Questão jurídica principal
Whether the foundation could lawfully set the 2002 interest credit on insured savings accounts to zero to avoid a foreseeable deficit.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The measure was permissible as a preventive and proportionate asset-financing step to preserve the foundation's ability to meet its obligations.
Fundamentação extraída
The duty under Art. 65(1) LPP to guarantee fulfillment of obligations prevails over the regulatory interest clause when the latter would create or worsen a deficit. Before the 2005 amendments, the law did not yet require a regulatory basis for such deficit-avoiding measures, and the chosen zero-interest method remained within minimum LPP requirements.