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90 United Nations - Treaty Series 1969
granted subsequently if the person concerned has not obtained it in advance
for reasonable cause.
(3) Article 4, paragraph (1), shall not apply to any dependant of an
insured person so long as benefits may be claimed for such dependant under
the legislation of the Contracting State in whose territory the dependant
is resident.
(4) Paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall not apply to frontier commuters
or maternity benefits.
Article 15
(1) Benefits in kind under article 4, paragraph (1), shall be provided:
In the Republic of Austria:
By the Regional Sickness Fund for Manual and Salaried Workers
(Gebietskrankenkasse fir Arbeiter und Angestellte) competent for the
place of residence;
In the Federal Republic of Germany:
By the General Local Sickness Fund (Allgemeine Ortskrankenkasse) or,
where it does not exist, the Land Sickness Fund (Landkrankenkasse)
competent for the place of residence.
(2) For the provision of benefits in kind, the legislation applicable
to the insurance authority of the place of residence shall apply, with the
exception of legislation concerning the duration of benefits and of the relevant
legislation concerning the procedure for settling disputes.
(3) Except in dire emergencies, artificial parts of the body and other
major benefits in kind shall be provided only with the authorization of the
competent insurance authority. A dire emergency shall be deemed to exist
in cases where provision of the benefits cannot be delayed without seriously
endangering the life or health of the person concerned.
(4) Persons and institutions that have concluded agreements with
the insurance authorities referred to in paragraph (1) above concerning
the provision of benefits in kind to persons insured with the said insurance
authorities and their dependants shall also be required to provide benefits
in kind to the persons referred to in article 4, paragraph (1), in the same
way as if the last-mentioned persons were insured with the insurance authorities
referred to in paragraph (1) above or were dependants of such insured
persons and as if the agreements also applied to the persons referred to in
article 4, paragraph (1).
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