pension contract has been entered into in the amount of the units that, as of the moment of the submission of the payment of the additional insurance premium or upon entry into a new pension contract, corresponded to a 700-fold national pension rate.
(3) The insurer shall submit to the registrar an application for getting additional insurance premium in conformity with the requirements provided for in subsection 52 (4) of this Act after the receipt of the respective application from the policyholder.
(4) If the policyholder wishes to use the right to enter into another pension contract provided for in subsection (2) of this section, the right to leave some units in his or her pension account or agree upon the fund pension with regard to them, he or she is required to enter into the other pension contract or submit an application for payment of the additional insurance premium in the amount of at least a 700-fold national pension rate before 1 April.
(5) The registrar shall organise the redemption of the units and the transfer of the amount corresponding to the total value of units or the units determined by the policyholder to the bank account of the insurer within five working days as of the receipt of the application from the insurer provided for in subsection (3) of this section, taking account of the provisions of subsections (6) and (7) of this Act.
(6) If the policyholder fails to enter into another pension contract and the registrar has not received an application for the payment of additional insurance premium, the registrar shall organise the redemption for the units of the pension fund belonging to the policyholder and transfer their total value within five working days as of 1 April to the insurer as an additional insurance premium of the pension contract last entered into by the policyholder.
(7) If the total value of the units acquired by the policyholder after the entry into the pension contract is equal to a 50-fold national pension rate as of 1 April or larger, but the registrar has not notified the policyholder pursuant to subsection 52 (5) of this Act, the registrar shall not redeem the units.
(8) Upon the transfer by the registrar of the total value of the units belonging to the policyholder or by transferring to the insurer the amount that corresponds to the units determined by the policyholder as an additional insurance premium of the policyholder, the pension contract shall be amended and the insurer shall calculate the amount of the new pension payment.
(9) If the insurer has amended the principles of calculating the amount of the pension payment between the entry into and the amendment of the pension contract, the insurer has the right to apply the new principles only to the pension payments that correspond to the additional insurance premium.
(10) The provisions of this section shall also be applied to the units that were left in the pension account of the unit-holder upon the entry into a pension contract for the reason that the redemption of them was banned pursuant to the Investment Funds Act.
(11) The provisions of clause (1) 2) and subsections (2), (4), (6) and (7) of this section shall not apply to the policyholder who owns the units with the total value of more than a 700-fold national pension rate at the moment of the entry into the pension contract or payment of the insurance premium. The specified policyholder has the right to leave the units acquired upon the entry into the pension contract in his or her pension account, enter into another pension contract in respect of them, pay an additional insurance premium, agree upon the fund pension provided for in § 42 of this Act or submit an application for a single payment in the cases provided for in § 43.
(1) Cancellation of the pension contract is only allowed in the case when at least three years have passed from the entry into contract and the application for cancellation of the contract has been submitted at least three months before the end of the pension year.
(2) In case of cancellation the pension contract shall terminate at the end of the current pension year.
(3) In case of the cancellation of the contract the surrender value of the contract shall not be paid out to the policyholder but it is transferred to the insurer who entered into the contract as an insurance premium of the new pension contract entered into by the policyholder.
(4) Should the policyholder die before the entry into new pension contract, the surrender value of the cancelled pension contract shall not be transferred or paid out. In case of the joint pension contract the surrender value of the cancelled pension contract shall be transferred after the death of the policyholder as an insurance premium of the new pension contract to the insurer who entered into pension contract with another policyholder or the insured person.
(5) If the policyholder wishes to cancel the pension contract, he or she shall submit the respective application to the insurer in writing or in the form that enables reproduction in writing. The policyholder has the right to withdraw the application for cancellation of the pension contract before the termination of the contract.
(6) If the policyholder submits an application for cancellation of the pension contract to the insurer, the insurer is required to submit to the policyholder in writing or in the form enabling reproduction in writing the amount of the surrender value of the pension contract upon termination of the contract. The insurer shall notify the registrar about the cancellation of the pension contract immediately before the termination of the contract by submitting an application in which the information specified in clauses 52 (4) 1)-5), 8), 10) and 11) of this Act is stated.
