paragraph 1 before 1 July 2005: The citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have rendered outstanding merits to Lithuania by establishing and developing its statehood, economy, culture, science, art, and sports, defending the independence, territorial integrity and constitutional order of the State, the most distinguished participants in the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 as well as the mothers who have given birth to, have raised and have provided with a good upbringing 7 or more children, if these persons have reached the retirement age as specified by the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions (hereinafter referred to as “retirement age”) or have been recognised as Group I or Group II invalids, shall be entitled to receive state pensions of the first or second degree of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as a “state pension of the first or second degree”). The persons who worked under special working conditions, for which compensation is awarded according to Article 56 of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions, shall have the right to receive a state pension of the first or second degree where the number of months remaining until a person reaches retirement age is equivalent to the number of months for which the compensation is paid.
paragraph 1 after 1 July 2005: The citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who have rendered outstanding merits to Lithuania by establishing and developing its statehood, economy, culture, science, art, and sports, defending the independence, territorial integrity and constitutional order of the State, the most distinguished participants in the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 as well as the mothers who have given birth to, have raised until the age of 8 and have provided with a good upbringing 7 or more children, if these persons have reached the retirement age as specified by the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions (hereinafter referred to as “retirement age”) or have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work upon losing 60 per cent or more of their working capacity (until 1 July 2005 – Group I or Group II invalids), shall be entitled to receive state pensions of the first or second degree of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter referred to as a “state pension of the first or second degree”). The persons who worked under special working conditions, for which compensation is awarded according to the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions, shall have the right to receive a state pension of the first or second degree where the number of months remaining until a person reaches retirement age is equivalent to the number of months for the compensation is paid. Top state officials shall also be entitled to a state pension of the first or second degree in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law. Participants in the armed resistance – volunteer soldiers shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law, be entitled to a state pension of the first degree. Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania – Olympic champions (winners of the gold medal) – shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law, be entitled to a state pension of the first degree. Citizens of the Republic of Lithuania – Olympic prize-winners (winners of the silver and bronze medals) – shall, in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law, be entitled to a state pension of the first degree. Article 5. Awarding, cancellation and payment of state pensions of the first and second degree State Pensions The Government of the Republic of Lithuania shall, on the recommendation of the Republic of Lithuania Commission for Awarding of State Pensions of the First and Second Degree, award a state pension of the first degree.
paragraph 2 before 1 July 2005: A state pension of the second degree shall be awarded by the Republic of Lithuania Commission for Awarding of State Pensions of the First and Second Degree.
paragraph 2 after 1 July 2005: A state pension of the second degree shall be awarded and decisions on the cancellation of the awarding of this pension shall be made by the Republic of Lithuania Commission for Awarding of State Pensions of the First and Second Degree. More than 15 state pensions of the first degree and more than 45 state pensions of the second degree may not be awarded within the course of one calendar year. Participants in the armed resistance – volunteer soldiers – shall be awarded a state pension of the first degree by the Government in accordance with the lists submitted by the Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania without limiting the number of state pensions to be awarded per calendar year. Participants in the armed resistance – volunteer soldiers – shall be paid state pensions of the first degree irrespective of whether their recipients have the insured income from which state social pension insurance contributions are calculated and paid. Olympic champions and prize-winners shall be awarded state pensions of the first and second degree without limiting the number of state pensions of the first and second degree to be awarded per calendar year. The awarding of a state pension of the first or second degree shall be cancelled in respect of the persons who have been convicted by court of a premeditated crime as of the entry into force of the court’s judgement.
paragraph 7 before 1 July 2005: The persons who, after having been awarded state pensions of the first and second degree, have the income from which state social pension insurance contributions are calculated and paid or who receive state social insurance sickness (including the benefits paid by the employee during sickness), maternity, maternity (paternity) or unemployment social insurance benefits (hereinafter referred to as “insured income”) shall not be paid the pensions awarded. This provision shall not be applied to the participants in the armed resistance –volunteer soldiers – specified in the fourth paragraph of this Article who are recipients of state pensions of the first degree as well as to recipients of state pensions of the second degree – the mothers who have given birth and have raised as well as have provided with a good upbringing 7 and more children. Recipients of state pensions of the first and second degree must give notice of the fact of having insured income to the institution paying the pension to them within 10 days of the emergence of this income. Where a person fails to timely notify of this income, which results in the overpayment of a pension, the amount of the pension which has been overpaid shall be recovered from the recipient of the pension in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions and other laws.
