Article 123
1. The persons entitled under a deceased contract staff member, determined according to the same rules as those laid down in Chapter 3 of Annex V shall be entitled to a survivor's pension as provided for in Articles 124 to 127. 2. In the event of the death of a former contract staff member in receipt of an invalidity allowance, the persons entitled under the deceased former contract staff member, as defined in Chapter 3 of Annex V, shall be entitled to a survivor's pension as provided for in that Annex. 3. Where the whereabouts of a contract staff member or of a former contract staff member in receipt of an invalidity allowance, are unknown for more than one year, the provisional pensions to his spouse and to persons recognised as his dependants shall be determined according to the same rules as those laid down in Chapters 5 and 6 of Annex VIII to the EU Staff Regulations.