The Verkhovna Rada passed a law regulating the amount and payment of pensions to those who worked abroad
Kyiv • UNN
The Parliament adopted a law regulating the calculation of pensions for those who worked abroad and establishing rules for the termination of pension payments in certain cases.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine has adopted in the second reading the government bill "On Amendments to Certain Laws of Ukraine on Proportional Calculation of Insurance Period for Persons Who Worked Outside Ukraine" (Reg. No. 9453), UNN reports with reference to MP Oleksiy Honcharenko.
The Parliament also voted in favor of the draft law No. 9453 on the calculation of insurance record. 303 MPs voted for it
The document regulates the calculation of pensions in proportion to the length of service acquired in Ukraine for persons who worked in Ukraine and abroad, and separately for the former Soviet Union and the Russian Federation (for military personnel).
This issue required additional regulation due to the denunciation of pension agreements with the member states of the Commonwealth of Independent States. Previously, the Pension Fund of Ukraine and the Pension Fund of the Russian Federation exchanged documents certifying the length of service and the amount of earnings - now such an exchange is impossible.
Ukraine has also withdrawn from the Agreement on Guarantees of the Rights of Citizens of the CIS Member States in the Field of Pensions, which will result in the loss of the right to a pension in Ukraine for citizens who have acquired seniority in CIS member states other than the Russian Federation.
The document also establishes the possibility of including into the work experience, including on a preferential basis, the period of work in countries with which the relevant agreements have been concluded. These countries currently include, in particular, Poland, Spain, Bulgaria, Georgia, and Portugal.
At the same time, the document states that any periods of employment in the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine after February 19, 2014 "for a person who after February 19, 2014 served in the Armed Forces, law enforcement agencies, state security agencies, the National Police, other military formations, including as a private and senior officer, held civil service positions (in local governments, other state bodies), in the relevant bodies (federal and state authorities), in th
The document also provides for grounds for termination of pension payment:
- in case of temporary residence abroad at the request of the pensioner to terminate the payment of the pension and if the person is declared missing, missing in action or declared dead in accordance with the procedure established by law;
- those who have not received them for 6 consecutive months in the respective organizations, or in the absence of 6 consecutive months of expenditure transactions in banks on the respective current accounts, as well as if the recipients of pensions have not undergone physical identification in cases provided for by law.
In addition, it is proposed to restore the conditions of identification for internally displaced persons on a general basis.
As for the physical identification of persons, the document provides for the possibility of conducting it not only in the Pension Fund bodies, but also in a personal electronic account on the Pension Fund's electronic services web portal using a remote qualified electronic signature "Diya.Signature" ("Diya ID"), or by certifying a consular representative's place of residence abroad.
According to the document, such identification must be completed by December 31 of each year.
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