paragraph 7 after 1 July 2005: The persons who, after having been awarded state pensions of the first and second degree, have the income from which state social pension insurance contributions are calculated and paid or who receive state social insurance sickness (including the benefits paid by the employee during sickness), maternity, maternity (paternity), vocational rehabilitation or unemployment social insurance benefits (hereinafter referred to as “insured income”) shall not be paid the pensions awarded. This provision shall not be applied to the participants in the armed resistance – volunteer soldiers – specified in paragraph 4 of this Article who are recipients of state pensions of the first degree as well as to recipients of state pensions of the second degree – the mothers who have given birth and have raised until the age of 8 as well as have provided with a good upbringing 7 and more children. Recipients of state pensions of the first and second degree must give notice of the fact of having insured income to the institution paying the pension to them within 10 days of the emergence of this income. Where a person fails to timely notify of this income, which results in the overpayment of a pension, the amount of the pension which has been overpaid shall be recovered from the pension recipient in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions and other laws. Article
paragraph 2 before 1 July 2005: A state pension of the first degree shall be awarded to the persons who had been the Speaker of the Seimas, Prime Minister, President of the Supreme Court and President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, provided that they had occupied the posts listed in this paragraph for at least two years. These persons shall be awarded the pension after they reach retirement age or are recognised as Group I or Group II invalids.
paragraph 2 after 1 July 2005: A state pension of the first degree shall be awarded to the persons who had been the Speaker of the Seimas, Prime Minister, President of the Supreme Court and President of the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Lithuania, provided that they had occupied the posts listed in this paragraph for at least two years. These persons shall be awarded the pension after they reach retirement age or are recognised as incapable or partially capable of work upon losing 60 per cent or more of working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I or Group II invalids). The restrictions listed in the second paragraph of Article 5 of this Law shall not apply to the pensions awarded to the persons listed in paragraph 2 of this Article and to the survivor’s and orphan’s pensions awarded in accordance with Article 9 of this Law. * The state pension of the President of the Republic shall be awarded and paid to the Chairman of the Supreme Council (Reconstituent Seimas) after he leaves the civil service according to the Republic of Lithuania Law on the Office of President. Paragraph 4 is repealed on 1 July 2005. State pensions of the Republic of Lithuania may not be awarded and those already awarded must be cancelled in respect of the persons listed in this Article where they have been dismissed from office through impeachment proceedings or where, after their dismissal from office, they have been tried for the commission of a premeditated crime. * Note. Recognise that paragraph 4 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on State Pensions (
13 June 2000) is in conflict with paragraph 1 of Article 77 and with Article 90 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Recognise that the Republic of Lithuania Law Amending Article 7, 11 and 15 of the Law on State Pensions (No VIII-1730, 13-06-2000, Official Gazette, 2000, No 52-1487) is in conflict with paragraph 2 of Article 71 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Recognise that paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Republic of Lithuania Law on State Pensions, to the extent the awarding and payment of the pension of the President of the Republic is related to the end of the civil service of the former President of the Republic, is in conflict with paragraph 1 of Article 77 of the Constitution of the Republic of Lithuania. Article
subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 before 1 July 2005: 1) who have become invalids as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events;
subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 after 1 July 2005: 1) who have become invalids as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11 January 1991 and subsequent events as well as the defenders of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania who were injured the aggression perpetrated by the USSR during and after 11-13 January 1991, but who have not become invalids, subject to the presentation of a certifying document issued by a municipal institution and evidencing the specified legal status as well as a certificate issued by the Republic of Lithuania Prosecutor General’s Office and evidencing the fact of the injury inflicted while defending the freedom of the Republic of Lithuania in 1991; 2) political prisoners and deportees, subject to the presentation of the documents issued by law enforcement institutions of the Republic of Lithuania (rehabilitation certificates) and evidencing restoration of the rights of the political prisoners and deportees or the documents certifying the legal status of a victim of the occupations – political prisoner or deportee as issued by the Centre of Genocide and Resistance Research of Lithuania; 3) participants in the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 – freedom fighters who have been recognised as having this status in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws; 4) who, during World War II, were deported for forced labour outside the former USSR or were kept in ghettos, concentration camps or other confinement camps; 5) who, during World War II, served in the active armies, guerrilla squads or combined units of the states of the anti-Hitler coalition; 6) participants in elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant;
subparagraph 1 of paragraph 7 before 1 July 2005: 7) who became invalids during compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army (22 July 1945 – 31 December 1991) or were later recognised as invalids due to the illnesses incurred in connection with the military service;
