# Council Decision (EU) 2016/1351 of 4 August 2016 concerning the Staff Regulations of the European Defence Agency, and repealing Decision 2004/676/EC, Article 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Where a former staff member was in receipt of invalidity allowance the surviving spouse shall be entitled, subject to the provisions of Article 8, provided that the couple were married when the staff member became eligible for the allowance, to a survivor's pension equal to 60 % of the invalidity allowance which the spouse was receiving at the time of death.
The minimum survivor's pension shall be 35 % of the final basic salary; the amount of the survivor's pension shall in no case, however, exceed the amount of the invalidity allowance which the spouse was receiving at the time of death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/annex/V/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/annex-V/article-5
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