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Preamble
The General Conference of the International Labour Organisation,
Having been convened at Geneva by the Governing Body of the International Labour Office,
and having met in its Thirty-fifth Session on 4 June 1952, and
Having decided upon the adoption of certain proposals with regard to minimum standards of
social security, which are included in the fifth item on the agenda of the session,
and
Having determined that these proposals shall take the form of an international
Convention,
adopts this twenty-eighth day of June of the year one thousand nine hundred and fifty-two
the following Convention, which may be cited as the Social Security (Minimum Standards)
Convention, 1952:
PART I. GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
- 1. In this Convention--
- (a) the term prescribed means determined by or in
virtue of national laws or regulations;
- (b) the term residence means ordinary residence in
the territory of the Member and the term resident
means a person ordinarily resident in the territory of the
Member;
- (c) the term wife means a wife who is maintained
by her husband;
- (d) the term widow means a woman who was
maintained by her husband at the time of his death;
- (e) the term child means a child under
school-leaving age or under 15 years of age, as may be
prescribed;
- (f) the term qualifying period means a period of
contribution, or a period of employment, or a period of
residence, or any combination thereof, as may be
prescribed.
- 2. In Articles 10, 34 and 49 the term benefit
means either direct benefit in the form of care or indirect benefit
consisting of a reimbursement of the expenses borne by the person
concerned.
Article 2
Each Member for which this Convention is in force--
- (a) shall comply with--
- (i) Part I;
- (ii) at least three of Parts II, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII, IX
and X, including at least one of Parts IV, V, VI, IX and X;
- (iii) the relevant provisions of Parts XI, XII and XIII;
and
- (iv) Part XIV; and
- (b) shall specify in its ratification in respect of which of Parts II to
X it accepts the obligations of the Convention.
Article 3
- 1. A Member whose economy and medical facilities are
insufficiently developed may, if and for so long as the competent
authority considers necessary, avail itself, by a declaration appended
to its ratification, of the temporary exceptions provided for in the
following Articles: 9 (d) ; 12 (2); 15 (d); 18 (2); 21 (c); 27 (d) ; 33
(b); 34 (3); 41 (d); 48 (c); 55 (d); and 61 (d).
- 2. Each Member which has made a declaration under paragraph 1
of this Article shall include in the annual report upon the application
of this Convention submitted under Article 22 of the Constitution of the
International Labour Organisation a statement, in respect of each
exception of which it avails itself--
- (a) that its reason for doing so subsists; or
- (b) that it renounces its right to avail itself of the exception
in question as from a stated date.
Article 4
- 1. Each Member which has ratified this Convention may
subsequently notify the Director-General of the International Labour
Office that it accepts the obligations of the Convention in respect of
one or more of Parts II to X not already specified in its
ratification.
- 2. The undertakings referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article
shall be deemed to be an integral part of the ratification and to have
the force of ratification as from the date of notification.
Article 5
Where, for the purpose of compliance with any of the Parts II to X of this
Convention which are to be covered by its ratification, a Member is required
to protect prescribed classes of persons constituting not less than a
specified percentage of employees or residents, the Member shall satisfy
itself, before undertaking to comply with any such Part, that the relevant
percentage is attained.
Article 6
For the purpose of compliance with Parts II, III, IV, V, VIII (in so far as
it relates to medical care), IX or X of this Convention, a Member may take
account of protection effected by means of insurance which, although not
made compulsory by national laws or regulations for the persons to be
protected--
- (a) is supervised by the public authorities or administered, in
accordance with prescribed standards, by joint operation of employers
and workers;
- (b) covers a substantial part of the persons whose earnings do not
exceed those of the skilled manual male employee; and
- (c) complies, in conjunction with other forms of protection, where
appropriate, with the relevant provisions of the Convention.
PART II. MEDICAL CARE
Article 7
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of benefit in respect of a condition
requiring medical care of a preventive or curative nature in accordance with
the following Articles of this Part.
Article 8
The contingencies covered shall include any morbid condition, whatever its
cause, and pregnancy and confinement and their consequences.
Article 9
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees, and also their wives and children; or
- (b) prescribed classes of economically active population, constituting
not less than 20 per cent. of all residents, and also their wives and
children; or
- (c) prescribed classes of residents, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all residents; or
- (d) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or more,
and also their wives and children.
Article 10
- 1. The benefit shall include at least--
- (a) in case of a morbid condition--
- (i) general practitioner care, including domiciliary
visiting;
- (ii) specialist care at hospitals for in-patients and
out-patients, and such specialist care as may be
available outside hospitals;
- (iii) the essential pharmaceutical supplies as
prescribed by medical or other qualified practitioners;
and
- (iv) hospitalisation where necessary; and
- (b) in case of pregnancy and confinement and their
consequences--
- (i) pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care either by
medical practitioners or by qualified midwives; and
- (ii) hospitalisation where necessary.
- 2. The beneficiary or his breadwinner may be required to share
in the cost of the medical care the beneficiary receives in respect of a
morbid condition; the rules concerning such cost-sharing shall be so
designed as to avoid hardship.
- 3. The benefit provided in accordance with this Article shall
be afforded with a view to maintaining, restoring or improving the
health of the person protected and his ability to work and to attend to
his personal needs.
- 4. The institutions or Government departments administering
the benefit shall, by such means as may be deemed appropriate, encourage
the persons protected to avail themselves of the general health services
placed at their disposal by the public authorities or by other bodies
recognised by the public authorities.
Article 11
The benefit specified in Article 10 shall, in a contingency covered, be
secured at least to a person protected who has completed, or whose
breadwinner has completed, such qualifying period as may be considered
necessary to preclude abuse.
Article 12
- 1. The benefit specified in Article 10 shall be granted
throughout the contingency covered, except that, in case of a morbid
condition, its duration may be limited to 26 weeks in each case, but
benefit shall not be suspended while a sickness benefit continues to be
paid, and provision shall be made to enable the limit to be extended for
prescribed diseases recognised as entailing prolonged care.
- 2. Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in
force, the duration of the benefit may be limited to 13 weeks in each
case.
PART III. SICKNESS BENEFIT
Article 13
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of sickness benefit in accordance
with the following Articles of this Part.
Article 14
The contingency covered shall include incapacity for work resulting from a
morbid condition and involving suspension of earnings, as defined by
national laws or regulations.
