Processing: the interested parties must submit to the General Directorate of Social Security Management (Avda. by General Perón, 38, Edificio Master's II - 28020 Madrid) request for an extraordinary pension for acts of terrorism, as a victim who is not entitled to a pension under any social security system, accompanied by the documentation required in each case.
(A) Invalidity pensions
Amount: Anyone affected by permanent invalidating injuries shall be entitled to a pension equivalent to the triple of the Public Indicator of Income with Multiple Effects (IPREM) in force at any time and which by 2025 is equivalent, referring to fourteen monthly payments, to:
from 1-1-2025 to EUR 1,800/(IPREM monthly: 600 euros/month)
Economic effects: first day of the month following the date of the terrorist act, provided that the request for a pension has been made within one year of the same act. If the application is made after that year, the economic effects shall take place from the first day of the month following the application.
(B) Family pensions: widowhood, orphanhood and parenting
Beneficiaries: In the event of death as a result of injuries caused by the act of terrorism, a pension shall be payable to the following family members:
- The spouse of the deceased perpetrator, provided that he or she is not legally separated.
- A person who was united with the deceased at the time of his death, forming a de facto couple, provided that the following requirements are established:
- The deceased and the beneficiary:
- Have a similar relationship of affectivity to the conjugal
- There is no marital link with another person, nor are they prevented from marrying each other.
- A stable coexistence, notorious, uninterrupted and immediate to the death of the deceased not less than five years, shall be established by means of the appropriate registration certificate.
- There shall be a public formalization of the status of a de facto partner, which shall be evidenced by:
- Certificate of registration in any of the specific registers existing in the CCAA or town councils of the place of residence, or
- By means of a public document stating the formation of such a couple.
- In both cases, the formalization must have taken place two years in advance of the date of death.
The right to widow ' s pension shall be extinguished when the beneficiary enters into marriage or becomes a de facto couple.
- Children of the deceased who are under 18 years of age or over incapacitated for any work at the time of the deceased ' s death or before the attainment of that age. If the orphan does not perform lucrative work or, when doing so, the income he obtains is less than the minimum interprofessional wage, he may be a beneficiary of the orphan ' s pension provided that, at the date of the deceased ' s death, he was under 22 years of age or 24 years of age if neither of the parents survived, or the orphan had a disability equal to or greater than 33 per cent. In this case, the orphan ' s pension will be extinguished when the holder reaches the age of 24, unless he/she is studying, in these cases the receipt of the pension will be maintained until the first month, inclusive, of the next academic year.
- The parents of the deceased, provided that there is no widowed spouse, de facto partner or children entitled to a pension, at the time of death. In addition, the parents are required to live with the deceased and be financially dependent on him at that time.
Amount: three times the IPREM in force at any given time, which by 2025 is equivalent to:
from 1-1-2025 to EUR 1,800
Where several family members benefit from the extraordinary pension, the amount specified shall be shared equally among them. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if a spouse or common-law partner and children are present, the pension shall be distributed in half, with one being the spouse or common-law partner and the other being the children.
Economic effects: First day of the month following the death of the pensioner, provided that the pension application has been made within one year of the death of the pensioner. If the application is made after that year, the economic effects shall take place from the first day of the month following the application.