2) the current value of the future cash flows of the contract for calculation of which the interest rate established pursuant to subsection 76 (2) of the Insurance Activities Act is used and from which the fee for cancellation of the contract may be deducted.
2) mortality rates that describe life expectancy that are of the same value for males and females of the same age valid at the time of calculating the surrender value.
(8) A new pension contract is entered into upon termination of the cancelled pension contract. The provisions of subsections 49 (1)-(9) and (11) of this Act are applied to the entry into a new pension contract. The application specified in subsection 49 (5) of this Act sets out the information provided for in clauses 52 (4) 1)-5), 9) and 11).
(9) Upon the entry into a new pension contract the insurer shall give an order for the transfer of the surrender value of the pension contract of the policyholder to the insurer with whom the cancelled pension contract had been entered into.
(10) If the pension payments of the pension contract have changed after finding out the amount of the surrender value provided for in subsection (6) of this section, the insurer is required to transfer the surrender value which corresponds to the changed pension payments.
(11) The insurer is required to make the transfer provided for in subsection 9 of this section within five working days as the receipt of the respective order.
(1) Upon agreeing on the fund pension the unit–holder shall determine its estimated duration in years that cannot be shorter than the minimum estimated duration of fund pension in years. The estimated duration of fund pension is calculated according to the frequency of payments chosen in months, quarters or pension years.
(2) After the period corresponding to the chosen frequency has elapsed from the time of agreeing on the fund pension the estimated duration of the fund pension decreases by one month, quarter or pension year respectively. A pension year is a one-year period the calculation of which in case of the fund pension commences on the 1st day of the month following the month of submission of the fund pension application.
11) two pension years if the unit-holder is 79 years old or older.
4) two pension years if the unit-holder is 75 years old or older.
(5) Upon agreeing on the fund pension the unit-holder shall determine the frequency of payments based on which the payments shall be made once a month, once a quarter or once a pension year. If the frequency of payments is once a quarter or once a pension year, the payment shall be made respectively in the last month of the chosen frequency.
(6) The number of units forming the basis for the payments of fund pension shall be calculated each time before making the payment. The unit-holder shall be paid in accordance to the limit of the units.
4) the number of units received by dividing a three-fold amount of the national pension rate with the net value of the unit if the fund pension payments are made once a pension year.
(8) If a unit-holder has units in several pension funds, the net value of the unit specified in clauses (7) 2) –4) of this section shall be calculated as the average of net values of the units weighted with the number of units belonging to the unit-holder in different pension funds.
(9) A unit-holder is entitled to determine upon agreement on the pension funds that the number of units forming the basis for payments shall be calculated only on the basis of clause (7) 1) of this section.
(10) If a unit-holder has units in several pension funds, the limit of units or the number of units specified in subsection (9) of this section shall be divided between different pension funds in correspondence to the percentage of the number of units belonging to the unit-holder in each pension fund, so determining the units that are redeemed in each pension fund by making a payment.
1) the number of units forming the basis for payments, taking account of the provisions of subsections 6) and 9) of this section.
2) the frequency of payments.
6) on 1 April when the total value of the units belonging to the unit-holder specified in subsection 525 (6) is equal to a 500-fold national pension rate or is larger.
(1) In order to agree on payments of fund pension, a unit-holder shall submit a standard format application for fund pension to the account administrator or registrar.
9) the signature of the unit-holder.
2) the information specified in clauses (2) 1)-4), 8) and 9) of this section in case of termination of the fund pension.
(4) In order to receive a single payment provided for in § 43 of this Act the unit-holder shall submit an application for a single payment to the account administrator or the registrar where the information specified in clauses (2) 1)-4), 6), 8) and 9) of this section is set out.
