Demande directe (CEACR) - adoptée 1992, publiée 79ème session CIT (1992)

I. 1. Part I (General provisions), Article 6 of the Convention (in conjunction with Articles 10, 11, 17, 18, 23 and 24). In its previous comments, the Committee requested the Government to provide information on, and copies of, the by-laws of supplementary social security funds. As the Office has not received the legal texts referred to by the Government in its report, the Committee asks the Government again to provide the above texts.

2. Part V (Standards to be complied with by periodical payments), Articles 26 and 27 (in conjunction with Articles 10, 17 and 23). In response to the Committee's previous comments concerning the level of periodical benefits covered by Articles 10, 17 and 23 of the Convention, the Government has provided a copy of the Actuarial Mathematical Study on the basic pensions scheme of 1991-95 adopted by the Bolivian Social Security Institute. The Committee takes note of the above Study. It also notes with interest the text of Presidential Decree No. 22578 of 13 August 1990 which introduces, in conformity with sections 12-15 of the same Decree, a national minimum pension equivalent to the national minimum wage and lays down new provisions for determining survivors' benefits. The Committee observes, however, that it is unable to ascertain from the information contained in the Actuarial Mathematical Study whether the amount prescribed by the Convention for invalidity, old age and survivors' benefits is attained. The Committee nonetheless notes with interest the Government's statement in its report on Convention No. 130, that it intends to request the assistance of the ILO Regional Adviser on social security for Latin America on this matter. The Committee therefore hopes that, with the assistance of the Regional Adviser, the Government will be able to provide the information required by the report form adopted by the Governing Body under Articles 26 or 27, depending on which of these two provisions the Government avails itself of.

3. Article 29. The Committee notes with interest the information supplied by the Government concerning the adjustment of basic pensions for dependants. It asks the Government to provide in its next report the information requested, under this provision of the Convention, in the report form adopted by the Governing Body.

II. Regarding the new draft Social Security Code, the Government indicates that it is currently being revised in the technical committees of both Chambers of the National Congress. The Government adds, however, that owing to the proposed structural changes in the Bolivian social security system, it will not be adopted or come into force. The Committee asks the Government to provide information in its future reports on the above-mentioned structural reforms, and on any progress made in the adoption of the Code.