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100 United Nations - Treaty Series 1969
Article 24
(1) The competent insurance authority shall refund the amounts
disbursed in accordance with article 23, less administrative costs, to the
insurance authority of the place of residence.
(2) The competent public authorities may agree, at the suggestion of
the insurance authorities concerned, that in the interests of administrative
simplification the amounts disbursed shall in all cases or in particular
categories of cases be repaid in lump sums.
Article 26
For the purpose of determining an annuity under the legislation of one
of the contracting States, normal residence in the territory of the other
Contracting State shall not be deemed to be normal residence abroad.
Chapter 3
PENSIONS (OR ANNUITIES)
INSURANCE
Article 26
(1) Insurance periods completed in accordance with the legislation
of both Contracting States shall be aggregated, provided that they do not
overlap, in order to establish the right to continued insurance and for the
purpose of the acquisition of entitlement to benefits. The extent to which
insurance periods are to be taken into account and the cases in which they
are to be aggregated shall be determined in accordance with the legislation
of the Contracting State under whose insurance scheme such periods were
completed.
(2) Periods which were not completed in accordance with the legislation
of one of the Contracting States but which are to be counted as insurance
periods under its legislation shall be taken into account as if they had been
completed in accordance with the legislation of that Contracting State.
(3) Paragraph (1) above shall apply mutatis mutandis to benefits which
may be granted at the discretion of an insurance authority.
(4) If the insurance periods to be taken into account under the legislation
of one of the Contracting States amount in all to less than twelve months
for the calculation of the pension (or annuity), the insurance authority of
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