Article 79

The F1surviving spouse of an official or of a former official shall be entitled in the manner provided in chapter 4 of Annex VIII to a survivor's pension equal to F260 % of the retirement or disability pension which was paid to the deceased, or which, irrespective of length of service F3or of age, would have been payable to him if he had qualified for it at the time of his death.

The amount of the survivor's pension payable to the surviving spouse of an official who has died while in one of the administrative statuses specified in Article 35, F4F5with the exception of leave on personal grounds for the period during which, pursuant to Article 40 (3), no pension rights have been acquired, shall be neither less than the minimum subsistence rate nor less than F635 % of the last basic salary received by the official.

This amount shall not be less than 42 % of the final basic salary received by the official where death is due to one of the circumstances set out in the fifth paragraph of Article 78.