(5) The provisions of subsection 16 (1)-(4) and 6) shall be applied with regard to the application for fund pension, amendment and termination thereof and the application for a single payment, and the forms of the application shall be established by the Minister of Finance.
4) granting the application contradicts the provisions of §§ 42, 43 or 523 of this Act.
(7) Upon refusal to accept the application the registrar shall notify the applicant or the account administrator immediately thereof and of the reasons therefor by forwarding a respective electronic error notice through the information system. The account administrator shall immediately forward the error notice to the applicant.
2) the reasons for refusal to accept the application.
(1) Single payments and fund pension payments shall be made by the registrar in the procedure provided for in this Act and under the rules of the pension fund.
(2) In order to make payments or specify the conditions therefor, the registrar may request that additional information be submitted by a unit-holder who submits an application for fund pension, for the amendment thereof or a single payment.
(3) The redemption of the pension fund units shall be organised by the registrar in accordance with the application for fund pension, for the amendment thereof or for a single payment until the 15th to 20th day of the month following the month of the submission of the application, of the last month of the quarter or of the last month of the pension year, pursuant to the legislation, pension fund rules and a tripartrite contract entered into between the registrar, the pension management company and the depository of the pension fund.
(31) The making of a single payment and fund pension payments is based on the unit net value of the units on the day of redemption.
(4) The registrar shall organise the making of amendments of the fund pension specified in subsection 523 (11) of this Act from the beginning of the pension year that follows the submission of the respective application if the application was submitted at least one month before the end of the current pension year.
(5) If the unit-holder acquires pension fund units after having agreed on the fund pension, the additionally acquired units shall be taken into account upon making the next payment in the calculation of the number of the units that form the basis for making payments..
3) the basis for termination of the fund pension and the time pursuant to clause 523 (12) 6) of this Act.
(7) If the total value of the units of the unit-holder specified in subsection (6) of this Act is equal to 50-fold national pension rate or is larger, the fund pension terminates and the unit-holder is entitled to receive the funded pension under the terms and conditions and the procedure provided for in §§ 41–43 of this Act.
(8) The provisions of subsections (6) and (7) of this section do not apply if the unit-holder is 75 years old or older and the total value of units increases to a 50-fold the national pension rate.
(9) The provisions of subsections (5)-(7) of this section are applied to the units that were left in the pension account of the unit-holder upon agreeing on the fund pension for the reason that the redemption thereof was prohibited pursuant to the Investment Funds Act but the limits of the redemption thereof have ceased to exist.
(1) In order to receive a supplementary funded pension, a person shall acquire units of a voluntary pension fund or shall enter into an insurance contract for a supplementary funded pension with an insurer.
(2) A person may own and acquire units of several different voluntary pension funds and enter into insurance contracts for a supplementary funded pension with one or several insurers at the same time.
(21) An employer may make contributions for a person to acquire units of voluntary pension fund and pay insurance premiums to a supplementary funded pension insurance contract.
(3) Supplementary funded pensions shall be paid under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act, in the rules of the voluntary pension funds and in the insurance contracts for supplementary funded pensions.
(1) Upon making a contribution to a voluntary pension fund, a person shall acquire a number of units issued by the management company of the voluntary pension fund corresponding to the amount of the contribution made by the employer for the person..
(2) The contributions to the voluntary pension fund shall be made at issue price of units provided for in § 136 of the Investment Funds Act.
(3) Upon calculation of the issue price of units the same issue fee shall be charged for units issued on one and the same day, unless otherwise provided for by this Act, the Investment Funds Act and in the respective pension fund rules.
2) the existence of the investment knowledge and experience of the person in order to find out whether the person understands the risks related to the acquisition of the units of the voluntary pension fund.
(2) The personalised offer is making a proposal to the person or giving a recommendation to acquire or exchange the units of voluntary pension fund.
(3) The pension management company shall warn the person about of the unsuitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund for the person if on the basis of the received information there is reason to believe that the units of this pension fund are unsuitable for the person.