subparagraph 1 of paragraph 7 after 1 July 2005: 7) who became invalids during compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army (22 July 1945 – 31 December 1991) or were later recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) due to the illnesses incurred in connection with the military service; 8) who, during compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army, served in Afghanistan; As of 1 July 2005, paragraph 1 shall be supplemented by subparagraph 9: 9) the persons transferred to Lithuania under the agreement between the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany of 10 January 1941 on the exchange of population, subject to the presentation of the certifying documents of a victim of the occupations-displaced person issued by the Centre of Genocide and Resistance Research of Lithuania according to subparagraph 1 of paragraph 1 of Article 5
State pensions for the persons who became victims as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events and for members of their families A victims’ state pension shall be awarded to the persons who became invalids as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events. This pension shall be awarded to the persons who: 1) have been recognised as Group I invalids – in the amount of 8 state pension bases; 2) have been recognised as Group II invalids – in the amount of 6 state pension bases; 3) have been recognised as Group III invalids – in the amount of 4 state pension bases. A victims’ state pension shall be awarded to the mothers of the persons who perished as result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events where they have reached 50 years of age or have been recognised as invalids as well as to their fathers who have reached retirement age or have been recognised as invalids. These persons shall be paid a victims’ state pension in the amount of 8 state pension bases.
State pensions for the persons who became victims as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events and for members of their families A victims’ state pension shall be awarded to the persons who have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events. This pension shall be awarded to the persons who: 1) have been recognised as having lost 75-100 per cent of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I invalids) – in the amount of 8 state pension bases; 2) have been recognised as having lost 60-70 per cent of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group II invalids) – in the amount of 6 state pension bases; 3) have been recognised as having lost 45-55 per cent of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group III invalids) – in the amount of 4 state pension bases. Where the persons specified in the first paragraph of this Article have reached retirement age before 1 July 2005 or will reach this age after the specified date during the period of payment of a victims’ state pension, the victims’ state pensions awarded to them and paid until the reaching of retirement age shall be paid for their lifetime. A victims’ state pension shall be awarded to the mothers of the persons who perished as result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events where they have reached 50 years of age or have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) as well as to their fathers who have reached retirement age or have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids). These persons shall be paid a victims’ state pension in the amount of 8 state pension bases. The defenders of the independence of the Republic of Lithuania who were injured the aggression perpetrated by the USSR during and after 11-13 January 1991, but have not become invalids as a result thereof shall be awarded a victims’ state pension in the amount of the state pension base when they reach retirement age or are recognised as incapable or partially capable of work upon losing 60 per cent and more of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I or Group II invalids) due to an illness not incurred in connection with the aggression perpetrated by the USSR during and after 11-13 January 1991.
State pensions for the victims who have become invalids, reached retirement age, had been imprisoned or exiled for at least 15 calendar years in the regions of the Far North of the USSR or equivalent locations The persons listed in subparagraphs 2-6 and 8 of the first paragraph of Article 11 of this Law who have become Group I or Group II invalids or have reached retirement age shall be awarded and paid a victims’ state pension in the amount of the state pension base, with the exception of the cases provided for in the second paragraph of this Article. A victims’ state pension shall be awarded to the persons listed in subparagraphs 2-8 of the first paragraph of Article 11 who have become invalids: 1) during unlawful imprisonment and exile, in the course of actions of the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990; 2) having been taken for forced labour, kept in ghettos and concentration camps; 3) having been kept in other confinement camps; 4) while participating in military actions and fulfilling compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army or were later recognised as invalids due to the illnesses incurred in connection with the military service; 5) due to the effect of elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A victims’ state pension shall be paid to the persons listed in paragraph 2 of this Article: 1) those recognised as Group I invalids – in the amount of 2 state pension bases; 2) those recognised as Group II invalids – in the amount of 1,5 state pension bases; 3) those recognised as Group III invalids – in the amount of 0,75 state pension bases. A victims’ state pension shall be awarded and paid, in the amount of the state pension base, to the persons listed in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of Article 11 of this Law who had been imprisoned or exiled for at least 15 calendar years in the regions of the Far North of the former USSR or equivalent locations according to a list of the regions of the Far North of the former USSR and equivalent locations as approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania where 5 years are left until retirement age. This pension shall be awarded and paid provided a person is not paid any other pension of the Republic of Lithuania or another state or a permanent compensation benefit for special working conditions. Victims’ state pensions shall also be awarded and paid, in the amount of the state pension base, to the parents of the persons specified in subparagraphs of 2 and 4 of the second paragraph of Article 11 of this Law who have become Group I or Group II invalids or have reached retirement age.