Article 15
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees; or
- (b) prescribed classes of the economically active population,
constituting not less than 20 per cent. of all residents; or
- (c) all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
limits prescribed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of
Article 67; or
- (d) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or
more.
Article 16
- 1. Where classes of employees or classes of the economically
active population are protected, the benefit shall be a periodical
payment calculated in such a manner as to comply either with the
requirements of Article 65 or with the requirements of Article 66.
- 2. Where all residents whose means during the contingency do
not exceed prescribed limits are protected, the benefit shall be a
periodical payment calculated in such a manner as to comply with the
requirements of Article 67.
Article 17
The benefit specified in Article 16 shall, in a contingency covered, be
secured at least to a person protected who has completed such qualifying
period as may be considered necessary to preclude abuse.
Article 18
- 1. The benefit specified in Article 16 shall be granted
throughout the contingency, except that the benefit may be limited to 26
weeks in each case of sickness, in which event it need not be paid for
the first three days of suspension of earnings.
- 2. Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in
force, the duration of the benefit may be limited--
- (a) to such period that the total number of days for which the
sickness benefit is granted in any year is not less than ten
times the average number of persons protected in that year;
or
- (b) to 13 weeks in each case of sickness, in which event it need
not be paid for the first three days of suspension of
earnings.
PART IV. UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT
Article 19
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of unemployment benefit in accordance
with the following Articles of this Part.
Article 20
The contingency covered shall include suspension of earnings, as defined by
national laws or regulations, due to inability to obtain suitable employment
in the case of a person protected who is capable of, and available for,
work.
Article 21
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees; or
- (b) all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
limits prescribed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of
Article 67; or
- (c) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or
more.
Article 22
- 1. Where classes of employees are protected, the benefit shall
be a periodical payment calculated in such manner as to comply either
with the requirements of Article 65 or with the requirements of Article
66.
- 2. Where all residents whose means during the contingency do
not exceed prescribed limits are protected, the benefit shall be a
periodical payment calculated in such a manner as to comply with the
requirements of Article 67.
Article 23
The benefit specified in Article 22 shall, in a contingency covered, be
secured at least to a person protected who has completed such qualifying
period as may be considered necessary to preclude abuse.
Article 24
- 1. The benefit specified in Article 22 shall be granted
throughout the contingency, except that its duration may be limited--
- (a) where classes of employees are protected, to 13 weeks within
a period of 12 months, or
- (b) where all residents whose means during the contingency do
not exceed prescribed limits are protected, to 26 weeks within a
period of 12 months.
- 2. Where national laws or regulations provide that the
duration of the benefit shall vary with the length of the contribution
period and/or the benefit previously received within a prescribed
period, the provisions of subparagraph (a) of paragraph 1 shall be
deemed to be fulfilled if the average duration of benefit is at least 13
weeks within a period of 12 months.
- 3. The benefit need not be paid for a waiting period of the
first seven days in each case of suspension of earnings, counting days
of unemployment before and after temporary employment lasting not more
than a prescribed period as part of the same case of suspension of
earnings.
- 4. In the case of seasonal workers the duration of the benefit
and the waiting period may be adapted to their conditions of
employment.
PART V. OLD-AGE BENEFIT
Article 25
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of old-age benefit in accordance with
the following Articles of this Part.
Article 26
- 1. The contingency covered shall be survival beyond a
prescribed age.
- 2. The prescribed age shall be not more than 65 years or such
higher age as may be fixed by the competent authority with due regard to
the working ability of elderly persons in the country concerned.
- 3. National laws or regulations may provide that the benefit
of a person otherwise entitled to it may be suspended if such person is
engaged in any prescribed gainful activity or that the benefit, if
contributory, may be reduced where the earnings of the beneficiary
exceed a prescribed amount and, if non-contributory, may be reduced
where the earnings of the beneficiary or his other means or the two
taken together exceed a prescribed amount.
Article 27
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees; or
- (b) prescribed classes of the economically active population,
constituting not less than 20 per cent. of all residents; or
- (c) all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
limits prescribed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of
Article 67; or
- (d) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or
more.
Article 28
The benefit shall be a periodical payment calculated as follows:
- (a) where classes of employees or classes of the economically active
population are protected, in such a manner as to comply either with the
requirements of Article 65 or with the requirements of Article 66;
- (b) where all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
prescribed limits are protected, in such a manner as to comply with the
requirements of Article 67.
Article 29
- 1. The benefit specified in Article 28 shall, in a contingency
covered, be secured at least--
- (a) to a person protected who has completed, prior to the
contingency, in accordance with prescribed rules, a qualifying
period which may be 30 years of contribution or employment, or
20 years of residence; or
- (b) where, in principle, all economically active persons are
protected, to a person protected who has completed a prescribed
qualifying period of contribution and in respect of whom, while
he was of working age, the prescribed yearly average number of
contributions has been paid.
- 2. Where the benefit referred to in paragraph 1 is conditional
upon a minimum period of contribution or employment, a reduced benefit
shall be secured at least--
- (a) to a person protected who has completed, prior to the
contingency, in accordance with prescribed rules, a qualifying
period of 15 years of contribution or employment; or
- (b) where, in principle, all economically active persons are
protected, to a person protected who has completed a prescribed
qualifying period of contribution and in respect of whom, while
he was of working age, half the yearly average number of
contributions prescribed in accordance with subparagraph (b) of
paragraph 1 of this Article has been paid.
- 3. The requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be
deemed to be satisfied where a benefit calculated in conformity with the
requirements of Part XI but at a percentage of ten points lower than
shown in the Schedule appended to that Part for the standard beneficiary
concerned is secured at least to a person protected who has completed,
in accordance with prescribed rules, ten years of contribution or
employment, or five years of residence.
- 4. A proportional reduction of the percentage indicated in the
Schedule appended to Part XI may be effected where the qualifying period
for the benefit corresponding to the reduced percentage exceeds ten
years of contribution or employment but is less than 30 years of
contribution or employment; if such qualifying period exceeds 15 years,
a reduced benefit shall be payable in conformity with paragraph 2 of
this Article.
