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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-V/article-1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1351",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351",
  "path": "annex/V/article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. A staff member whose service terminates otherwise than by reason of death or invalidity shall be entitled on leaving the service:\n(a) where he has completed less than one year's service, to payment of a severance grant equal to three times the amounts withheld from his basic salary in respect of his pension contributions, after deduction of any amounts paid under Articles 91 and 132;\n(b) in other cases, he shall be entitled to:\nto have the actuarial equivalent of his retirement pension rights in the Agency, updated to the actual date of transfer, transferred to the pension fund of an administration or organisation or to the pension fund under which he acquires retirement pension rights by virtue of the activity pursued in an employed or self-employed capacity, or\nto the payment of the actuarial equivalent of such benefits to a private insurance company or pension fund of their choice, on condition such company or fund guarantees that:\n(i) the capital will not be repaid;\n(ii) a monthly income will be paid from age 60 at the earliest, and age 66 at the latest;\n(iii) provisions are included for reversion or survivors' pensions;\n(iv) transfer to another insurance company or other fund will be authorised only if such fund fulfils the conditions laid down in points (i), (ii) and (iii).\n2. By way of derogation from point (b) of paragraph 1, a staff member who, since taking up his duties, has, in order to establish or maintain pension rights, paid into a national pension scheme, a private insurance scheme or a pension fund of his choice which satisfies the requirements set out in paragraph 1, and whose service terminates for reasons other than death or invalidity, shall be entitled, on leaving the service, to a severance grant equal to the actuarial value of his pension rights acquired during service in the Agency. In such cases the payments made in order to establish or maintain his pension rights under the national pension scheme in accordance with Article 91 or 132 shall be deducted from the severance grant.\n3. Where a staff member's service has been terminated by removal from his post, the severance grant to be paid or, as the case may be, the actuarial equivalent to be transferred shall be determined by reference to the decision taken in accordance with Article 147.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/annex/V/article/1",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}