Article 69Maximum Contribution Amount

The total annual amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions (if the small and medium-sized employer makes small and medium-sized employer's contributions, the sum of the amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions and the amount of the small and medium-sized employer's contributions; hereinafter the same applies in this Article) must not exceed the maximum contribution amount (meaning the amount specified by Cabinet Order as the maximum total amount of the participant of an individual-type pension plan's contributions that may be made per year, taking into account the category of the participant of an individual-type pension plan (meaning the distinction between a category I participant (meaning an participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in Article 62, paragraph (1), item (i)), a category II participant (meaning a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in item (ii) of that paragraph; the same applies hereinafter), a category III participant (meaning a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in item (iii) of that paragraph), or a category IV participant (meaning a participant of an individual-type pension plan who is the person set forth in item (iv) of that paragraph)), the amount of contribution for a national pension fund, whether the participant of an individual-type pension plan has the status as a participant of a corporate-type pension plan or a defined benefit corporate pension plan, the amount of the employer's contribution, and other factors).