State pensions for the victims who have certified as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids), reached retirement age, had been imprisoned or exiled for at least 15 calendar years in the regions of the Far North of the USSR or equivalent locations A victims’ state pension for the persons listed in subparagraphs 2-6, 8 and 9 of the first paragraph of Article 11 of this Law who have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work upon losing 60 per cent and more of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I or Group II invalids) or have reached retirement age shall be awarded and paid in the amount of the state pension base, with the exception of the cases provided for in the second paragraph of this Article. A victims’ state pension shall be awarded to the persons listed in subparagraphs 2-8 of the first paragraph of Article 11 who have become incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids): 1) during unlawful imprisonment and exile, in the course of actions of the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990; 2) having been taken for forced labour, kept in ghettos and concentration camps; 3) having been kept in other confinement camps; 4) while participating in military actions and fulfilling compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army or were later recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) due to the illnesses incurred in connection with the military service; 5) due to the effect of elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant. A victims’ state pension shall be paid to the persons listed in the second paragraph of this Article: 1) have been recognised as having lost 75-100 per cent of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I invalids) – in the amount of 2 state pension bases; 2) have been recognised as having lost 60-70 per cent of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group II invalids) – in the amount of 1,5 state pension bases; 3) have been certified as having lost 45-55 per cent of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group III invalids) – in the amount of 0,75 state pension bases. Where the persons specified in the second paragraph of this Article have reached retirement age before 1 July 2005 or will reach this age after the specified date during the period of payment of a victims’ state pension, the victims’ state pensions awarded to them and paid until the reaching of retirement age shall be paid for their lifetime, with the exception of the persons who, upon reaching retirement age, have become entitled to a larger victims’ state pension. A victims’ state pension shall be awarded and paid, in the amount of the state pension base, to the persons listed in subparagraph 2 of the first paragraph of Article 11 of this Law who had been imprisoned or exiled for at least 15 calendar years in the regions of the Far North of the former USSR or equivalent locations according to a list of the regions of the Far North of the former USSR and equivalent locations as approved by the Government of the Republic of Lithuania where 5 years are left until retirement age. This pension shall awarded and paid under the condition that a person is not paid any other pension of the Republic of Lithuania or another state or a permanent compensation benefit for special working conditions. Victims’ state pensions shall also be awarded and paid, in the amount of the state pension base, to the parents of the persons specified in subparagraphs 2 and 4 of the second paragraph of Article 11 of this Law who have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work upon losing 60 per cent and more of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I or Group II invalids) or have reached retirement age.