(4) The pension management company cannot favour a failure to provide information necessary for the assessment of the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund.
(5) In case of the submission of insufficient information or a failure to submit information, the pension management company shall warn the person that it is impossible to assess the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund and therefore his or her interests could be less protected.
(6) The pension management company has the right to base on the information submitted by the person upon the assessment of the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund, except in cases the pension management company knew or should have known that the respective information is outdated, inaccurate or incomplete.
(7) The pension management company does not have to evaluate the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund if the person has himself expressed a wish to acquire the units of the voluntary pension fund and the pension management company has warned the person that in such case the assessment of the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund is not required and therefore his or her interests could be less protected. The pension management company is obligated to assess the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund to the person if the person has expressed a wish therefor.
(71) The pension management company does not have to evaluate the suitability of the units of the voluntary pension fund if only the employer chooses the voluntary pension fund and starts making the contributions to such pension fund for the person.
(8) The provisions of this section also apply to the account administrator if the units of the voluntary pension fund are offered by the account administrator, as well as to the person who acts in the name of the pension management company or the account administrator.
(1) Under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in §§ 56 and 57 of this Act, the units of a voluntary pension fund may be exchanged only for the units of another voluntary pension fund.
(11) Units of voluntary pension fund may be changed only for the units of such occupational pension fund according to the conditions of which the employer of the unit-holder is the employer making contributions to such pension fund.
(2) The provisions of subsections 23 (2)-(4) and § 26 of this Act concerning the exchange of units of mandatory pension funds apply to the exchange of units of voluntary pension funds.
2) the limits to the frequency of exchange of units.
(3) The provisions of subsection (2) of this section do not apply to an occupational retirement pension fund except in the case a unit-holder of an occupational retirement pension fund is no longer an employee, a public servant or a member of management and control body of the employer making contributions to such pension fund.
(1) In order to exchange units of a voluntary pension fund, a unit-holder shall submit a written application to the pension management company.
8) the signature of the unit-holder.
(3) The exchange of units of a voluntary pension fund shall be organised by the depositary of the pension fund under the terms and pursuant to the procedure prescribed in the pension fund rules, but not later than two months after the submission of an application specified in subsection (1) of this section.
(4) Upon the exchange of units of voluntary pension funds the redemption and the issue fee are charged to the pension management company at the expense of the unit-holder in the amount prescribed in the rules of the respective pension fund, whereupon the amount of the redemption fee may differ depending on the time of acquisition of the units of the voluntary pension fund which are to be exchanged.
(5) Upon the calculation of the fees specified in subsection (4) of this section the provisions of § 140 of the Investment Funds Act apply.
(1) In the event of the death of a unit-holder of a voluntary pension fund, a successor has the right to demand transfer of all the inherited units or of a part thereof into the securities account of the successor, or the redemption of the units.
(2) In order to redeem units, a successor shall submit an application and a succession certificate to the pension management company.
(1) A successor who is a legal person has the right to demand monetary payment for each unit inherited by the successor in the amount of the redemption price on the date that the demand is submitted.
(2) A successor may submit the claim specified in subsection (1) of this section within one year as of the day following the date of opening of the succession if his or her certificate of succession of his or her right of succession has been verified, but not later than ten years after the opening of the succession.
(3) The money that is not claimed within the term provided for in subsection (2) of this section shall remain in the pension fund, and the corresponding units shall be cancelled.
(1) Payments from a voluntary pension fund shall be made to a unit-holder for the redemption price of the units specified in § 138 of the Investment Funds Act. The provisions of §§ 139 and 140 of the Investment Funds Act apply to the redemption of the units of the voluntary pension fund.
(2) Upon making the payments the units shall be redeemed in the time sequence of the entry of the units to the securities account. The provisions of subsections 50 (4) and (5) of this Act, concerning mandatory pension funds, apply to the making of payments from voluntary pension funds.
(3) Payments shall not be made if the redemption of the units of the voluntary pension fund has been suspended pursuant to § 145 or subsection 180 (3) of the Investment Funds Act.
