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1. Where a staff member or person entitled to a retirement or invalidity pension dies leaving no spouse entitled to a survivor's pension, the dependent children within the meaning of Article 7 of Annex IV shall be entitled to an orphan's pension in accordance with Article 20 of Annex VI.

2. The same pension entitlement shall apply to children who fulfil the above conditions in the event of the death or remarriage of the spouse recipient of a survivor's pension, as provided for in Article 41c.

3. Where a staff member or person entitled to a retirement or invalidity pension dies but the conditions set out in the first paragraph are not satisfied, the dependent children within the meaning of Article 7 of Annex IV shall be entitled to orphan's pension in accordance with the conditions referred to in Article 20 of Annex VI. However, this pension shall be equal to half the pension calculated in accordance with that Article.

3a. In the event of the death of a former staff member who left the service before reaching the age of 60 and requested that his retirement pension be deferred until the first day of the calendar month following that in which he reached the age of 60, the dependent children within the meaning of Article 7 of Annex IV shall be entitled to orphan's pensions under the same conditions as those provided for in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3.

4. Each child being dependent within the meaning of Article 7 of Annex IV on a staff member whose spouse (not being an official of the Communities, or a member of the temporary staff within the meaning of Article 2 (a), (c) or (d) of the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Communities, and not being covered by these conditions of employment or by the conditions of employment of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training dies shall be entitled to an orphan's pension of twice the amount of the dependent child allowance.