LIETUVOS RESPUBLIKOS OFFICIAL TRANSLATION REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA LAW ON STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE PENSIONS 18 July 1994 No I-549 (As last amended on 20 December 2007 – No X-1393) Vilnius CHAPTER I GENERAL

Article 8

as well as paragraph 1 and subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 2 of Article 54); 2) the number of years left until a person attains the pensionable age established for him (Articles 21 and 57). If the person's state social pension insurance record acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service is shorter than the obligatory state social pension insurance record for the work incapacity pension (Article 31), the insurance record shall not include the total number of years left until the pensionable age, but a proportionately smaller part thereof, which shall be obtained by multiplying the number of the years left until the pensionable age by the state social pension insurance record acquired by the person while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service and dividing it by the insurance record obligatory for the work incapacity pension. 4. The state social insurance work incapacity pension for the persons who have lost 45-55% of their capacity for work shall be calculated in the same manner as for the persons who have lost 60-70% of their capacity for work and shall then be reduced by 50%. 5. A state social insurance work incapacity pension bonus for the length of the record shall be calculated in the same manner as a state social insurance old-age pension bonus for the length of the record (Article 24¹). In respect of the persons who have lost 45-55% of their capacity for work, the bonus thus calculated shall be reduced by 50%. Article 33. Calculation the State Social Insurance Work Incapacity Pension for a Person who Received the Early Old-Age Pension For a person who had received the early old-age pension earlier or who was awarded the state social insurance work incapacity pension during the period of payment of the early old-age pension, the work incapacity pension shall be calculated in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law without reducing amount thereof due to the awarding to the person of the early old-age pension prior to the awarding of the work incapacity pension CHAPTER IV STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE SURVIVOR'S AND ORPHAN'S PENSIONS Article 34. Entitlement to the Survivor’s or Orphan’s Pension 1. The spouse and children (adopted children) of a deceased person (or a person declared dead or missing in accordance with the established procedure) specified in Articles 35 and 38 of this Law shall be entitled to the state social insurance survivor's pension (hereinafter referred to as the “survivor’s pension”) or the state social insurance orphan's pension (hereinafter referred to as the “orphan’s pension”) where the person fulfilled the following conditions on the day of his death (of declaring him missing): 1) had acquired the right to receive the state social insurance work incapacity (where the person died before 1 July 2005 – invalidity) pension or old-age pension (depending on the age of the deceased person) or received one of these pensions – work incapacity (invalidity) or old-age pension; Version of subparagraph 2 before 1 January 2008: 2) the deceased person had acquired the minimum state social pension insurance record or an equivalent record required for the pension of an appropriate type while working in the undertakings, agencies or organisations of Lithuania, EU Member States or the member states of the European Economic Area (with the exception of the political prisoners and deportees rehabilitated in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws of the Republic of Lithuania who acquired a part of their record during unlawful imprisonment or at the place of deportation and who shall not be subject to the requirement of acquisition of the minimum record while working in the undertakings, agencies or organisations of Lithuania, EU Member States or the member states of the European Economic Area). Version of subparagraph 2 before 1 January 2008: 2) the deceased person had acquired the minimum state social pension insurance record or an equivalent record required for the pension of an appropriate type while working in the undertakings, agencies or organisations of Lithuania, EU Member States or the member states of the European Economic Area (with the exception of the persons who, prior to their decease, received the work incapacity (invalidity) or old-age pension awarded and/or paid according to this Law or according to the pension laws in force in the Republic of Lithuania until 1 January 1995 as well as the political prisoners and deportees rehabilitated in accordance with the procedure laid down by laws of the Republic of Lithuania who acquired a part of their record during unlawful imprisonment or at the place of deportation and who shall not be subject to the requirement of acquisition of the minimum record while working in the undertakings, agencies or organisations of Lithuania, EU Member States or the member states of the European Economic Area). Version of paragraphs 2 and 3 before 1 January 2008: 2. The survivor’s or orphan’s pension shall be awarded to the spouse and children (adopted children) of the persons deceased after the entry into force of the Law on State Social Insurance, i.e., after 1 June 1991, provided a person was a resident of the Republic of Lithuania on the day when his death occurred. 3. The survivor's and orphan's pension shall not be awarded, and the payment of the pension already awarded shall be discontinued, to the persons who, by a court's judgement, have been convicted of a deliberate crime to the deceased for whom this pension is awarded or paid. As of 1 January 2008, the Article shall be supplemented with paragraph 2, paragraphs 2 and 3 shall be renumerated as paragraphs 3 and 4 respectively: 2. The provisions specified in paragraph 1 of this Article in respect of awarding of the survivor’s pension to a deceased person’s spouse indicated in Article 35 of this Law shall not apply where the person deceased prior to 1 June 1991. 3. The survivor’s or orphan’s pension shall be awarded to the spouse and children (adopted children) of the persons deceased after the entry into force of the Law on State Social Insurance, i.e., after 1 June 1991, where the person was a permanent resident of the Republic of Lithuania on the day of his death. 4. The survivor's and orphan's pension shall not be awarded, and the payment of the pension already awarded shall be discontinued, to the persons who, by a court's judgement, have been convicted of a deliberate crime to the deceased for whom this pension is awarded or paid. Article 35. Persons Entitled to the Survivor’s Pension 1. The following persons shall be entitled to the survivor’s pension: 1) a widow or widower who has attained the pensionable age, regardless of their age when the death of their spouse occurred; 2) a widow or widower rated as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids), provided they fulfil one of the following conditions:

