13The applicant states first of all that her husband had to pay contributions to the pension scheme and that Article 4(7) of Regulation No 3518/85 allows the acquisition of further pension rights, thereby encouraging officials to request the application of measures concerning termination of their service (see the judgments in Case T-4/90Lestelle ν Commission [1990] ECR ΙΙ-689, paragraphs 38 to 40 and 43, and in Case T-21/90Generlich ν Commission [1991] ECR ΙΙ-1323, paragraphs 37 and 40). The Community legislature was therefore concerned not to deny the advantages linked to the pension scheme to officials benefiting from measures to terminate their service.