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Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1473/72 of the Council… Article 59

Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) No 1473/72 of the Council… Article 59

Article 59

The following shall be substituted for the first paragraph of Article 5 of Annex VIII: "Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 2, an official who has less than 35 years of pensionable service at the age of 60 years and who continues to acquire pension rights under Article 3 shall, in respect of each year of service between the age of 60 years and the age when he begins to draw retirement pension, be entitled to an increase in pension equal to 5 % of the amount of pension rights acquired by him at the age of 60 years, but so that his total pension shall not exceed 70 % of his final salary as referred to in the second or third paragraph, as the case may be, of Article 77 of the Staff Regulations."

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