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A staff member shall be entitled, in manner provided for in Chapter III of Annex VI, to an invalidity pension in the case of total permanent invalidity preventing him from performing his duties at the Foundation. Where the invalidity arises from an accident in the course of or in connection with the performance of his duties, from an occupational disease, from a public-spirited act or from risking has life to save another human being, the invalidity pension shall be 70 % of the last basic salary of the staff member. Where the invalidity is due to some other cause, the invalidity pension calculated by reference to the final basic salary of the staff member, shall be equal to 2 % for each year between the date of his entering the service and the date on which he reaches the age of 65; this rate shall be increased by 2 % for each year of pensionable service taken into account pursuant to Article 10 (2) and (3) of Annex VI and by 25 % of the amount of the pension rights which he would have acquired at the age of 60 provided that the total does not exceed 70 % of his final basic salary.

The invalidity pension shall not be less than 120 % of the minimum subsistence figure as defined in Article 5 of Annex VI. In the case of invalidity deliberately brought about by the staff member, the Director may decide that he should receive only the severance grant provided for in Article 11 of Annex VI.