Article 4

Where a staff member dies being on active employment, leave on personal grounds, leave for military service, parental leave or family leave, the surviving spouse shall be entitled, provided that the couple were married for at least one year at the time of his death and subject to the provisions of Article 76 of these Staff Regulations and Article 11 of this Annex, to the survivor's pension equal to 60 % of the retirement pension rights acquired for the staff member at the time of death.

The duration of the marriage shall not be taken into account if there are one or more children of the marriage or of a previous marriage of the staff member, provided that the surviving spouse maintains or has maintained those children, or if the staff member's death resulted either from physical disability or sickness contracted in the performance of his duties or from accident.