CHAPTER 5U.K.DEATH GRANTS
Article 64U.K.Aggregation of periods of insurance or residence
The competent institution of a Member State whose legislation makes the acquisition, retention or recovery of the right to death grants subject to the completion of periods of insurance or residence shall take account, to the extent necessary, of periods of insurance or residence completed under the legislation of any other Member State as though they had been completed under the legislation which it administers.
Article 65U.K.Right to grants where death occurs in, or where the person entitled resides in, a Member State other than the competent State
1.When an employed or self-employed person, a pensioner or a pension claimant, or a member of his family, dies in the territory of a Member State other than the competent State, the death shall be deemed to have occurred in the territory of the competent State.
2.The competent institution shall be obliged to award death grants payable under the legislation which it administers, even if the person entitled resides in the territory of a Member State other than the competent State.
3.The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall also apply when the death is the result of an accident at work or an occupational disease.
Article 66U.K.Provision of benefits in the event of the death of a pensioner who had resided in a Member State other than the one whose institution was responsible for providing benefits in kind
In the event of the death of a pensioner who was entitled to a pension under the legislation of one Member State, or to pensions under the legislations of two or more Member States, when such pensioner was residing in the territory of a Member State other than the one whose institution was responsible for providing him with benefits in kind under the provisions of Article 28, the death grants payable under the legislation administered by that institution shall be provided by that institution at its own expense as though the pensioner had been residing in the territory of the Member State of that institution at the time of his death.
The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall apply by analogy to the members of the family of a pensioner.
[F1Article 66a U.K. Students
The provisions of Articles 64 to 66 shall apply by analogy to students and the members of their family.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Inserted by Council Regulation (EC) No 307/1999 of 8 February 1999.