Victims’ state pensions for survivors and orphans A victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans shall be awarded to the following persons related to those who perished as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events: 1) to orphans (children or adopted children) under 18 years of age as well as to those over 18 years of age, where they became invalids before reaching 18 years of age, as well as to students and pupils of secondary schools and the full-time departments of the higher and post-secondary education institutions and vocational training schools registered in accordance with the established procedure until they graduate, but not longer than until they reach 24 years of age; 2) to the widows who have not remarried, regardless of their age. Each of these persons shall be paid a survivor’s or orphan’s state pension in the amount of 8 state pension bases. The right to a victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans in the amount of the state pension base shall be granted to the widowers (widows) as well as orphaned children (adopted children), where they were minors at the time of the parents’ death, of the participants in the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 who perished on the battlefield or during detention, were killed or died during interrogation or imprisonment or were sentenced for death, where the punishment has been executed, as well as to children (adopted children) of political prisoners, where they were minors at the time of death of both parents imprisoned (as well as where one of the parents (adoptive parents) had died, had been exiled or declared missing, and the other was imprisoned). The victims’ state orphan’s pension as established to the persons specified in this paragraph shall be awarded and paid where they are not entitled to another victims’ state pension. A victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans shall awarded and paid where the persons entitled to receive it have reached retirement age or have been recognised as Group I or Group II invalids. A victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans shall also be awarded: 1) upon the death of a person recognised as an invalid as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events (the first paragraph of Article 12); 2) where a person perished in the course of actions of the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 as well as where he perished or died during unlawful imprisonment or exile; 3) where a person died due to the effect of elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant; 4) where a person perished or died during compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army (22 July 1945 – 31 December 1991) or where he died subsequently as a result of the illnesses incurred in connection with the military service; 5) upon the death of the persons specified in subparagraphs 2, 3 and 5 of the first paragraph of Article 11 of this Law and subparagraphs 4 and 7 of the first paragraph of Article 11, where they had been recognised as invalids prior to their death in accordance with the established procedure. The spouses and children of the persons specified in the fifth paragraph of this Article shall be paid a victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans under the same conditions and in the same proportions of the victims’ state pension to which the recipient was entitled as specified in the articles of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions regulating state social insurance survivor’s and orphan’s pensions. Where a perished (deceased) person had not been awarded a victims’ state pension, it shall considered, when determining the amount of a survivor’s and orphan’s pension, that the perished (deceased) person had been entitled to 1,5 state pension bases.
Victims’ state pensions for survivors and orphans A victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans shall be awarded to the following persons related to those who perished as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events: 1) to orphans (children and adopted children) under 18 years of age as well as to those over 18 years of age, where they were recognised as disabled (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) before reaching 18 years of age and where they have been incapable or partially capable of work (invalids) for the entire period since 18 years of age, as well as to students and pupils of secondary schools and the full-time departments of the higher and post-secondary education institutions and vocational training schools registered in accordance with the established procedure until they graduate, but not longer than until they reach 24 years of age; 2) to the widows who have not remarried, regardless of their age. Each of these persons shall be paid a survivor’s or orphan’s state pension in the amount of 8 state pension bases. The right to a victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans in the amount of the state pension base shall be granted to the widowers (widows) as well as orphaned children (adopted children), where they were minors at the time of the parents’ death, of the participants in the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 who perished on the battlefield or during detention, were killed or died during interrogation or imprisonment or were sentenced for death, where the punishment has been executed, as well as to children (adopted children) of political prisoners, where they were minors at the time of death of both parents imprisoned (as well as where one of the parents (adoptive parents) had died, had been exiled or declared missing, and the other was imprisoned). The victims’ state orphan’s pension as established to the persons specified in this paragraph shall be awarded and paid where the person is not entitled to another victims’ state pension. A state survivor’s and orphan’s pension for the victims specified in the third paragraph of this Article shall be awarded and paid where the persons entitled to receive it have reached retirement age or have been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work upon losing 60 per cent or more of their working capacity (before 1 July 2005 – Group I or Group II invalids). A victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans shall also be awarded: 1) upon the death of a person recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalid) as a result of the aggression perpetrated during 11-13 January 1991 and subsequent events (the first paragraph of Article 12); 2) where a person perished in the course of actions of the resistance to the occupations of 1940-1990 as well as where he perished or died during unlawful imprisonment or exile; 3) where a person died due to the effect of elimination of the consequences of the accident at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant; 4) where a person perished or died during compulsory military service or military training in the Soviet Army (22 July 1945 – 31 December 1991) or where he died subsequently as a result of the illnesses incurred in connection with the military service; 5) upon the death of the persons specified in subparagraphs 2, 3 and 5 of the first paragraph of Article 11 of this Law and subparagraphs 4 and 7 of the first paragraph of Article 11, where they had been recognised as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) prior to their death in accordance with the established procedure or died during the period of payment of a victims’ state pension. The spouses and children of the persons specified in the fifth paragraph of this Article shall be paid a victims’ state pension for survivors and orphans under the same conditions and in the same proportions of the victims’ state pension to which the recipient was entitled as specified in the articles of the Law on State Social Insurance Pensions regulating state social insurance survivor’s and orphan’s pensions. Where a perished (deceased) person had not been awarded a victims’ state pension, it shall considered, when determining the amount of a survivor’s and orphan’s pension, that the perished (deceased) person had been entitled to 1,5 state pension bases. Article
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