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ATA/493/1996 ΓÇó No retroactive entitlement to child pension under occupational pension plan
ATA/493/1996Cour de justice / Chambre administrative3 sept. 1996Dismissed
The claimant, a retiree, requested a child pension under CNA's occupational pension rules. He had retired before the statutory provisions introducing child pensions came into force. The court held that although improper retroactivity is generally possible in social insurance, it requires a legislative basis. Because the applicable statutes did not provide for retroactive application, the claimant had no entitlement and the appeal was dismissed.
Art. 17 LPP; retroactive entitlement to a child pension under occupational pension rules. Improper retroactivity is in principle admissible in social insurance law, but it presupposes a statutory basis or an equivalent legislative intent. In the absence of such a basis, a person who has already retired before the entry into force of the relevant pension provision cannot invoke the later rule to obtain benefits retroactively. The decisive criterion is whether the norm was intended to extend benefits to persons whose entitlement had already crystallized or whose retirement had already occurred before the amendment (cf. consid. 2).
Descripteurs
ASSURANCE SOCIALE; PREVOYANCE PROFESSIONNELLE; RENTE POUR ENFANT; RETROACTIVITE; ASSU
Normes
LPP.17
Résumé
La rétroactivité impropre est en principe admissible en assurance sociale mais le législateur peut ne pas la prévoir. En l'espèce, le recourant qui a pris sa retraite avant l'entrée en vigueur dans les statuts de la CNA des pensions pour enfants n'a pas droit à l'obtention d'une telle pension.