- 5. Where the benefit referred to in paragraphs 1, 3 or 4 of
this Article is conditional upon a minimum period of contribution or
employment, a reduced benefit shall be payable under prescribed
conditions to a person protected who, by reason only of his advanced age
when the provisions concerned in the application of this Part come into
force, has not satisfied the conditions prescribed in accordance with
paragraph 2 of this Article, unless a benefit in conformity with the
provisions of paragraphs 1, 3 or 4 of this Article is secured to such
person at an age higher than the normal age.
Article 30
The benefits specified in Articles 28 and 29 shall be granted throughout the
contingency.
PART VI. EMPLOYMENT INJURY BENEFIT
Article 31
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of employment injury benefit in
accordance with the following Articles of this Part.
Article 32
The contingencies covered shall include the following where due to accident
or a prescribed disease resulting from employment:
- (a) a morbid condition;
- (b) incapacity for work resulting from such a condition and involving
suspension of earnings, as defined by national laws or regulations;
- (c) total loss of earning capacity or partial loss thereof in excess of
a prescribed degree, likely to be permanent, or corresponding loss of
faculty; and
- (d) the loss of support suffered by the widow or child as the result of
the death of the breadwinner; in the case of a widow, the right to
benefit may be made conditional on her being presumed, in accordance
with national laws or regulations, to be incapable of self-support.
Article 33
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees, and, for benefit in respect of death of the
breadwinner, also their wives and children; or
- (b) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or more,
and, for benefit in respect of death of the breadwinner, also their
wives and children.
Article 34
- 1. In respect of a morbid condition, the benefit shall be
medical care as specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
- 2. The medical care shall comprise--
- (a) general practitioner and specialist in-patient care and
out-patient care, including domiciliary visiting;
- (b) dental care;
- (c) nursing care at home or in hospital or other medical
institutions;
- (d) maintenance in hospitals, convalescent homes, sanatoria or
other medical institutions;
- (e) dental, pharmaceutical and other medical or surgical
supplies, including prosthetic appliances, kept in repair, and
eyeglasses; and
- (f) the care furnished by members of such other professions as
may at any time be legally recognised as allied to the medical
profession, under the supervision of a medical or dental
practitioner.
- 3. Where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in
force, the medical care shall include at least--
- (a) general practitioner care, including domiciliary
visiting;
- (b) specialist care at hospitals for in-patients and
out-patients, and such specialist care as may be available
outside hospitals;
- (c) the essential pharmaceutical supplies as prescribed by a
medical or other qualified practitioner; and
- (d) hospitalisation where necessary.
- 4. The medical care provided in accordance with the preceding
paragraphs shall be afforded with a view to maintaining, restoring or
improving the health of the person protected and his ability to work and
to attend to his personal needs.
Article 35
- 1. The institutions or Government departments administering
the medical care shall co-operate, wherever appropriate, with the
general vocational rehabilitation services, with a view to the
re-establishment of handicapped persons in suitable work.
- 2. National laws or regulations may authorise such
institutions or departments to ensure provision for the vocational
rehabilitation of handicapped persons.
Article 36
- 1. In respect of incapacity for work, total loss of earning
capacity likely to be permanent or corresponding loss of faculty, or the
death of the breadwinner, the benefit shall be a periodical payment
calculated in such a manner as to comply either with the requirements of
Article 65 or with the requirements of Article 66.
- 2. In case of partial loss of earning capacity likely to be
permanent, or corresponding loss of faculty, the benefit, where payable,
shall be a periodical payment representing a suitable proportion of that
specified for total loss of earning capacity or corresponding loss of
faculty.
- 3. The periodical payment may be commuted for a lump sum--
- (a) where the degree of incapacity is slight; or
- (b) where the competent authority is satisfied that the lump sum
will be properly utilised.
Article 37
The benefit specified in Articles 34 and 36 shall, in a contingency covered,
be secured at least to a person protected who was employed in the territory
of the Member at the time of the accident if the injury is due to accident
or at the time of contracting the disease if the injury is due to a disease
and, for periodical payments in respect of death of the breadwinner, to the
widow and children of such person.
Article 38
The benefit specified in Articles 34 and 36 shall be granted throughout the
contingency, except that, in respect of incapacity for work, the benefit
need not be paid for the first three days in each case of suspension of
earnings.
PART VII. FAMILY BENEFIT
Article 39
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of family benefit in accordance with
the following Articles of this Part.
Article 40
The contingency covered shall be responsibility for the maintenance of
children as prescribed.
Article 41
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees; or
- (b) prescribed classes of the economically active population,
constituting not less than 20 per cent. of all residents; or
- (c) all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
prescribed limits; or
- (d) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or
more.
Article 42
The benefit shall be--
- (a) a periodical payment granted to any person protected having
completed the prescribed qualifying period; or
- (b) the provision to or in respect of children, of food, clothing,
housing, holidays or domestic help; or
- (c) a combination of (a) and (b).
Article 43
The benefit specified in Article 42 shall be secured at least to a person
protected who, within a prescribed period, has completed a qualifying period
which may be three months of contribution or employment, or one year of
residence, as may be prescribed.
Article 44
The total value of the benefits granted in accordance with Article 42 to the
persons protected shall be such as to represent--
- (a) 3 per cent. of the wage of an ordinary adult male labourer, as
determined in accordance with the rules laid down in Article 66,
multiplied by the total number of children of persons protected; or
- (b) 1.5 per cent. of the said wage, multiplied by the total number of
children of all residents.
Article 45
Where the benefit consists of a periodical payment, it shall be granted
throughout the contingency.
PART VIII. MATERNITY BENEFIT
Article 46
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of maternity benefit in accordance
with the following Articles of this Part.
Article 47
The contingencies covered shall include pregnancy and confinement and their
consequences, and suspension of earnings, as defined by national laws or
regulations, resulting therefrom.
Article 48
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) all women in prescribed classes of employees, which classes
constitute not less than 50 per cent. of all employees and, for
maternity medical benefit, also the wives of men in these classes;
or
- (b) all women in prescribed classes of the economically active
population, which classes constitute not less than 20 per cent. of all
residents, and, for maternity medical benefit, also the wives of men in
these classes; or
- (c) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force, all
women in prescribed classes of employees, which classes constitute not
less than 50 per cent. of all employees in industrial workplaces
employing 20 persons or more, and, for maternity medical benefit, also
the wives of men in these classes.
Article 49
- 1. In respect of pregnancy and confinement and their
consequences, the maternity medical benefit shall be medical care as
specified in paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article.
