Conditions
In order to qualify for a special supplement, you must effectively have been receiving a retirement pension, a survival pension, or a pension from divorced spouse of a self-employed person – to the exclusion of an unconditional pension – before the month of July of the year in question.

Note!
The special supplement will not be paid out when you:

• Are engaged in a career as a self-employed person or as self-employed person and salaried worker which is at least the equivalent of 2/3 of a complete career (for example, 30/45 for a male)
• Are receiving a pension as a self-employed person of which the annual amount exceeds the minimum pension for the self-employed, multiplied by the fraction of the self-employed career
• Are receiving a number of pensions, the total annual amount of which exceeds the minimum pension for self-employed persons

Payment
The special supplement is paid out annually in July by the National Pension Office.
The amount

• fluctuates depending on whether or not you are receiving a family pension or a single’s pension
• is limited to 20% of the total amount of the self-employment pensions paid out in the month of July

Note
Effectively separated or legally separated spouses that are each receiving a part of the family pension will each receive half of the special supplement allotted with the family pension benefit.
In the other instances, both spouses will receive the special supplement as provided in the case of a pension for single individuals.
However, in no wise shall the special supplement for the separate spouses exceed 10% of the pension for the month of July.