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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31/article-73",
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  "legislation": "eur/1962/31",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation No 31 (EEC), 11 (EAEC), laying down the Staff Regulations of Officials and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Economic Community and the European Atomic Energy Community",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1962-31",
  "path": "article/73",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. An official is, from the date of his entry into the service, insured against the risk of occupational disease or accidents in the manner provided for in rules drawn up by common agreement of the appointing authorities of the institutions of the Union after consulting the Staff Regulations Committee. He shall contribute to the cost of insuring against non-occupational risks up to 0·1 % of his basic salary.\nSuch rules shall specify which risks are not covered.\n2. The benefits payable shall be as follows:\n(a) In the event of death:\nPayment to the persons listed below of a lump sum equal to five times the deceased's annual basic salary calculated by reference to the amounts of salary received during the twelve months before the accident:\nto the deceased official's spouse and children in accordance with the law of succession governing the official's estate; the amount payable to the spouse shall not, however, be less than 25 % of the lump sum;\nwhere there are no persons of the category above, to the other descendant in accordance with the law of succession governing the official's estate;\nwhere there are no persons of either of the two categories above, to the relatives in the ascending line in accordance with the law of succession governing the official's estate;\nwhere there are no persons of any of the three categories above, to the institution.\n(b) In the event of total permanent invalidity:\nPayment to the official of a lump sum equal to eight times his annual basic salary calculated on the basis of the amounts of salary received during the twelve months before the accident.\n(c) In the event of partial permanent invalidity:\nPayment to the official of a proportion of the sum provided for in subparagraph (b), calculated by reference to the scale laid down in the rules referred to in paragraph 1.\nAs provided in these rules an annuity may be substituted for the payments provided for above.\nThe benefits listed above may be paid in addition to the benefits provided for in Chapter 3.\n3. The following shall also be covered in the manner provided for in the rules referred to in paragraph 1: medical, pharmaceutical, hospital, surgical, prosthesis, radiography, massage, orthopaedic, clinical and transport expenses and any other similar expenditure incurred as a result of the accident or occupational disease.\nReimbursement shall, however, only be made where the amount paid to the officials under Article 72 does not fully cover the expenditure incurred.\n4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1023/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2013 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1080/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of those Communities."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Deleted by Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2799/85 of 27 September 1985 amending the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1962/31/article/73",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:00.570864+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}