2 . For the calculation of the pro rata benefit referred to in Article 52(1)(b), special increments for contributions for supplementary insurance and the miner's supplementary benefit under Austrian legislation shall be disregarded.

2 . For the calculation of the pro rata benefit referred to in Article 52(1)(b), special increments for contributions for supplementary insurance and the miner's supplementary benefit under Austrian legislation shall be disregarded.

This annual revision is also important in view of the substance of the issues dealt with: definitions of the terms ‘employed person’ and ‘self-employed person’ when these cannot be established on the basis of national legislation (Annex I, Section1), definition of ‘member of the family’ when national legislation does not permit a distinction to be drawn between family members and other persons (Annex I, Part 2), special schemes for self-employed persons excluded from the scope of the Regulation (Annex II, Section 1), special childbirth or adoption allowances excluded from the scope of the Regulation (Annex II, Section 2), special non-contributory benefits supplied solely to persons on the territory of the Member State of residence, thus con ...[+++]stituting an exception to the rule of exportable benefits (Annex II a), existing bilateral conventions which were in force before the implementation of the Regulation in the Member States concerned (Annex III), legislation under which the amount of invalidity benefit is independent of the length of insurance periods (Annex IV, Section A), cases where the calculation of benefit may be waived because it will not yield a higher amount (Annex IV, Section C), special procedures for implementation in certain Member States (Annex VI), and schemes that provide only for family allowances or supplementary or special allowances for orphans (Annex VIII).

1. Supplementary benefit schemes for self-employed persons in craft-trade, industrial or commercial occupations or the liberal professions, supplementary old-age insurance schemes for self-employed persons in the liberal professions, supplementary insurance schemes for self-employed persons in the liberal professions covering invalidity or death, and supplementary old-age benefit schemes for contracted medical practitioners and auxiliaries, as referred to respectively in Articles L.615-20, L.644-1, L.644-2, L.645-1 and L.723-14 of the Social Security Code ...[+++].

2. In accordance with the principle of subsidiarity and taking due account of the scale of pension benefits offered by the social security regimes, Member States may provide that the option of longevity and disability cover, provision for surviving dependants and a guarantee of repayment of contributions as additional benefits be offered to members if employers and employees, or their respective representatives, so agree.

So the benefits the survivor receives are over and above those received from the CPP and from Veterans Canada, because they include the Canadian Forces Superannuation Act and the supplementary death benefit, which also depend on whether or not they have dependants (1710) The Chair: Thank you, Minister.