a) A beneficiary shall declare the amount of any payment and allowances received by him and/or his spouse with respect to his family situation or to his children from sources other than the Fund. Depending on their nature, they shall be deducted from the corresponding benefits payable under the present Rules.

   b) In the case of spouses who both are beneficiaries of a pension, family and children's allowances for which they may be eligible, shall be payable only to the spouse whose entitlement results in the higher of the two amounts.

Disability is a certified* permanent incapacity for work resulting from physical and/or mental impairment. It can be total or partial.

 

*Certification is a written statement by a doctor attesting a given medical condition.

Article II 1.08 Basis for Calculation of Benefits

Benefits, with the exception of transfer values, are calculated on the basis of the highest of the following amounts at the time of termination of membership:

a) for members who joined the Fund on or before 31 December 2011:

i) the reference salary corresponding to the remuneration for 40 hours' work per week;

ii) 10/7 of the reference salary corresponding to 99.35% of the midpoint of grade 1 of the CERN salary scale.

Article II 1.08 Basis for Calculation of Benefits 

Benefits, with the exception of transfer values, are calculated on the basis of the highest of the following amounts at the time of termination of membership:

a) for members who joined the Fund on or before 31 December 2011:

i) the reference salary corresponding to the remuneration for 40 hours' work per week;

ii) 10/7 of the reference salary corresponding to 99.35% of the midpoint of grade 1 of the CERN salary scale.

Article II 5.02 Entitlement to Pension for Divorced Former Spouse

The divorced former spouse shall be entitled to a pension for surviving spouse on the condition that:

a) the marriage had lasted 10 years or more;

AND

b) the deceased former spouse at the time of death was under an obligation to pay maintenance to the survivor;

AND

c) the survivor is 45 years of age or more at the time of the death of the former spouse. This age limit shall not apply if the survivor has at least one dependent child at the time of decease.

Article II 6.07 Duration of the Orphan's Pension

The orphan's pension shall commence:

a) on the day following the death of the parent, where the parent was a member;

b) on the first day of the month following the death of the parent, where the parent was a beneficiary.

It shall cease at the end of the month in which the orphan no longer fulfils the qualifying conditions for 'dependent child'. The pensions of any other orphans, and if applicable that of the surviving parent, shall then be recalculated.

Article II 6.04 Amount of Pension for Double Orphans

The amount of the double orphan's pension shall be equal to:

a) 38.5% FRS* for 1 orphan;

b) 38.5% FRS* + 2 CA** total for 2 orphans;

c) 38.5% FRS* + 4 CA** total for 3 orphans;

d) 38.5% FRS* + 6 CA** total for 4 orphans;

e) 38.5% FRS* + 7 CA** total for 5 orphans;

and so on, increasing by 1 CA** per orphan from the sixth orphan onwards.

Article II 6.03 Amount of Pension for Single Orphans

The amount of the single orphan's pension shall be equal to the following percentages of the final reference salary of the deceased parent:

   a) 24% for 1 orphan;

   b) 34% total for 2 orphans;

   c) 40% total for 3 orphans;

   d) 45% total for 4 orphans;

   e) 50% total for 5 or more orphans.

A dependent child shall be entitled to a double orphan’s pension upon the death of a parent who is a beneficiary of a retirement or a disability pension, or a member, if the other parent of the child is no longer living.

Except in the case where the pension for surviving spouse ceases on remarriage (Article II 5.03), a single orphan shall be treated as a double orphan if the surviving parent is not a beneficiary of the Fund and is unable to provide adequate maintenance for the child.

Article II 6.01 Entitlement to Pension of Single Orphans

A dependent child shall be entitled to an orphan's pension, upon the death of a parent who is a beneficiary or member, even if, in the case of a member, the dependent child was not shown in the contract of the deceased.