Article 8

Where a staff member leaves a surviving spouse and also orphans of a previous marriage or other persons entitled under him, the total pension, calculated as if for a surviving spouse having all these persons dependent on him, shall be apportioned among the various persons concerned in proportion to the pensions which would have been payable to each category of them if treated separately.

Where a staff member leaves orphans of different marriages, the total pension, calculated as though all the children were of the same marriage, shall be apportioned among the various persons concerned in proportion to the pensions which would have been payable to each category of them if treated separately.

For the purposes of calculating this apportionment, children of a previous marriage of either spouse, who are recognised as dependants within the meaning of Article 2 of Annex IV shall be included in the category of children of the marriage to the staff member or former staff member in receipt of an invalidity allowance.

In the case envisaged in the second paragraph of this Article, ascendants who are recognised as being dependants as provided for in Article 2 of Annex IV shall be treated in the same way as dependent children and, for the purpose of calculating the apportionment, included in the category of descendants.