Key legal question
Whether unemployment benefit exhaustion during a framework period keeps compulsory BVG coverage in force under Art. 10(2)(d) BVG.
Extracted holding
Compulsory coverage requires entitlement to unemployment benefits; once that entitlement lapses because the daily-benefit period is exhausted, BVG coverage ends even before the framework period expires.
Extracted reasoning
The wording, purpose and legislative history of Art. 10(2)(d) BVG show that only a temporary suspension under Art. 30 AVIG preserves coverage. Art. 28 AVIG exhaustion is not merely a suspension but a loss of entitlement.