COUNCIL OF EUROPE

FORM

FOR THE

BIENNIAL REPORT

ON THE

EUROPEAN CODE OF SOCIAL SECURITY

(ARTICLE 76 – PARTS NOT SPECIFIED

IN THE RATIFICATION OF THE CODE

OR IN A NOTIFICATION MADE SUBSEQUENTLY)

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STRASBOURG

R E P O R T

for the period from .......1 July 2014........................... to ........30 June 2016........................... made by the Government of

Denmark.................................................................................. in accordance with Article 76 of the European Code on Social Security on the position of national law and practice in regard to the matters dealt with in Parts of the European Code of Social Security which have not been specified in the ratification of the Code or in a subsequent notification.

I.          Please indicate whether any laws, regulations or contractual provisions (for example, in collective agreements) exist in your country with regard to each of the contingencies referred to in those of the Parts II to X of the Code which have not been accepted. (Please indicate in each case whether protection is provided under a compulsory or a voluntary scheme.)

II.        If so, please list the laws and regulations in force at the date of the preparation of the report (with precise references to the official gazettes in which they appeared) and supply the following information:

1.         Scope

            Please indicate, for each of the contingencies referred to in the non-accepted Parts of the Code, so far as possible on the basis of available statistics, the approximate number of persons protected, that is:

            either   (a) the number of employees protected and

                        (b) the total number of employees

or         (a) the number of persons belonging to the economically active population protected (or to the prescribed classes of residents protected) and

            (b) the total number of residents.

            (If the protection covers all employees, the entire economically active population, or all residents, it will be sufficient to indicate this, without supplying any statistics.)

2.         Conditions for Entitlement to Benefits

            Please indicate, for each contingency referred to in the non-accepted Parts of the Code, the conditions for entitlement to benefits, particularly as regards the definition of the contingency, the qualifying period, the waiting period, the maximum duration of benefits, etc.

            (See also, as regards Part II, Articles 8, 11 and 12; as regards Part III, Articles 14, 17 and 18; as regards Part IV, Articles 20, 23 and 24; as regards Part V, Articles 26 and 29; as regards Part VI, Articles 32, 37 and 38; as regards Part VII, Articles 40 (please indicate the number of children and the age limits of children in respect of whom any family benefits are payable) and 45; as regards Parts VIII, Articles 47, 51 and 52; as regards Part IX, Articles 54, 57 and 58; as regards Part X, Articles 60, 63 and 64.)

3.         Level of Benefits

(a)    As regards periodical payments, please indicate the manner in which the respective benefits are calculated, relating this information to the criteria laid down in Articles 65, 66 and 67 of the Code.

(b)    As regards benefits in kind (medical care), please indicate whether they cover the benefits mentioned in Articles 10, 34 and 49 of the Code.

(c)    Please indicate whether there exist any provisions for the review of current periodical payments following substantial changes in the general level of earnings where these result from substantial changes in the cost of living.

4.         Miscellaneous

(a)    Please indicate whether claimants have a right of appeal in case of refusal of the benefit or complaint, and indicate the authority to which any such appeal lies.

(b)   Please indicate the manner in which the cost of benefits is financed and the distribution of actual resources according to the sources from which they are derived.

(c)    Please specify which authority or authorities are entrusted with the supervision of the application of the laws an regulations and indicate the manner in which organisations of employers and workers may be called upon to co-operate in this application.

(d)   Please attach copies of the laws and regulations referred to in the present report. If reports on the application of the legislation are submitted to a national authority, please supply a copy of the most recent report.

III.             (a) Please indicate whether any modifications have been made in the national legislation or practice with a view to giving effect to all or some of the provisions of the Code.

(b) Please state, where appropriate, any difficulties due to the Code, to the legislation, to the national practice or to any other reason which may prevent or delay the ratification of the Code.

(d)   Please state also whether it is intended to adopt measures to give effect to those provisions of the Code not yet covered by the national legislation or practice.

Report for the period 1 July 2014 to 30 June 2016

Part X – Survivor’s Benefit

Denmark has not ratified Part X of the European Code of Social Security.

Denmark abolished the legislation on widow’s pension in 1993 for reasons of gender equality.

The term widow’s pension is not applicable in the context of Danish legislation.

Widows - and widowers – are covered in their own right under the social security schemes, e.g. old age pension.

The level of benefit matches the qualitative as well as the quantitative level of the Code.