(4) Upon liquidation of a voluntary pension fund, payments shall be made pursuant to the provisions of § 182 of the Investment Funds Act.
(5) Upon succession of units of a voluntary pension fund, payments shall be made under the conditions and pursuant to the procedure provided for in §§ 58 and 59 of this Act.
(1) An insurance contract for a supplementary funded pension (hereinafter in this Division contract) is an insurance contract with the mandatory terms provided for in this Act, which provides for the payment of a pension to an insured person from the due date designated in the contract.
(2) Insurers who deal in life insurance and to whom an activity licence for pension insurance has been issued pursuant to the Insurance Activities Act have the right to enter into contracts.
(1) The policyholder and the insured shall be natural persons.
(2) A policyholder is required, pursuant to the contract, to pay insurance premiums pursuant to the procedure prescribed by law and in the contract. An employer of the unit-holder may pay the insurance premiums therefor. The insurer is required to pay an insurance pension pursuant to the procedure provided for in the contract from the due date provided for in the contract.
(3) The payment of a pension may commence at the time provided for in the contract (hereinafter in this section pensionable age) but not before the policyholder has attained 55 years of age, or, in the event of the total and permanent incapacity for work of the policyholder, as of the verification of such incapacity.
(4) A pension shall be paid periodically at least once every three months until the death of the policyholder, unless otherwise prescribed in the contract.
(5) A policyholder has the right to cancel a contract at any time until he or she attains pensionable age.
1) to use the total surrender value or part of the surrender value of the cancelled contract for payment of the insurance premium of another contract or of a new signed contract of the policyholder.
2) use the total of the surrender value or part of the surrender value of the cancelled contract for the acquisition of the units of a voluntary pension fund.
(52) The amounts indicated in subsection (51) of this section shall not be paid out to the policyholder and the insurer of the cancelled contract shall transfer respectively the total surrender value or part of the surrender value of the contract within the term prescribed in the contract but not later than within two months after receipt of the application for the cancellation of the contract, to the insurer of the contract as the insurance premium to another contract concluded by the policyholder or as the contribution of the policyholder into the voluntary pension fund approved by the pension management company of a voluntary pension fund chosen by the policyholder.
(6) The proprietary rights arising from a contract shall not be security for a loan or be encumbered in any other way.
(7) Upon entry into a contract, the parties may only agree on the terms that do not contradict the provisions of this Act.
(8) In the event of the death of a policyholder, payments shall be made to a beneficiary designated by the policyholder pursuant to the conditions determined in the insurance contract for a supplementary funded pension.
(1) Under the conditions provided for in this Act, a unit-holder may demand that the units of a voluntary pension fund be redeemed and a contract be entered into for the redemption price of the units (hereinafter in this Division redemption of units).
(3) Entry into a contract under the terms and conditions provided for in this Division is not allowed if the redemption of the units of a voluntary pension fund has been suspended on the basis of the Investment Funds Act.
(4) No payments shall be made to unit-holders from a voluntary pension fund upon the redemption of units.
(1) In order to redeem units, a unit-holder of a voluntary pension fund shall submit an application to the pension management company.
(1) Persons born before 1 January 1983 are not required to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension.
9) persons born in 1980–1982, not later than 31 October 2010.
(3) The provisions of this Act concerning obligated persons together with the specifications arising from this section apply to persons who have submitted a choice application specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(4) A person specified in subsection (3) of this section shall have the right and obligation to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension as of 1 January of the year following the year during which the choice application is submitted, provided that the choice application is submitted by 31 October at the latest. A person who has submitted a choice application between 1 November and 31 December is required to make contributions as of 1 January of the second year following submission of the application.
(5) If a choice application is submitted according to the conditions provided for in subsections (2) and (4) of this section, but the registrar has received the information set out in the choice application after 31 October of the year of submission of the choice application, the right and obligation to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension arise as of 1 January of the year following the year of receipt of the information.
