Supplementary Provisions, Article 2Lower Limit of the Benefit Level

①With respect to benefits in the form of pensions under the National Pension Act and pension insurance benefits under the Employees' Pension Insurance Act, a benefit level such that the ratio of the amount obtained by adding together the amount listed in item (i) and the amount listed in item (ii) to the amount listed in item (iii) exceeds 50 percent is to be secured into the future.

②The government is, when preparing the current budget status and projections report concerning the National Pension program under the provisions of Article 4-3, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act as amended by Article 1, or the current budget status and projections report concerning employees' pension insurance services under the provisions of Article 2-4, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 7, where it is projected that the ratio prescribed in the preceding paragraph will fall below 50 percent before the next current budget status and projections report is prepared, to review, in keeping with the purpose of the provisions of that paragraph, the end of the term under adjustment prescribed in Article 16-2, paragraph (1) of the National Pension Act as amended by Article 1, or Article 34, paragraph (1) of the Employees' Pension Insurance Act as amended by Article 7, and to take the end of the term under adjustment or other measures based on the result of that review.

③The government is, when taking the measures under the preceding paragraph, to review the state of benefits and the burden of costs, and to take the necessary measures.