Judgment_paragraph 69 · HK v European Commission (C-460/18 P)

69As the Advocate General pointed out in point 90 of his Opinion, it follows from the wording of the first paragraph of Article 17 of Annex VIII to the Staff Regulations, read in conjunction with the second paragraph of Article 1d(1) of the Staff Regulations and Article 1(2)(c) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, that entitlement to a survivor’s pension is not subject to conditions of resources or assets which should characterise the surviving spouse’s inability to meet his needs and thereby demonstrate his past financial dependence on the deceased.