# Directive 2006/54/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 July 2006 on the implementation of the principle of equal opportunities and equal treatment of men and women in matters of employment and occupation (recast), Article 11: Possibility of deferral as regards self-employed persons

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

As regards occupational social security schemes for self-employed persons, Member States may defer compulsory application of the principle of equal treatment with regard to:
(a) determination of pensionable age for the granting of old-age or retirement pensions, and the possible implications for other benefits:
(i) either until the date on which such equality is achieved in statutory schemes,
(ii) or, at the latest, until such equality is prescribed by a directive;
(b) survivors' pensions until Community law establishes the principle of equal treatment in statutory social security schemes in that regard;
(c) the application of Article 9(1)(i) in relation to the use of actuarial calculation factors, until 1 January 1999 or for Member States whose accession took place after that date until the date that Directive 86/378/EEC became applicable in their territory.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/54/article/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-54/article-11
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