# 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 79

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

The persons entitled under a deceased member of the temporary staff, as determined according to the same rules as those laid down in Chapter 3 of Annex V, shall be entitled to the survivor's pension as provided for in Articles 80 to 83.
Where a former member of temporary staff in receipt of an invalidity allowance dies, the persons entitled under the deceased member of temporary staff, as defined in Chapter 3 of Annex V, shall be entitled to the survivor's pension as provided for in that Annex.
Where the whereabouts of a member of the temporary staff, or of a former member of temporary staff in receipt of an invalidity allowance are unknown for more than one year, the provisional pensions to his spouse and to persons recognised as his dependants shall be determined according to the same rules as those set out in Chapters 5 and 6 of Annex VIII to the EU Staff Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/1351/article/79 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1351/article-79
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