- 2. The medical care shall include at least--
- (a) pre-natal, confinement and post-natal care either by medical
practitioners or by qualified midwives; and
- (b) hospitalisation where necessary.
- 3. The medical care specified in paragraph 2 of this Article
shall be afforded with a view to maintaining, restoring or improving the
health of the woman protected and her ability to work and to attend to
her personal needs.
- 4. The institutions or Government departments administering
the maternity medical benefit shall, by such means as may be deemed
appropriate, encourage the women protected to avail themselves of the
general health services placed at their disposal by the public
authorities or by other bodies recognised by the public
authorities.
Article 50
In respect of suspension of earnings resulting from pregnancy and from
confinement and their consequences, the benefit shall be a periodical
payment calculated in such a manner as to comply either with the
requirements of Article 65 or with the requirements of Article 66. The
amount of the periodical payment may vary in the course of the contingency,
subject to the average rate thereof complying with these requirements.
Article 51
The benefit specified in Articles 49 and 50 shall, in a contingency covered,
be secured at least to a woman in the classes protected who has completed
such qualifying period as may be considered necessary to preclude abuse, and
the benefit specified in Article 49 shall also be secured to the wife of a
man in the classes protected where the latter has completed such qualifying
period.
Article 52
The benefit specified in Articles 49 and 50 shall be granted throughout the
contingency, except that the periodical payment may be limited to 12 weeks,
unless a longer period of abstention from work is required or authorised by
national laws or regulations, in which event it may not be limited to a
period less than such longer period.
PART IX. INVALIDITY BENEFIT
Article 53
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of invalidity benefit in accordance
with the following Articles of this Part.
Article 54
The contingency covered shall include inability to engage in any gainful
activity, to an extent prescribed, which inability is likely to be permanent
or persists after the exhaustion of sickness benefit.
Article 55
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per
cent. of all employees; or
- (b) prescribed classes of the economically active population,
constituting not less than 20 per cent. of all residents; or
- (c) all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
limits prescribed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of
Article 67; or
- (d) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force,
prescribed classes of employees, constituting not less than 50 per cent.
of all employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or
more.
Article 56
The benefit shall be a periodical payment calculated as follows:
- (a) where classes of employees or classes of the economically active
population are protected, in such a manner as to comply either with the
requirements of Article 65 or with the requirements of Article 66;
- (b) where all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
prescribed limits are protected, in such a manner as to comply with the
requirements of Article 67.
Article 57
- 1. The benefit specified in Article 56 shall, in a contingency
covered, be secured at least--
- (a) to a person protected who has completed, prior to the
contingency, in accordance with prescribed rules, a qualifying
period which may be 15 years of contribution or employment, or
10 years of residence; or
- (b) where, in principle, all economically active persons are
protected, to a person protected who has completed a qualifying
period of three years of contribution and in respect of whom,
while he was of working age, the prescribed yearly average
number of contributions has been paid.
- 2. Where the benefit referred to in paragraph 1 is conditional
upon a minimum period of contribution or employment, a reduced benefit
shall be secured at least--
- (a) to a person protected who has completed, prior to the
contingency, in accordance with prescribed rules, a qualifying
period of five years of contribution or employment; or
- (b) where, in principle, all economically active persons are
protected, to a person protected who has completed a qualifying
period of three years of contribution and in respect of whom,
while he was of working age, half the yearly average number of
contributions prescribed in accordance with subparagraph (b) of
paragraph 1 of this Article has been paid.
- 3. The requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be
deemed to be satisfied where a benefit calculated in conformity with the
requirements of Part XI but at a percentage of ten points lower than
shown in the Schedule appended to that Part for the standard beneficiary
concerned is secured at least to a person protected who has completed,
in accordance with prescribed rules, five years of contribution,
employment or residence.
- 4. A proportional reduction of the percentage indicated in the
Schedule appended to Part XI may be effected where the qualifying period
for the pension corresponding to the reduced percentage exceeds five
years of contribution or employment but is less than 15 years of
contribution or employment; a reduced pension shall be payable in
conformity with paragraph 2 of this Article.
Article 58
The benefit specified in Articles 56 and 57 shall be granted throughout the
contingency or until an old-age benefit becomes payable.
PART X. SURVIVORS' BENEFIT
Article 59
Each Member for which this Part of this Convention is in force shall secure
to the persons protected the provision of survivors' benefit in accordance
with the following Articles of this Part.
Article 60
- 1. The contingency covered shall include the loss of support
suffered by the widow or child as the result of the death of the
breadwinner; in the case of a widow, the right to benefit may be made
conditional on her being presumed, in accordance with national laws or
regulations, to be incapable of self-support.
- 2. National laws or regulations may provide that the benefit
of a person otherwise entitled to it may be suspended if such person is
engaged in any prescribed gainful activity or that the benefit, if
contributory, may be reduced where the earnings of the beneficiary
exceed a prescribed amount, and, if non-contributory, may be reduced
where the earnings of the beneficiary or his other means or the two
taken together exceed a prescribed amount.
Article 61
The persons protected shall comprise--
- (a) the wives and the children of breadwinners in prescribed classes of
employees, which classes constitute not less than 50 per cent. of all
employees; or
- (b) the wives and the children of breadwinners in prescribed classes of
the economically active population, which classes constitute not less
than 20 per cent. of all residents; or
- (c) all resident widows and resident children who have lost their
breadwinner and whose means during the contingency do not exceed limits
prescribed in such a manner as to comply with the requirements of
Article 67; or
- (d) where a declaration made in virtue of Article 3 is in force, the
wives and the children of breadwinners in prescribed classes of
employees, which classes constitute not less than 50 per cent. of all
employees in industrial workplaces employing 20 persons or more.
Article 62
The benefit shall be a periodical payment calculated as follows:
- (a) where classes of employees or classes of the economically active
population are protected, in such a manner as to comply either with the
requirements of Article 65 or with the requirements of Article 66;
- (b) where all residents whose means during the contingency do not exceed
prescribed limits are protected, in such a manner as to comply with the
requirements of Article 67.
