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Practical Income Manual 2020.

1. Objective and subjective scope

Target Scope

The contingencies that may be subject to coverage are those provided for pension plans in article 8.6 of their regulatory standard, that is, in the consolidated text of the Law on the Regulation of Pension Plans and Funds, approved by the Royal Decree. Legislative 1/2002, of November 29 ( BOE of December 13).

The contingencies that may be covered are the following: retirement; total and permanent work incapacity for the usual profession or absolute and permanent for all work, and severe disability; death and severe dependency or great dependency of the participant.

The consolidated rights of mutual members may only be made effective in the same cases as for pension plans and, additionally, once one year has elapsed since the professional athletes' working life ends or since they lose their status as a high-quality athlete. level.

Subjective scope

The status of mutual member and insured must fall, in any case, on the professional or high-level athlete.

For these purposes the following are considered:

  • Professional sportsmen: those included in the scope of application of Royal Decree 1006/1985, of June 26, which regulates the special employment relationship of professional athletes.
  • High level athletes: those included in the scope of application of Royal Decree 971/2007, of July 13, on high-level and high-performance athletes ( BOE of 25).