1.   This Regulation shall apply to the following EU high-level public office holders (‘public office holders’):

2.   This Regulation shall apply to all public office holders who are appointed or reappointed with effect after 4 March 2016.

3.   For the purposes of this Regulation, non-marital partnerships shall be treated as marriage provided that all the conditions listed in Article 1(2)(c) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations are fulfilled. The unmarried partner of a public office holder or former public office holder shall be considered as that holder's spouse under the sickness insurance scheme where the conditions set out in points (i), (ii) and (iii) of paragraph (2)(c) of that Article are met.

1.   Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 (9) shall apply to public office holders.

2.   Article 66a of the Staff Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to public office holders.

1.   From the first day of the month following that in which a public office holder ceases to hold office, a monthly transitional allowance shall be paid. The duration of the entitlement to the monthly transitional allowance shall be equal to the length of the period of service. However, this duration shall not be less than 6 months or more than 2 years.

The amount of the allowance shall be determined on the basis of the basic salary which the public office holder was receiving when that holder ceased to hold office and be as follows:

2.   Entitlement to the transitional allowance shall cease if a former public office holder is reappointed to office in the institutions of the Union, is elected to the European Parliament, reaches the pensionable age as defined in Article 11, or upon death. In the event of reappointment or of election to the European Parliament, the allowance shall be paid up to the date of taking up duties and, in the event of death, the payment for the month in which death occurred shall be the last.

3.   If, during the period for which they are entitled to the monthly transitional allowance, the former public office holders concerned take up any gainful activity, the amount by which their gross monthly remuneration (i.e. before deduction of taxes), together with the allowance provided for in paragraph 1 of this Article, exceeds the remuneration, before deduction of taxes, which they were receiving as active public office holders under Articles 2, 5 and 6, shall be deducted from the allowance. In calculating the amount of remuneration received for the new activity, all forms of remuneration shall be included, except those representing the reimbursement of expenses.

4.   On the date when they cease to hold office, on 1 January of each year thereafter, and in the event of any changes in their financial situation, former public office holders shall declare to the President of the institution in which they were previously employed all forms of remuneration received for their services, except those representing the reimbursement of expenses.

That declaration shall be made in good faith and shall be treated as confidential. The information contained in that declaration shall not be used otherwise than for the purposes of this Regulation and shall not be communicated to third parties.

Additional remuneration legitimately received by former public office holders in the course of their duty as active public office holders shall not be deductible from the transitional allowance.

5.   The former public office holders entitled to the transitional allowance shall also be entitled to family allowances provided for in Article 6 if they satisfy the conditions set out in that Article.

1.   After ceasing to hold office, former public office holders shall be entitled to a pension for life payable from the date when they reached the pensionable age laid down in Article 77 of the Staff Regulations which shall apply mutatis mutandis.

2.   Former public office holders may, however, ask to start drawing such pension not earlier than 6 years before reaching the age referred to in paragraph 1. In that case, a coefficient shall be applied to the pension at the moment of the request as follows:

1.   Articles 72 and 73 of the Staff Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to public office holders. Public office holders entitled to the benefits under Article 72 of the Staff Regulations shall declare the amount of any reimbursements paid, or which they can claim, under any other sickness insurance scheme provided for by law or regulation for themselves or for persons covered by their insurance. Where the total which they would receive by way of reimbursement exceeds the sum of the reimbursements provided for in Article 72(1) of the Staff Regulations, the difference shall be deducted from the amount to be reimbursed pursuant to Article 72(1) of the Staff Regulations, with the exception of reimbursements obtained under a private supplementary sickness insurance scheme covering that part of the expenditure which is not reimbursable by the sickness insurance scheme of the Union.

2.   Former public office holders who benefit under the pension scheme provided for in Article 12 of this Regulation, the transitional allowance provided for in Article 10 of this Regulation, or the disability pension scheme provided for in Article 14 of this Regulation, may request that the coverage under Article 72 of the Staff Regulations, as defined in paragraph 1 of this Article, also applies to them.

3.   Former public office holders who do not benefit under the pension scheme provided for in Article 12 of this Regulation, the transitional allowance provided for in Article 10 of this Regulation, or the disability pension scheme provided for in Article 14 of this Regulation, may request to be covered by Article 72 of the Staff Regulations, as defined in paragraph 1 of this Article, on condition that they are not in gainful activity. They shall then pay the full amount of the contributions necessary for such coverage. These contributions shall be calculated on the basis of the amount of the monthly transitional allowance under Article 10 of this Regulation, with due regard being had to the successive updates of this amount.