Article 63
- 1. The benefit specified in Article 62 shall, in a contingency
covered, be secured at least--
- (a) to a person protected whose breadwinner has completed, in
accordance with prescribed rules, a qualifying period which may
be 15 years of contribution or employment, or 10 years of
residence; or
- (b) where, in principle, the wives and children of all
economically active persons are protected, to a person protected
whose breadwinner has completed a qualifying period of three
years of contribution and in respect of whose breadwinner, while
he was of working age, the prescribed yearly average number of
contributions has been paid.
- 2. Where the benefit referred to in paragraph 1 is conditional
upon a minimum period of contribution or employment, a reduced benefit
shall be secured at least--
- (a) to a person protected whose breadwinner has completed, in
accordance with prescribed rules, a qualifying period of five
years of contribution or employment; or
- (b) where, in principle, the wives and children of all
economically active persons are protected, to a person protected
whose breadwinner has completed a qualifying period of three
years of contribution and in respect of whose breadwinner, while
he was of working age, half the yearly average number of
contributions prescribed in accordance with subparagraph (b) of
paragraph 1 of this Article has been paid.
- 3. The requirements of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be
deemed to be satisfied where a benefit calculated in conformity with the
requirements of Part XI but a percentage of ten points lower than shown
in the Schedule appended to that Part for the standard beneficiary
concerned is secured at least to a person protected whose breadwinner
has completed, in accordance with prescribed rules, five years of
contribution, employment or residence.
- 4. A proportional reduction of the percentage indicated in the
Schedule appended to Part XI may be effected where the qualifying period
for the benefit corresponding to the reduced percentage exceeds five
years of contribution or employment but is less than 15 years of
contribution or employment; a reduced benefit shall be payable in
conformity with paragraph 2 of this Article.
- 5. In order that a childless widow presumed to be incapable of
self-support may be entitled to a survivor's benefit, a minimum duration
of the marriage may be required.
Article 64
The benefit specified in Articles 62 and 63 shall be granted throughout the
contingency.
PART XI. STANDARDS TO BE COMPLIED WITH BY PERIODICAL PAYMENTS
Article 65
- 1. In the case of a periodical payment to which this Article
applies, the rate of the benefit, increased by the amount of any family
allowances payable during the contingency, shall be such as to attain,
in respect of the contingency in question, for the standard beneficiary
indicated in the Schedule appended to this Part, at least the percentage
indicated therein of the total of the previous earnings of the
beneficiary or his breadwinner and of the amount of any family
allowances payable to a person protected with the same family
responsibilities as the standard beneficiary.
- 2. The previous earnings of the beneficiary or his breadwinner
shall be calculated according to prescribed rules, and, where the
persons protected or their breadwinners are arranged in classes
according to their earnings, their previous earnings may be calculated
from the basic earnings of the classes to which they belonged.
- 3. A maximum limit may be prescribed for the rate of the
benefit or for the earnings taken into account for the calculation of
the benefit, provided that the maximum limit is fixed in such a way that
the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article are complied with where
the previous earnings of the beneficiary or his breadwinner are equal to
or lower than the wage of a skilled manual male employee.
- 4. The previous earnings of the beneficiary or his
breadwinner, the wage of the skilled manual male employee, the benefit
and any family allowances shall be calculated on the same time
basis.
- 5. For the other beneficiaries, the benefit shall bear a
reasonable relation to the benefit for the standard beneficiary.
- 6. For the purpose of this Article, a skilled manual male
employee shall be--
- (a) a fitter or turner in the manufacture of machinery other
than electrical machinery; or
- (b) a person deemed typical of skilled labour selected in
accordance with the provisions of the following paragraph;
or
- (c) a person whose earnings are such as to be equal to or
greater than the earnings of 75 per cent. of all the persons
protected, such earnings to be determined on the basis of annual
or shorter periods as may be prescribed; or
- (d) a person whose earnings are equal to 125 per cent. of the
average earnings of all the persons protected.
- 7. The person deemed typical of skilled labour for the
purposes of subparagraph (b) of the preceding paragraph shall be a
person employed in the major group of economic activities with the
largest number of economically active male persons protected in the
contingency in question, or of the breadwinners of the persons
protected, as the case may be, in the division comprising the largest
number of such persons or breadwinners; for this purpose, the
international standard industrial classification of all economic
activities, adopted by the Economic and Social Council of the United
Nations at its Seventh Session on 27 August 1948, and reproduced in the
Annex to this Convention, or such classification as at any time amended,
shall be used.
- 8. Where the rate of benefit varies by region, the skilled
manual male employee may be determined for each region in accordance
with paragraphs 6 and 7 of this Article.
- 9. The wage of the skilled manual male employee shall be
determined on the basis of the rates of wages for normal hours of work
fixed by collective agreements, by or in pursuance of national laws or
regulations, where applicable, or by custom, including cost-of-living
allowances if any; where such rates differ by region but paragraph 8 of
this Article is not applied, the median rate shall be taken.
- 10. The rates of current periodical payments in respect of
old age, employment injury (except in case of incapacity for work),
invalidity and death of breadwinner, shall be reviewed following
substantial changes in the general level of earnings where these result
from substantial changes in the cost of living.
Article 66
- 1. In the case of a periodical payment to which this Article
applies, the rate of the benefit, increased by the amount of any family
allowances payable during the contingency, shall be such as to attain,
in respect of the contingency in question, for the standard beneficiary
indicated in the Schedule appended to this Part, at least the percentage
indicated therein of the total of the wage of an ordinary adult male
labourer and of the amount of any family allowances payable to a person
protected with the same family responsibilities as the standard
beneficiary.
- 2. The wage of the ordinary adult male labourer, the benefit
and any family allowances shall be calculated on the same time
basis.
- 3. For the other beneficiaries, the benefit shall bear a
reasonable relation to the benefit for the standard beneficiary.
- 4. For the purpose of this Article, the ordinary adult male
labourer shall be--
- (a) a person deemed typical of unskilled labour in the
manufacture of machinery other than electrical machinery;
or
- (b) a person deemed typical of unskilled labour selected in
accordance with the provisions of the following paragraph.
- 5. The person deemed typical of unskilled labour for the
purpose of subparagraph (b) of the preceding paragraph shall be a person
employed in the major group of economic activities with the largest
number of economically active male persons protected in the contingency
in question, or of the breadwinners of the persons protected, as the
case may be, in the division comprising the largest number of such
persons or breadwinners; for this purpose, the international standard
industrial classification of all economic activities, adopted by the
Economic and Social Council of the United Nations at its Seventh Session
on 27 August 1948, and reproduced in the Annex to this Convention, or
such classification as at any time amended, shall be used.