1. a)had been rated as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) prior to the death of their spouse or rated incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) within 5 years from the spouse’s death;
2. b)were rated incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) while raising the deceased person's children (adopted children) under 18 years of age rated as disabled (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) as well as the deceased person’s children (adopted children) rated as having lost 75-100% of their capacity for work (before 1 July 2005 – Group I invalids), where such children (adopted children) were recognised as disabled (before 1 July 2005 – Group I invalids) before attaining 18 years of age. 2. Entitlement to the survivor’s pension shall be preserved where a widow or widower rated as capable of work after the awarding of the survivor’s pension are again rated as incapable or partially capable of work before the lapse of 3 years of the discontinuation of the payment of the survivor’s pension. Version of paragraph 3 before 1 January 2008: 3. A widow or a widower who did not have children with the deceased spouse shall be entitled to the pension only if at least 5 years have lapsed from the day of marriage registration in accordance with the established procedure to the day of the spouse’s death. Version of paragraph 3 after 1 January 2008: 3. A widow or a widower who did not have children with the deceased spouse shall be entitled to the pension only if at least one year have lapsed from the day of marriage registration in accordance with the established procedure to the day of the spouse’s death. 4. In the event of remarriage, the survivor’s pension shall not be awarded to a widow or widower, and the payment of the pension already awarded shall be discontinued. Article 36. Amount of the Survivor’s Pension 1. For a widow or widower entitled to the survivor’s pension, the survivor’s pension shall be awarded in the basic amount of the state social insurance survivor’s pension (paragraph 2 of this Article). 2. The basic amount of the state social insurance survivor’s pension (hereinafter referred to as the “basic amount of the survivor’s pension”) shall be approved by the Government on the recommendation of the Ministry of Social Security and Labour. This amount may not be less than LTL 70. Article 37. Repealed on 1 January 2007. Article 38. Calculation of the Survivor’s and Orphan’s Pension upon the Death of a Person who Received the Early Old-Age Pension Prior to his Death or Earlier 1. The right to receive the orphan’s pension shall be granted to the deceased person’s children and adopted children under 18 years of age as well as to older children where they had been rated as disabled (before 1 July 2005 – invalids) before attaining 18 years of age and where they have been incapable or partially capable of work (invalids) ever since attaining 18 years of age. 2. The full-time pupils and students of the higher as well as vocational and general education schools registered in the Republic of Lithuania in accordance with the established procedure who have attained 18 years of age shall be entitled to the orphan's pension until graduation (with the exception of the full-time pupils of general education schools who are entitled to the orphan’s pension until 31 August of the year of their graduation), but not longer than until they attain 24 years of age. 3. An orphan rated as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalid) shall retain the right to receive the orphan’s pension where he attains the pensionable age during the payment of the orphan’s pension. 4. The children (adopted children) of the deceased who are entitled to the orphan’s pension shall also retain this right when they are adopted. Article 39. Calculation and Amount of the Orphan’s Pension 1. For a person entitled to the orphan’s pension, this pension shall be awarded in the amount of 50% of the state social insurance work incapacity pension to which the deceased person could have been entitled as established for the persons who have lost 60-70% of their capacity for work (before 1 July 2005 – the pension for Group II invalids), where the deceased person had not attained the pensionable age, or the amount of the state social insurance old-age pension to which the deceased person could have been entitled, where he had already attained the pensionable age. This amount shall be awarded where one child (adopted child) is entitled to the orphan’s pension. Where two and more children (adopted children) are entitled to the pension, each of them shall be awarded equal portions of the pension not exceeding 100% of the total amount of the calculated work incapacity (invalidity) pension. Where, upon the awarding of the orphan’s pension, another orphan (orphans) applies (apply) for the awarding or renewal of the payment of the pension, which results in the reduction of the amount of the work incapacity (invalidity) or old-age pension in respect of one orphan, the orphan’s pension shall be recalculated as of the first day of a month following the month in which a new application with all the relevant documents enclosed was received. 