4.   Articles 74 and 75 of the Staff Regulations providing, inter alia, for birth and death benefits shall apply mutatis mutandis to public office holders.

1.   The surviving spouse and children dependent at the time of death of the public office holder or former one to whom pension rights have accrued at the time of death shall be entitled to a survivor's pension.

That pension shall be equal to a percentage of the pension accruing to the public office holder or former one under Article 12 at the date of death, namely:

However, when public office holders die during their term of office:

2.   The total amount of these survivor's pensions shall not exceed the amount of the pension of the public office holder or former one on which they are calculated. The maximum total survivor's pensions payable shall be divided, where applicable, between the beneficiaries in accordance with the percentages set out in paragraph 1.

3.   The survivor's pensions shall be granted from the first day of the calendar month following the date of death. However, where Article 16 is applied, eligibility shall not commence until the first day of the fourth month following that in which death occurred.

4.   Entitlement to a survivor's pension shall cease at the end of the calendar month in which the person entitled dies. Moreover, entitlement to an orphan's pension shall cease at the end of the month in which the child reaches the age of 21 years. However, entitlement shall be extended while the child is receiving educational or vocational training, though not beyond the end of the month in which the child reaches the age of 25 years.

The pension shall remain payable to an orphan who is prevented, through illness or disablement, from earning a livelihood.

5.   Where a former public office holder marries and at the date of marriage has accrued pension rights under this Regulation, the spouse and any children of the marriage shall not be entitled to a survivor's pension save where the marriage precedes the death of the former public office holder by 5 years or more.

6.   A surviving spouse's entitlement to a survivor's pension shall cease on remarriage. The surviving spouse shall then be entitled to immediate payment of a lump sum equal to twice the annual amount of the survivor's pension.

7.   Where public office holders leave a surviving spouse and also orphans of a previous marriage or other persons entitled under them, or orphans of other marriages, the total pension shall be apportioned by analogy with Articles 22, 27 and 28 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations.

8.   The surviving spouse and dependent children of public office holders shall be entitled to sickness benefits under the social security scheme provided for in the Staff Regulations.

They shall declare the amount of any reimbursements paid or which they can claim under any other sickness insurance scheme provided for by law or regulation for themselves or for persons covered by their insurance. Where the total which they would receive by way of reimbursement exceeds the sum of the reimbursements provided for in Article 72(1) of the Staff Regulations, the difference shall be deducted from the amount to be reimbursed pursuant to Article 72(1) of the Staff Regulations, with the exception of reimbursements obtained under a private supplementary sickness insurance scheme covering that part of the expenditure which is not reimbursable by the sickness insurance scheme of the Union.

1.   Payment of the sums due under Articles 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 15 and 16 shall be made in, and in the currency of, the country where the public office holders carry out their duties or, at their request, in euros into a bank account in the Union.

2.   Article 17(2) to (4) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to public office holders.

3.   No weighting shall be applied to the sums due under Articles 10, 12, 14 and 18. These sums shall be paid to beneficiaries residing in the Union in euro, into a bank account in the Union.

For beneficiaries residing outside the Union, pensions shall be paid, in euro, into a bank account in the Union or the country of residence. The pension may, by way of exception, be paid in a foreign currency in the country of residence of the pensioner, converted at the most up-to-date exchange rates used for the implementation of the general budget of the European Union.

1.   Without prejudice to Article 1(2), public office holders holding office before 4 March 2016, as well as former ones who held office before that date, may request that Article 15 applies to them. The request shall be made within the period of 6 months from 4 March 2016.

2.   Articles 20, 24, 25, and the first sentence of Article 24a, of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall apply mutatis mutandis to the beneficiaries of the sums due under Articles 10, 11, 12, 14 and 18 of this Regulation. However the date of 1 January 2014 referred to in Article 24a of Annex XIII to the Staff Regulations shall be deemed to be the date of 4 March 2016.

1.   The following acts are hereby repealed without prejudice to their continuing application to public office holders whose mandates are ongoing on, or have ended before, 4 March 2016:

2.   References to the repealed acts shall be construed as references to this Regulation.

3.   Council Regulations No 63 (EEC) (10) and No 14 (EAEC) (11), the Decision of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community of 22 May 1962 (12), and Regulation of the Councils No 62 (EEC), 13 (EAEC) (13), with the exception of Article 20 thereof, are hereby repealed.

4.   The Decision of the Special Council of Ministers of the European Coal and Steel Community of 13 and 14 October 1958 shall remain in force.