- 6. Where the rate of benefit varies by region, the ordinary
adult male labourer may be determined for each region in accordance with
paragraphs 4 and 5 of this Article.
- 7. The wage of the ordinary adult male labourer shall be
determined on the basis of the rates of wages for normal hours of work
fixed by collective agreements, by or in pursuance of national laws or
regulations, where applicable, or by custom, including cost-of-living
allowances if any; where such rates differ by region but paragraph 6 of
this Article is not applied, the median rate shall be taken.
- 8. The rates of current periodical payments in respect of old
age, employment injury (except in case of incapacity for work),
invalidity and death of breadwinner, shall be reviewed following
substantial changes in the general level of earnings where these result
from substantial changes in the cost of living.
Article 67
In the case of a periodical payment to which this Article applies--
- (a) the rate of the benefit shall be determined according to a
prescribed scale or a scale fixed by the competent public authority in
conformity with prescribed rules;
- (b) such rate may be reduced only to the extent by which the other means
of the family of the beneficiary exceed prescribed substantial amounts
or substantial amounts fixed by the competent public authority in
conformity with prescribed rules;
- (c) the total of the benefit and any other means, after deduction of the
substantial amounts referred to in subparagraph (b), shall be sufficient
to maintain the family of the beneficiary in health and decency, and
shall be not less than the corresponding benefit calculated in
accordance with the requirements of Article 66;
- (d) the provisions of subparagraph (c) shall be deemed to be satisfied
if the total amount of benefits paid under the Part concerned exceeds by
at least 30 per cent. the total amount of benefits which would be
obtained by applying the provisions of Article 66 and the provisions of:
- (i) Article 15 (b) for Part III;
- (ii) Article 27 (b) for Part V;
- (iii) Article 55 (b) for Part IX;
- (iv) Article 61 (b) for Part X.
Part | Contingency | Standard Beneficiary | Percentage |
---|
III | Sickness | Man with wife and two children | 45 |
IV | Unemployment | Man with wife and two children | 45 |
V | Old age | Man with wife of pensionable age | 40 |
VI | Employment injury: | | |
| Incapacity of work | Man with wife and two children | 50 |
| Invalidity | Man with wife and two children | 50 |
| Survivors | Widow with two children | 40 |
VIII | Maternity | Woman | 45 |
IX | Invalidity | Man with wife and two children | 40 |
X | Survivors | Widow with two children | 40 |
PART XII. EQUALITY OF TREATMENT OF NON-NATIONAL RESIDENTS
Article 68
- 1. Non-national residents shall have the same rights as
national residents: Provided that special rules concerning non-nationals
and nationals born outside the territory of the Member may be prescribed
in respect of benefits or portions of benefits which are payable wholly
or mainly out of public funds and in respect of transitional
schemes.
- 2. Under contributory social security schemes which protect
employees, the persons protected who are nationals of another Member
which has accepted the obligations of the relevant Part of the
Convention shall have, under that Part, the same rights as nationals of
the Member concerned: Provided that the application of this paragraph
may be made subject to the existence of a bilateral or multilateral
agreement providing for reciprocity.
PART XIII. COMMON PROVISIONS
Article 69
A benefit to which a person protected would otherwise be entitled in
compliance with any of Parts II to X of this Convention may be suspended to
such extent as may be prescribed--
- (a) as long as the person concerned is absent from the territory of the
Member;
- (b) as long as the person concerned is maintained at public expense, or
at the expense of a social security institution or service, subject to
any portion of the benefit in excess of the value of such maintenance
being granted to the dependants of the beneficiary;
- (c) as long as the person concerned is in receipt of another social
security cash benefit, other than a family benefit, and during any
period in respect of which he is indemnified for the contingency by a
third party, subject to the part of the benefit which is suspended not
exceeding the other benefit or the indemnity by a third party;
- (d) where the person concerned has made a fraudulent claim;
- (e) where the contingency has been caused by a criminal offence
committed by the person concerned;
- (f) where the contingency has been caused by the wilful misconduct of
the person concerned;
- (g) in appropriate cases, where the person concerned neglects to make
use of the medical or rehabilitation services placed at his disposal or
fails to comply with rules prescribed for verifying the occurrence or
continuance of the contingency or for the conduct of beneficiaries;
- (h) in the case of unemployment benefit, where the person concerned has
failed to make use of the employment services placed at his
disposal;
- (i) in the case of unemployment benefit, where the person concerned has
lost his employment as a direct result of a stoppage of work due to a
trade dispute, or has left it voluntarily without just cause; and
- (j) in the case of survivors' benefit, as long as the widow is living
with a man as his wife.
Article 70
- 1. Every claimant shall have a right of appeal in case of
refusal of the benefit or complaint as to its quality or quantity.
- 2. Where in the application of this Convention a Government
department responsible to a legislature is entrusted with the
administration of medical care, the right of appeal provided for in
paragraph 1 of this Article may be replaced by a right to have a
complaint concerning the refusal of medical care or the quality of the
care received investigated by the appropriate authority.
- 3. Where a claim is settled by a special tribunal established
to deal with social security questions and on which the persons
protected are represented, no right of appeal shall be required.
Article 71
- 1. The cost of the benefits provided in compliance with this
Convention and the cost of the administration of such benefits shall be
borne collectively by way of insurance contributions or taxation or both
in a manner which avoids hardship to persons of small means and takes
into account the economic situation of the Member and of the classes of
persons protected.
- 2. The total of the insurance contributions borne by the
employees protected shall not exceed 50 per cent. of the total of the
financial resources allocated to the protection of employees and their
wives and children. For the purpose of ascertaining whether this
condition is fulfilled, all the benefits provided by the Member in
compliance with this Convention, except family benefit and, if provided
by a special branch, employment injury benefit, may be taken
together.
- 3. The Member shall accept general responsibility for the due
provision of the benefits provided in compliance with this Convention,
and shall take all measures required for this purpose; it shall ensure,
where appropriate, that the necessary actuarial studies and calculations
concerning financial equilibrium are made periodically and, in any
event, prior to any change in benefits, the rate of insurance
contributions, or the taxes allocated to covering the contingencies in
question.