(6) A choice application that has been submitted cannot be withdrawn. A person may amend his or her application until 31 October of the year preceding the year when the obligation to make contributions arises.
(7) Obligated persons born in 1983 have the right and obligation to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension as of 1 July 2002.
(8) A payer of social tax provided for in § 4 of the Social Tax Act shall check with the Estonian Central Register of Securities whether a person specified in subsection (1) of this section is required to make contributions to a mandatory funded pension.
(9) Additional contributions specified in subsection 661 (2) of this Act shall be made into the mandatory pension fund for a person specified in subsection (4) of this section during the period of payment of the benefit specified in subsection 661 (2) of this Act as of the grant of the benefit but not before 1 January of the year following the year during which the choice application is submitted, provided that the choice application is submitted and the data set out in the application is received by the registrar by 31 October at the latest.
(10) The rights provided for by §§ 101 and 441 of this Act shall extend to all applications for the transfer of pension funds that are submitted after 1 May 2004.
(2) An obligated person who receives parental benefit pursuant to the Parental Benefit Act for raising a child specified in subsection (1) of this section (hereinafter benefit) shall be additionally allocated from the state budget one per cent of the amount of the benefit per each child born for making contributions to mandatory pension fund.
(3) If the right to parental benefit on the basis of subsection 2 (31) of the Parental Benefit Act arises for the obligated person during raising a child specified in subsection (1) of this section and payment of the parental benefit continues in connection with raising the second child, the additional contributions in respect of the child specified in subsection (1) of this section shall be made at the rate provided for in subsection (2) of this section until the termination of the right for parental benefit in connection with raising that child but from the amount of the parental benefit assigned for raising the second child.
(4) The additional contributions into pension fund specified in subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall be made for the obligated person during the period of the payment of benefit as of the assignment of the benefit.
(5) An obligated person shall acquire units of pension fund specified in subsection 19 (3) of this Act for additional contribution.
(6) The Social Insurance Board is required to check on the basis of the personal identification code whether the recipient of the benefit specified in subsections (2) and (3) of this section is an obligated person, calculate the amount of additional contribution from the benefit paid to the obligated person at the rate provided for in subsection (2), transfer the withheld additional contribution into the bank account of the Tax and Customs Board by the tenth day of the month following the month in which the payment was made and submit the declaration to the bank account of the Tax and Customs Board by the same date.
(7) The Social Insurance Board is required to issue to a person for whom the additional contributions provided for in subsections (2) and (3) of this section were made, at the request of the person, a certificate with regard to additional contributions 1 February of the followinf year.
Obligated persons who are sole proprietors shall make contributions to a mandatory funded pension on business income starting with business income from 2004.
(1) Contributions on the fees paid from 1 June 2009 until 31 December 2010 specified in subsection 7 (1) of this Act or supplementary contributions specified in § 10 of this Act shall not be made.
(2) A sole entrepreneur shall make a contribution on 5/12 of the profit of the year 2009 specified in clause 2 (1) 5) of the Social Tax Act (hereinafter business income) at the rate specified in § 9 of this Act. A sole entrepreneur shall not make contributions from business income of the year 2010.
(3) The contribution specified in § 9 of this Act shall be made at the rate of 1% on the fees specified in subsection 7 (1) of this Act that are paid in 2011.
(4) An obligated person has the right from 1 October until 30 November 2009 to submit an application to the account administrator or the registrar to make contributions. Written applications may be submitted to the account administrator at the latter’s consent from 1 August 2009. The submitted applications cannot be withdrawn.
(5) The application specified in subsection (4) of this section shall set out the information provided for in clauses 15 (1) 1) 2) and 8)-11) of this Act. The provisions of subsections 14 (51) and subsection 16 1)-8) of this Act shall be provided in respect of the application. The information of the written applications submitted from 1 August until 30 November 2009 shall be forwarded by the account administrator to the registrar at the earliest opportunity. The format of the application shall be established by the Minister of Finance.
