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1. Categories of benefits covered This module covers data on pension beneficiaries, who are defined as recipients of one or more of the following periodic cash benefits of a social protection scheme:

(a) disability pension;

(b) early retirement benefit due to reduced capacity to work;

(c) old-age pension;

(d) anticipated old-age pension;

(e) partial pension;

(f) survivor's pension;

(g) early retirement benefit due to labour market reasons.

2. Data provision Statistics will be provided annually. Data will be stock data referring to the end of the calendar year. The deadline for the transmission of data for the year N is 31 May of year N + 2, broken down as follows:

(a) by social protection scheme;

(b) by gender for the total of the schemes.

3. Dissemination The Commission (Eurostat) will publish data for all schemes for the year N by 31 October of the year N + 2. The Commission (Eurostat) will, at the same time, disseminate detailed data by scheme to specific users (national institutions compiling ESSPROS data, Commission departments and international institutions). These specific users will only be allowed to publish groups of schemes.

The Commission (Eurostat) will publish and disseminate to specific users (national institutions compiling ESSPROS data, Commission departments and international institutions) the total of each of the seven categories for the year N by 31 October of the year N + 2.