Article 72
- 1. Where the administration is not entrusted to an institution
regulated by the public authorities or to a Government department
responsible to a legislature, representatives of the persons protected
shall participate in the management, or be associated therewith in a
consultative capacity, under prescribed conditions; national laws or
regulations may likewise decide as to the participation of
representatives of employers and of the public authorities.
- 2. The Member shall accept general responsibility for the
proper administration of the institutions and services concerned in the
application of the Convention.
PART XIV. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Article 73
This Convention shall not apply to--
- (a) contingencies which occurred before the coming into force of the
relevant Part of the Convention for the Member concerned;
- (b) benefits in contingencies occurring after the coming into force of
the relevant Part of the Convention for the Member concerned in so far
as the rights to such benefits are derived from periods preceding that
date.
Article 74
This Convention shall not be regarded as revising any existing
Convention.
Article 75
If any Convention which may be adopted subsequently by the Conference
concerning any subject or subjects dealt with in this Convention so
provides, such provisions of this Convention as may be specified in the said
Convention shall cease to apply to any Member having ratified the said
Convention as from the date at which the said Convention comes into force
for that Member.
(Editors' Note: Provisions pursuant to Article 75 are contained in
Conventions Nos. 121 (Article 29), 128 (Article 45) and 130 (Article
36).)
Article 76
- 1. Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall include in
the annual report upon the application of this Convention submitted
under Article 22 of the Constitution of the International Labour
Organisation--
- (a) full information concerning the laws and regulations by
which effect is given to the provisions of the Convention;
and
- (b) evidence, conforming in its presentation as closely as is
practicable with any suggestions for greater uniformity of
presentation made by the Governing Body of the International
Labour Office, of compliance with the statistical conditions
specified in--
- (i) Articles 9 (a), (b), (c) or (d); 15 (a), (b) or (d);
21 (a) or (c); 27 (a), (b) or (d); 33 (a) or (b); 41
(a), (b) or (d); 48 (a), (b) or (c); 55 (a (a), (b) or
(d); 61 (a), (b) or (d) , as regards the number of
persons protected;
- (ii) Articles 44, 65, 66 or 67, as regards the rates of
benefit;
- (iii) subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 18, as
regards duration of sickness benefit;
- (iv) paragraph 2 of Article 24, as regards duration of
unemployment benefit; and
- (v) paragraph 2 of Article 71, as regards the proportion
of the financial resources constituted by the insurance
contributions of employees protected.
- 2. Each Member which ratifies this Convention shall report to
the Director-General of the International Labour Office at appropriate
intervals, as requested by the Governing Body, on the position of its
law and practice in regard to any of Parts II to X of the Convention not
specified in its ratification or in a notification made subsequently in
virtue of Article 4.
Article 77
- 1. This Convention does not apply to seamen or seafishermen;
provision for the protection of seamen and seafishermen has been made by
the International Labour Conference in the Social Security (Seafarers)
Convention, 1946, and the Seafarers' Pensions Convention, 1946.
- 2. A Member may exclude seamen and seafishermen from the
number of employees, of the economically active population or of
residents, when calculating the percentage of employees or residents
protected in compliance with any of Parts II to X covered by its
ratification.
PART XV. FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 78
The formal ratifications of this Convention shall be communicated to the
Director-General of the International Labour Office for registration.
Article 79
- 1. This Convention shall be binding only upon those Members of
the International Labour Organisation whose ratifications have been
registered with the Director-General.
- 2. It shall come into force twelve months after the date on
which the ratifications of two Members have been registered with the
Director-General.
- 3. Thereafter, this Convention shall come into force for any
Member twelve months after the date on which its ratifications has been
registered.
Article 80
- 1. Declarations communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 35
of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation shall
indicate --
- (a) the territories in respect of which the Member concerned
undertakes that the provisions of the Convention shall be
applied without modification;
- (b) the territories in respect of which it undertakes that the
provisions of the Convention or of any Parts thereof shall be
applied subject to modifications, together with details of the
said modifications;
- (c) the territories in respect of which the Convention is
inapplicable and in such cases the grounds on which it is
inapplicable;
- (d) the territories in respect of which it reserves its decision
pending further consideration of the position.
- 2. The undertakings referred to in subparagraphs (a) and (b)
of paragraph 1 of this Article shall be deemed to be an integral part of
the ratification and shall have the force of ratification.
- 3. Any Member may at any time by a subsequent declaration
cancel in whole or in part any reservation made in its original
declaration in virtue of subparagraph (b), (c) or (d) of paragraph 1 of
this Article.
- 4. Any Member may, at any time at which the Convention is
subject to denunciation in accordance with the provisions of Article 82,
communicate to the Director-General a declaration modifying in any other
respect the terms of any former declaration and stating the present
position in respect of such territories as it may specify.
Article 81
- 1. Declarations communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office in accordance with paragraph 4 or 5 of
Article 35 of the Constitution of the International Labour Organisation
shall indicate whether the provisions of the Convention or of the Parts
thereof accepted by the Declaration will be applied in the territory
concerned without modification or subject to modifications; when the
Declaration indicates that the provisions of the Convention or of
certain Parts thereof will be applied subject to modifications, it shall
give details of the said modifications.
- 2. The Member, Members or international authority concerned
may at any time by a subsequent declaration renounce in whole or in part
the right to have recourse to any modification indicated in any former
declaration.
- 3. The Member, Members or international authority concerned
may, at any time at which this Convention is subject to denunciation in
accordance with the provisions of Article 82, communicate to the
Director-General a declaration modifying in any other respect the terms
of any former declaration and stating the present position in respect of
the application of the Convention.
Article 82
- 1. A Member which has ratified this Convention may, after the
expiration of the ten years from the date on which the Convention first
comes into force, denounce the Convention or any one or more of Parts II
to X thereof by an act communicated to the Director-General of the
International Labour Office for registration. Such denunciation shall
not take effect until one year after the date on which it is
registered.
- 2. Each Member which has ratified this Convention and which
does not, within the year following the expiration of the period of ten
years mentioned in the preceding paragraph, exercise the right of
denunciation provided for in this Article, will be bound for another
period of ten years and, thereafter, may denounce the Convention or any
one of Parts II to X thereof at the expiration of each period of ten
years under the terms provided for in this Article.