2. Upon the death of a recipient of the old-age, work incapacity, invalidity or early old-age pension, the amount of the orphan’s pension shall be calculated in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article according to the amount of the pension received by the deceased. When awarding the orphan’s pension, the reduction of the work incapacity pension calculated for the persons who have lost 45-55% of their capacity for work (before 1 July 2005 – the pension for Group III invalids) as specified in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 32 of this Law shall not apply. 3. Upon the approval of a new, larger amount of the state social insurance basic pension and/or new, larger insured income of the current year, orphan’s pensions shall be increased accordingly. 4. Orphan’s pensions shall be awarded to the orphans who have lost both parents for each of the deceased parents. Where after the death of their parents these orphans become entitled to the orphan’s pension for a deceased adoptive parent, the orphan’s pension for the adoptive parent shall be awarded and paid at their request instead of the orphan’s pension for their parent where the orphan’s pension for the adoptive parent is larger than the one received by them. CHAPTER V AWARDING AND PAYMENT OF STATE SOCIAL INSURANCE PENSIONS AND EXAMINATION OF DISPUTES ON THE PENSIONS Article 40. Awarding of State Social Insurance Pensions 1. State social insurance pensions shall be awarded and paid by local offices of the State Social Insurance Fund Board in compliance with this Law as well as the Regulations for the Awarding and Payment of State Social Insurance Pensions as approved by the Government. 2. Pensions shall be paid by local offices of the State Social Insurance Fund Board according to a pensioner’s permanent or actual place of residence. The services related to the delivery of pensions may be provided for an agreed price by postal and other undertakings by way of tender. Competitions shall be organised in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Law on Public Procurement. Where more than one undertaking participates in a tender and the price of delivery of pensions and other conditions are identical, priority shall be given to the post. 3. Applications for the awarding of a pension may be filed three months before a person becomes entitled to the state social insurance old-age pension or at any other time after a person becomes entitled to the state social insurance pension. 4. When applying for a pension, all the documents indicated in the Regulations for the Awarding and Payment of State Social Insurance Pensions and necessary for the awarding of the pension must be submitted. 5. A local office of the State Social Insurance Fund Board must take a decision on the awarding of a pension or the refusal to award a pension within the time limit established by the Regulations for the Awarding and Payment of State Social Insurance Pensions and must give notice thereof to the applicant. Where the awarding of a pension is refused, the reasons for the refusal must be indicated. Article 41. Time Limits for the Awarding and Payment of a Pension 1. Under this Law, a state social insurance pension shall be awarded and paid as of the day when a person becomes entitled to the pension, but not more than for 12 months before the receipt of the documents required for the awarding of the pension at a local office of the State Social Insurance Fund Board. 2. In the case of a deferred application for the state social insurance old-age pension, the procedure laid down in Article 27 of this Law shall apply. 3. State social insurance pensions shall be awarded for lifetime or for a period during which a recipient of a pension remains entitled, under this Law, to the pension awarded. A local office of the State Social Insurance Fund Board paying a pension must notify a pensioner in advance of the expiry of a time limit for the awarding of the pension. 4. Upon the expiry of a time limit for the awarding of a pension, payment thereof shall be discontinued if a recipient of the pension is no longer entitled to it. Where a recipient of a pension fails, for a valid reason, to timely apply for an extension of the payment of the pension, the pension shall be paid without interest for the entire period, but not more than for 3 years during which the payment thereof was discontinued and the recipient of the pension was entitled to the pension. Where there is no valid reason, but the person remains entitled to the pension, the payment of the pension shall be renewed as of the submission of documents for an extension of the payment of the pension. 5. Upon the death of a pensioner, a pension shall be paid to the persons who have taken care of his burial for the month during which the death occurred, where it has not been paid yet, and shall extend in the amount of the pension awarded to cover a two-month period. Article 42. Awarding of a Pension Anew 1. The old-age or work incapacity pension may be awarded anew according to new data at the request of a recipient of the pension after he acquires an additional state social pension insurance record of at least 1 year while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service (

