Direct Request (CEACR) - adopted 1991, published 78th ILC session (1991)

Invalidity, Old-Age and Survivors' Benefits Convention, 1967 (No. 128) - Germany (Ratification: 1971)

1. With reference to its previous comments, the Committee notes the information supplied by the Government in its report, particularly concerning Part V (standards to be complied with by periodical payments), in relation to Parts II (Articles 10 and 11), III (Articles 17 and 18) and IV (Articles 23 and 24).

2. The Committee notes the adoption on 18 December 1989 of the Act to reform pensions, the principal provisions of which are to come into force on 1 January 1992. The principal aim of this Act is to deal with the consequences of developments in the demographic structure of the population through a common burden-sharing effort by retirees, contributors and the Federal State. The Committee hopes that, when this reform is implemented, the measures that are adopted will continue to take account of the level of protection prescribed by the Convention. It would be grateful if the Government would supply detailed information, in accordance with the report form adopted by the Governing Body, on the implementation of this legislation in relation to the various Articles of the Convention and, in particular, if it would supply the necessary statistics to determine whether the level of old-age, invalidity and survivors' benefit attains the level required by the Convention. The Committee reserves the right to make a more detailed examination of the Act to reform the pensions scheme when it has at its disposal a translation of the text in English or French.