Article 83
- 1. The Director-General of the International Labour Office
shall notify all Members of the International Labour Organisation of the
registration of all ratifications, declarations and denunciations
communicated to him by the Members of the Organisation.
- 2. When notifying the Members of the Organisation of the
registration of the second ratification communicated to him, the
Director-General shall draw the attention of the Members of the
Organisation to the date upon which the Convention will come into
force.
Article 84
The Director-General of the International Labour Office shall communicate to
the Secretary-General of the United Nations for registration in accordance
with Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations full particulars of
all ratifications, declarations and acts of denunciation registered by him
in accordance with the provisions of the preceding Articles.
Article 85
At such times as it may consider necessary the Governing Body of the
International Labour Office shall present to the General Conference a report
on the working of this Convention and shall examine the desirability of
placing on the agenda of the Conference the question of its revision in
whole or in part.
Article 86
- 1. Should the Conference adopt a new Convention revising this
Convention in whole or in part, then, unless the new Convention
otherwise provides:
- (a) the ratification by a Member of the new revising Convention
shall ipso jure involve the immediate denunciation of this
Convention, notwithstanding the provisions of Article 82 above,
if and when the new revising Convention shall have come into
force;
- (b) as from the date when the new revising Convention comes into
force, this Convention shall cease to be open to ratification by
the Members.
- 2. This Convention shall in any case remain in force in its
actual form and content for those Members which have ratified it but
have not ratified the revising Convention.
Article 87
The English and French versions of the text of this Convention are equally
authoritative.
ANNEX
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION OF ALL ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES (Revision 4)*
Section A. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing
Division | Description |
---|
01 | Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
|
02 | Forestry and Logging |
03 | Fishing and aquaculture |
Section B. Mining and Quarrying
Division | Description |
---|
05 | Mining of coal and lignite |
06 | Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas |
07 | Mining of metal ores |
08 | Other mining and quarrying |
09 | Mining support service activities |
Section C. Manufacturing
Division | Description |
---|
10 | Manufacture of food products |
11 | Manufacture of beverages |
12 | Manufacture of tobacco products |
13 | Manufacture of textiles |
14 | Manufacture of wearing apparel |
15 | Manufacture of leather and related products |
16 | Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork, except
furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
|
17 | Manufacture of paper and paper products |
18 | Printing and reproduction of recorded media |
19 | Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products |
20 | Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products |
21 | Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical
products |
22 | Manufacture of rubber and plastics products |
23 | Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products |
24 | Manufacture of basic metals |
25 | Manufacture of fabricated metal products, except machinery and
equipment |
26 | Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products |
27 | Manufacture of electrical equipment |
28 | Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c. |
29 | Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers |
30 | Manufacture of other transport equipment |
31 | Manufacture of furniture |
32 | Other manufacturing |
33 | Repair and installation of machinery and equipment |
Section D. Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply
Division | Description |
---|
35 | Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply |
Section E. Water supply; sewerage, waste management and remediation
activities
Division | Description |
---|
36 | Water collection, treatment and supply |
37 | Sewerage |
38 | Waste collection, treatment and disposal activities; materials
recovery |
39 | Remediation activities and other waste management services |
Section F. Construction
Division | Description |
---|
41 | Construction of buildings |
42 | Civil engineering |
43 | Specialized construction activities |
Section G. Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and
motorcycles
Division | Description |
---|
45 | Wholesale and retail trade and repair of motor vehicles and
motorcycles |
46 | Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
47 | Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles |
Section H. Transportation and storage
Division | Description |
---|
49 | Land transport and transport via pipelines |
50 | Water transport |
51 | Air transport |
52 | Warehousing and support activities for transportation |
53 | Postal and courier activities |
Section I. Accommodation and food service activities
Division | Description |
---|
55 | Accommodation |
56 | Food and beverage service activities |
Section J. Information and communication
Division | Description |
---|
58 | Publishing activities |
59 | Motion picture, video and television programme production, sound
recording and music publishing activities |
60 | Programming and broadcasting activities |
61 | Telecommunications |
62 | Computer programming, consultancy and related activities |
63 | Information service activities |
Section K. Financial and insurance activities
Division | Description |
---|
64 | Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding
|
65 | Insurance, reinsurance and pension funding, except compulsory
social security |
66 | Activities auxiliary to financial service and insurance activities
|
Section L. Real estate activities
Division | Description |
---|
68 | Real estate activities |
Section M. Professional, scientific and technical activities
Division | Description |
---|
69 | Legal and accounting activities |
70 | Activities of head offices; management consultancy activities |
71 | Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and
analysis |
72 | Scientific research and development |
73 | Advertising and market research |
74 | Other professional, scientific and technical activities |
75 | Veterinary activities |
Section N. Administrative and support service activities
Division | Description |
---|
77 | Rental and leasing activities |
78 | Employment activities |
79 | Travel agency, tour operator, reservation service and related
activities |
80 | Security and investigation activities |
81 | Services to buildings and landscape activities |
82 | Office administrative, office support and other business support
activities |
Section O. Public administration and defence; compulsory social
security
Division | Description |
---|
84 | Public administration and defence; compulsory social security |
Section P. Education
Division | Description |
---|
85 | Education |
Section Q. Human health and social work activities
Division | Description |
---|
86 | Human health activities |
87 | Residential care activities |
88 | Social work activities without accommodation |
Section R. Arts, entertainment and recreation
Division | Description |
---|
90 | Creative, arts and entertainment activities |
91 | Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural activities |
92 | Gambling and betting activities |
93 | Sports activities and amusement and recreation activities |
Section S. Other service activities
Division | Description |
---|
94 | Activities of membership organizations |
95 | Repair of computers and personal and household goods |
96 | Other personal service activities |
Section T. Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and
services-producing activities of households for own use
Division | Description |
---|
97 | Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel |
98 | Undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of
private households for own use |
Section U. Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies
Division | Description |
---|
99 | Activities of extraterritorial organizations and bodies |
* Note: In accordance with articles 65(7) and 66(5) of the
Convention, its original Annex has been updated with the amended
version of the International standard industrial classification of
all economic activities (ISIC) Rev. 4, as approved by the
Statistical Commission of the UN Economic and Social Council in
March 2006 (Statistical Papers, Series M No. 4, Rev. 4 – Full text
on http://unstats.un.org/unsd/cr/registry/isic-4.asp). |