Article 8). 2.

Where a recipient of the old-age or work incapacity pension who has been awarded a pension under provisions of this Law as having the minimum, but not the obligatory insurance record acquires the obligatory insurance record while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service after the awarding of the pension (

Article 8

) or during self-employment (paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 8), the old-age or work incapacity pension may be, at his request, awarded to him anew irrespective of the fact that the state social pension insurance record as acquired by him after the awarding of the pension was less than 1 year.

1. Provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall apply accordingly when awarding work incapacity pensions to the recipients of invalidity pensions who have not attained the pensionable age instead of the invalidity pensions continued to be paid to them in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law. In these cases, work incapacity pensions shall be awarded anew according to new data: to Group I invalids – as the persons who have lost 75-100% of their capacity for work, to Group II invalids – as the persons who have lost 60-70% of their capacity for work, to Group III invalids – as the persons who have lost 45-55% of their capacity for work. The work incapacity pensions awarded in the manner specified in this paragraph shall be paid until the expiry of the time limit of invalidity as established for a person. The recipients of invalidity pensions who have attained the pensionable age shall not be awarded work incapacity pensions. At their request, they shall be awarded the old-age pension instead of the invalidity pension according to the new data of the insurance record and earnings or shall continue to be paid the invalidity pension until the expiry of the established time limit of invalidity. Version of paragraph 4 before 1 January 2008:
2. Where a larger percentage of lost capacity for work is established for a person, the state social insurance work incapacity pension shall be awarded anew at the person’s request according to new data or shall be paid according to the previous data of the insurance record and earnings by increasing it twofold (by establishing 60-70% of lost capacity for work instead of 45-55% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group III invalidity) or by commencing to pay the basic part of the pension (in the event of establishing 75-100% of lost capacity for work instead of 60-70% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group II invalidity) in the amount of 1,5 basic pensions (for those not having the obligatory insurance record – in proportion to the acquired period of insurance). Where a lower percentage of lost capacity for work is established, the state social insurance work incapacity pension shall not be awarded anew, but shall be paid according to the previous data of the insurance record and earnings by commencing to pay the basic part of the pension (in the event of establishing 60-70% of lost capacity for work instead of 75-100% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group I invalidity) in the amount of the basic pension (for those not having the obligatory insurance record – in proportion to the acquired insurance record) or a pension reduced by half shall be paid (in the event of establishing 45-55% of lost capacity for work instead of 60-70% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group II invalidity). Where a person is established 75-100% of lost capacity for work instead of Group I invalidity, 60-70% of lost capacity for work – instead of Group II invalidity, 45-55% of lost capacity for work – instead of Group III invalidity, the work incapacity pension shall commence to be paid in the amounts specified in Article 32 of this Law instead of the invalidity pension paid previously. Where after a repeated examination a person is again established the same percentage (percentage of the same interval) of lost capacity for work, he shall continue to be paid the work incapacity pension. Version of paragraph 4 after 1 January 2008:
3. Where a larger percentage of lost capacity for work is established for a person, the state social insurance work incapacity pension shall be awarded anew at the person’s request according to new data or shall be paid according to the previous data of the insurance record and earnings by increasing it twofold (by establishing 60-70% of lost capacity for work instead of 45-55% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group III invalidity) or by commencing to pay the basic part of the pension (in the event of establishing 75-100% of lost capacity for work instead of 60-70% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group II invalidity) in the amount of 150% of the basic state social insurance pension (for those not having the obligatory insurance record – in proportion to the acquired period of insurance). Where a lower percentage of lost capacity for work is established, the state social insurance work incapacity pension shall not be awarded anew, but shall be paid according to the previous data of the insurance record and earnings by commencing to pay the basic part of the pension (in the event of establishing 60-70% of lost capacity for work instead of 75-100% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group I invalidity) in the amount of 110% of the basic state social insurance pension (for those not having the obligatory insurance record – in proportion to the acquired insurance record) or a pension reduced by half shall be paid (in the event of establishing 45-55% of lost capacity for work instead of 60-70% of lost capacity for work or instead of Group II invalidity). Where a person is established 75-100% of lost capacity for work instead of Group I invalidity, 60-70% of lost capacity for work – instead of Group II invalidity, 45-55% of lost capacity for work – instead of Group III invalidity, the work incapacity pension shall commence to be paid in the amounts specified in Article 32 of this Law instead of the invalidity pension paid previously. Where after a repeated examination a person is again established the same percentage (percentage of the same interval) of lost capacity for work, he shall continue to be paid the work incapacity pension. Article 42