(6) In case of a person who has submitted the application specified in subsection (4) of this section, the contributions shall be made at the rate provided for in § 9 of this Act on the fees specified in subsection 7 (1) of this Act that are paid from 1 January 2010. With regard to the specified person the provisions of subsections (1)-(3) of this section shall not be applied from 1 January 2010.
(1) From 15 May until 15 September 2013 the obligated persons have a right to submit an application for a temporary increase in the rate of contribution specified in § 9 of this Act to the account administrator or the registrar to make a contribution at the rate of 3%. The submitted application cannot be withdrawn.
(2) The person who submitted an application for a temporary increase in the rate of contribution shall make a contribution at the rate specified in subsection (1) of this section on the fees specified in subsection 7 (1) of this Act paid in four consecutive years as of the year of the submission of the application.
(3) The obligated person born in the years 1942-1954 who submitted the application specified in subsection 671 (4) of this Act has no right to submit an application for a temporary increase in the rate of contribution.
(4) The provisions of the first and second clause of 671 of this Act shall be applied in respect of the application for a temporary increase in the rate of contribution. The format of the application shall be established by the Minister of Finance.
(5) A temporary increase in the rate of contribution provided for in subsection (1) of this section shall be postponed by a year if the nominal growth of the GDP of the year 2012 and the respective subsequent year is less than 5 %. The temporary increase in the contribution shall not be applied later than from the year 2017.
(6) In the case specified in subsection (5) the new term for submission of the application for a temporary increase in the rate of contribution shall be established by a regulation of the Government of the Republic by 15 April of the year preceding the year of the introduction of the temporary increase in the rate of contribution.
(7) The postponement of the term for submission of the application for a temporary increase in the rate of contribution according to subsection (5) of this section shall not be applied in respect of the persons who submitted applications on the basis of subsection 671 (4) of this Act who were born in the year 1955 or later.
(1) Units of mandatory pension funds may be exchanged as of 1 January 2005 pursuant to the procedure provided for in this Act.
(2) Applications may be submitted for partial exchange of the units of the mandatory pension fund from 1 August 2011.
(3) On the basis of the application for the exchange of the units of the mandatory pension fund submitted to the registrar from 1 November 2010 until 31 July 2011 the units of the pension fund noted in the application shall be exchanged for the units of another pension fund on 1 September 2011.
If the obligated person has submitted to the registrar from 1 November 2010 until 31 July 2011 an application for making contributions in the new pension fund, the registrar shall replace the pension fund into which the obligated person has made contributions for a new pension fund within three working days from 1 August 2011.
Payments from mandatory pension funds to be made pursuant to subsections 29 (1) and 30 (1) of this Act shall not be made before 1 January 2007. In such case, the terms provided for in the specified subsections shall be calculated as of 1 January 2007.
(1) The pension contracts provided for in § 41 of this Act shall not be concluded, the fund pension provided for in § 42 of this Act shall not agreed upon and the payment corresponding to § 41 of this Act shall not be made from the mandatory pension funds before 1 January 2009.
(2) Withdrawal of the units of the mandatory pension fund units in the case provided for in § 44 of this Act is allowed from 1 January 2008.
Until 1 January 2007, the issue fee rate of units of pension funds shall not exceed 3 per cent.
The Social Insurance Board shall calculate the average monthly income subject to social tax in Estonia specified in subsection 10 (1) of this Act for the year 2013 on the bais of the data of the socialtax of the year 2011 purusuant to subsection (2) of the same setiobn at the las test by 10 January in the year 2013.
(1) This Act enters into force on 1 May 2004.
(2) Until the establishment of the legislation specified in subsection 11 (3) of the Social Tax Act provided for in clauses 11 (1) 4) and 5), subsection 12 (3), subsection 15 (2), subsection 16 (9), subsection 21 (9), subsection 35 (4), and clause 73 3) of this Act, the provisions of legislation specified in subsection 72 (2) of this Act apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Act.

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