Article 8

, paragraph 1 and subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 2 of Article 54), the pension may be awarded anew pursuant to the provisions of this Law regarding the pensions awarded anew (Article 42). Pursuant to these provisions, the old-age or work incapacity pension may also be awarded anew to the old-age or invalidity pensioners who had been awarded pensions before 1 January 1995 without having the complete insurance record required at that time for the awarding of a pension and who, after the awarding of the pension and while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service (

Article 8

, paragraph 1 and subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 2 of Article 54) or during self-employment (paragraphs 5 and 6 of Article 8, paragraph 3 of Article 54), acquired (acquire) the obligatory insurance record as established by this Law irrespective of the fact that the state social pension insurance record as acquired by them after the awarding of the pension was less than 1 year.

1. Under this Law, loss of breadwinner’s pensions shall not be recalculated and shall not be paid together with the old-age, work incapacity, invalidity, retirement, survivor's or orphan's pensions, with the exception of the orphan's pension, which shall be paid together with the loss of breadwinner’s pension for a parent deceased before 1 January
2. Loss of breadwinner’s pensions shall be paid in accordance with the procedure laid down by the Regulations for the Awarding and Payment of State Social Insurance Pensions.
3. The retirement pension shall be recalculated to the state social insurance old-age or work incapacity pension only where recipient thereof has attained the pensionable age established by this Law or has been rated as incapable or partially capable of work. In these cases, the retirement pension shall be recalculated according the data on the insurance record and earnings as recorded in a pension file (Articles 49 and 50). A recipient of the retirement pension for whom this pension shall be recalculated to the old-age or work incapacity pension may supplement the data on the insurance record as recorded in a retirement pension file by submitting documents about the insurance record acquired during the periods which are held equivalent to the state social pension insurance record according to provisions of paragraph 1, subparagraphs 1-9 of paragraph 2 and paragraph 3 of Article 54 of this Law. At the request of a recipient of the retirement pension, the old-age or work incapacity pension may also be awarded according to the provisions of this Law on the pensions awarded anew or the retirement pension may continue to be paid instead of the old-age or invalidity or work incapacity pension recalculated or awarded anew. The retirement pension as awarded before 1 January 1995 shall continue to be paid also to the recipients thereof who have not attained the pensionable age or have not been rated as incapable or partially capable of work (before 1 July 2005 – invalids). Retirement pensions shall be indexed in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 52 of this Law. The persons who receive the old-age or work incapacity pension or to whom the invalidity pension continues to be paid shall not be paid the retirement pension. The procedure for recalculating and paying the pensions of officers and servicemen of the systems of the Interior, the Special Investigation Service, national defence, state security and the prosecutor's office shall be laid down by the Law on State Pensions of the Officers and Servicemen of the Interior, Special Investigation Service, State Security, National Defence, the Prosecutor’s Office, the Prisons Department, Agencies and State Enterprises Subordinate to It. Article 47 was repealed as of 1 January
4. Article
5. Basic Part of a Recalculated Pension
6. The basic part of the recalculated state social insurance old-age and invalidity pension shall be deemed to be equal to the amount of the basic part of an appropriate state social insurance pension (Article 23 and paragraph 2 of Article 32) where a person had been awarded the full amount of a pension of the appropriate type before 1 January
8. Where before 1 January 1995 a person had been awarded a partial pension, a portion of the amount of the basic part of an appropriate state social insurance pension obtained by multiplying the amount of the basic part of the appropriate state social insurance pension (Article 23 and paragraph 2 of Article 32) by the proved insurance record as recorded in a pension file and by dividing by the insurance record required for the awarding of the full pension at the time of the awarding of the pension shall be considered to be the basic part of the recalculated pension. Article
9. Calculation of the Insurance Record Acquired before 1 January 1995 when Recalculating Awarded Pensions
10. The total insurance record as recorded in a pension file and acquired before the entry into force of the Law on State Social Insurance, i.e. before 1 June 1991, shall be deemed to be a person’s state social pension insurance record acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service. The periods included in the insurance record by increasing their duration shall be included as periods of calendar duration.
11. The periods of insurance record as recorded in a pension file after the entry into force of the Law on State Social Insurance, i.e. after 1 June 1991, shall be considered to be the state social pension insurance record acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service for the persons who are listed in Article 4 of the Law on State Social Insurance and who had paid fixed state social insurance contributions.
12. When recalculating the invalidity pension, the period indicated in subparagraph 2 of paragraph 3 of Article 32 shall be included in the insurance record. Where a person's state social pension insurance record acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service before 1 January 1995 is longer than the one calculated according to provisions of paragraph 3 of Article 32, the supplementary part of the pension shall be calculated according to the person’s total actual insurance record. Article
13. Calculation of the Coefficient of a Person’s Insured Income when Recalculating Awarded Pensions
14. When recalculating awarded pensions, the coefficient of a person’s insured income (Article 19) shall be calculated according to the data recorded in a pension file in accordance with the following procedure: 1) where a pension has been awarded according to the average of the person’s earnings as recorded in the file and calculated according to the data on the person’s earnings before 1 January 1991, this average shall be divided by the average monthly wage in Lithuania of an appropriate period; 2) where the pension has been awarded according to data on the person's earnings after 1 January 1991 data, the monthly earnings recorded in the file shall be divided by the average wage in Lithuania of the month of an appropriate year, and the average of all the quotients calculated in this manner shall be considered to be the coefficient of insured income. In this case, the average wage of each month before 1 January 1991 shall be considered to be equal to the average monthly wage of that year in Lithuania.
15. When recalculating awarded pensions, the coefficient of a person’s insured income shall not exceed
16. Article
17. Rule of Non-reduction of a Pension Where upon recalculation, after 1 January 1995, of a pension awarded before 1 January 1995 its amount decreases compared with the previous amount, a pensioner shall continue to be paid the pension awarded previously and not recalculated under this Law by further indexing it in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 52 of this Law. Article
18. Indexation of an Unrecalculated Pension after 1 January 1995 Version of paragraphs 1 and 2 before 1 January 2008:
19. A pension not recalculated under this Law shall be indexed every time upon the approval of a new amount of the basic pension or insured income of the current year.
20. A pension’s part which does not exceed the new amount of the basic pension shall be indexed as the basic pension, whereas the remaining part – according to the ratio of the newly approved insured income to the previous insured income of the current year. Version of paragraphs 1 and 2 after 1 January 2008:
21. A pension not recalculated under this Law shall be indexed in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 2 of this Article every time upon the approval of a new amount of the basic state social insurance pension and/or insured income of the current year.
22. A pension’s part which is equal to the former amount of 110% of the basic state social insurance pension shall be increased up to the new amount of 110% of the basic state social insurance pension, whereas the remaining part without the bonus for the length of the record shall be indexed according to the ratio of the newly approved insured income to the previous insured income of the current year, and the bonus for the length of the record – according to the new amount of basic state social insurance pension.
23. Where an unrecalculated pension without a bonus for the length of the record exceeds or after the indexation begins to exceed the maximum amount of an unrecalculated pension (LTL 500), it shall be paid in the amount of LTL 500 until a pension recalculated to that person under this Law without the bonus for the length of the record begins to exceed LTL
24. When a new maximum amount of an unrecalculated pension is approved in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of this Article, the unrecalculated pension paid without the bonus for the length of the period shall be indexed in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article without exceeding the new maximum amount of the unrecalculated pension.
25. The maximum amount of an unrecalculated pension shall be approved by the Government alongside with the new amount of the basic pension. In comparison with the previously approved pension, the maximum amount of an unrecalculated pension shall be increased in the same percentage as the basic pension. Article
26. Payment, Increase and Indexation of State Social Insurance Invalidity Pensions
27. State social insurance invalidity pensions shall, after 1 July 2005, continue to be paid until the expiry of a time limit for the awarding and payment of these pensions or until the awarding of state social insurance old-age or work incapacity pensions in accordance with the procedure laid down by this Law. Upon the approval of a new, larger amount of the state social insurance basic pension or new, larger insured income of the current year, the pensions for Group I invalids which continue to be paid shall be increased in the same way as work incapacity pensions for the persons who have lost 75-100% of their capacity for work, pensions for Group II invalids – in the same way as work incapacity pensions for the persons who have lost 60-70% of their capacity for work, pensions for Group III invalids – in the same way as work incapacity pensions for the persons who have lost 45-55% of their capacity for work. The invalidity pensions not recalculated after 1 January 1995 under this Law shall be further indexed in accordance with the procedure laid down by Article 52 of this Law.
28. Where the payment of the invalidity pension has been discontinued due to the capacity for work regained by a person, the payment of a pension awarded previously shall be renewed upon again rating him as incapable or partially capable of work, provided less than 3 years have lapsed of the discontinuation of the payment of the pension. In these cases, the work incapacity pension shall commence to be paid instead of the invalidity pension paid in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of Article 42 of this Law. Article 53

Article 8

, paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 54), the ratio of the minimum monthly salary as valid in the month of the awarding of the pension and approved by a resolution of the Government (where the resolution of the Government approves different amounts of this salary – the minimum monthly salary of the largest amount) to the insured income of the year of the awarding of the pension shall be considered to be the coefficient of his insured income.

1. Where the coefficient of a person’s insured income has been calculated in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 4 of this Article according to the minimum monthly wage of an appropriate period or a part thereof and upon the receipt of data on the income of that period held equivalent to insured income, the coefficient of the person’s insured income shall be calculated according to this income. Article
2. Regulation of the Pensionable Age and the Insurance Record during the Transitional Period
3. Before 1 January 1995, the pensionable age shall be: for females – 55 years and for males – 60 years .
4. As of 1 January 1995 and on 1 January of each subsequent year until 1 January 2001, the pensionable age shall be increased annually: for females – by four months per year and for males – by two months per year. As of 1 January 2001 and on 1 January of each subsequent year, the pensionable age shall be increased for females and for males by six months per year until it reaches the the pensionable age specified in Article 21 of this Law: for females – 60 years and for males – 62 years and 6 months.
5. The obligatory state social pension insurance record for the state social insurance old-age pension before 1 January 1995 shall be: for females – 20 years and for males – 25 years. CHAPTER VIII PROVISIONS FOR THE INCREASE OF OLD-AGE AND INVALIDITY PENSIONS AS OF 1 MARCH 2004 AND APPLICATION THEREOF TO THE WORK INCAPACITY PENSIONS AWARDED AS OF 1 JULY 2005 Article
6. Conditions of the Increase of State Social Insurance Old-Age and Invalidity Pensions as of 1 March 2004
7. State social insurance old-age and invalidity pensions shall be increased as of 1 March 2004 for the persons who fulfil all of the following conditions: 1) have the obligatory state social pension insurance record for the old-age or invalidity pension, where the pension was awarded after 1 January 1995, or had the insurance record required for the awarding of the entire amount of the old-age or invalidity pension, where the pension had been awarded under the pensions laws in force in the Republic of Lithuania before 1 January 1995; 2) recipients of old-age pensions have the state social pension insurance record specified in paragraph 3 of Article 57 of this Law (for females – 20 years and for males – 25 years ) and acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service before 1 January 1995; 3) recipients of invalidity pensions acquired a portion of their state social pension insurance record (regardless of duration thereof) while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service before 1 January
8. Where the entire insurance record of a recipient of the invalidity pension was acquired in 1994, the invalidity pension shall be increased where a portion of this insurance record was acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service and where the invalidity pension was awarded in 1994; 4) the amount of a single state social insurance old-age or invalidity pension awarded to a person does not exceed LTL 325 per month. Where the same person has been awarded several state social insurance pensions, state pensions, compensation for special working conditions, signatory’s state annuity, state annuity of signatory’s survivors and orphans, annuity of artists, monthly benefit of professor emeritus , etc., paid from the state budget or the budget of the State Social Insurance Fund (hereinafter referred to as “pensions and pension benefits”), – where the aggregate amount of these pensions and/or pension benefits does not exceed LTL 325 per month. When increasing the state social insurance Group III invalidity pension awarded and paid to a person, account shall be taken of the amount of the invalidity pension according to Group II invalidity.
9. A person’s compliance with all the conditions specified in this Article and necessary for the increase of state social insurance old-age and invalidity pensions shall be determined according to the state social pension insurance record recorded in the person’s pension file as on 1 March 2004 and the amount of the pension awarded (total aggregate amount of awarded pensions and/or pension benefits). Article
10. Increase of State Social Insurance Old-Age Pensions
11. The state social insurance old-age pensions awarded under this Law to the persons fulfilling the conditions specified in subparagraphs 1, 2 and 4 of paragraph 1 of Article 58 of this Law shall be increased according to the following formula: PPs= [M+(R–M) BPS/R–BPS] S/Sn, where: PPs – individual increment of the old-age pension; M – maximum increment of the old-age pension – LTL 120; R – the limit of the increase of the old-age pension – LTL 325; BPS – the amount of a single state social insurance old-age pension awarded to a person or the aggregate amount of awarded pensions and/or pension benefits; S – the person’s entire state social pension insurance record acquired while working under an employment contract or on the basis of membership or service; Sn – norm of the state social pension insurance record (for females – 20 years and for males – 25 years).
12. The individual increment of the old-age pension PPs having been calculated in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, the coefficient of a person’s insured income as calculated for the period before 1 January 1994 shall be changed according to the following formula: kp = k + PPs /(0,005 x s x D).
13. The changed coefficient kp shall be entered in the formula for the calculation of the first half of the supplementary part of the old-age pension for the period before 1 January 1994 (paragraph 2 of Article 56) instead of the calculated coefficient k of the person’s insured income. Where the old-age pension has been increased in accordance with the pension increase procedure effective as of 1 January 2003, the new coefficient which has been accordingly increased as of 1 March 2004 shall be entered instead of the rate kp of a person’s insured income as changed during the first increase.
14. In the cases when the increase, as of 1 March 2004, of state social insurance old-age pensions calculated in accordance with the procedure laid down in this Article is less than LTL 1, these pensions shall be increased by LTL
15. Article
16. Increase of State Social Insurance Invalidity Pensions
17. The state social insurance invalidity pensions awarded under this Law to the persons fulfilling the conditions specified in subparagraphs 1, 3 and 4 of paragraph 1 of Article 58 of this Law shall be increased according to the following formula: PPinv= M+(R–M) BPS/R–BP, where: PPinv – individual increment of the invalidity pension; M – maximum increment of the invalidity pension – LTL 120; R – the limit of the increase of the invalidity pension – LTL 325; BPS – the amount of a single state social insurance invalidity pension awarded to a person or sum of awarded pensions and/or pension benefits. Where a person has been awarded and is paid the state social insurance Group III invalidity pension, the increase of this pension shall take account of the amount of the invalidity pension according to Group II invalidity.
18. The individual increment of the invalidity pension PPinv having been calculated in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraph 1 of this Article, the coefficient of the person’s insur