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110 United Nations - Treaty Series 1969
scheme for miners shall be taken into account. Where a benefit depends
upon the performance of an activity which is essentially mining activity or of a
similar activity, any activity which is to be taken into account by the German
insurance authority, under the legislation applicable to it, as employment
as a hewer under-ground or as similar work shall also be taken into account
as such activity.
9. German insurance periods shall not be taken into account with respect
to the conditions for entitlement to, and the granting of, the long-service
bonus for miners (Bergmannstreuegeld) under the Austrian pensions insurance
scheme for miners.
10. German insurance periods shall not be taken into account for the
calculation of the dowry and lump-sum payment.
11. The supplementary allowance to disabled persons (Hillosenzuschuss)
shall be calculated according to Austrian legislation on the basis of
the Austrian pension, the limits being proportionately reduced in accordance
with the provisions of article 27, paragraph (4). Where entitlement to an
Austrian pension exists under the said legislation irrespective of the provisions
of article 26, paragraph (1), the limits shall not be reduced.
12. Special pension payments under the Austrian pensions insurance
scheme shall be payable on the same scale as the Austrian partial pension;
article 31 shall be applied mutatis mutandis.
Article 29
The following provisions shall apply to the German insurance authority:
1. Where no contributions are to be taken into account for the appropriate
German annuities insurance scheme in determining the calculation
base applicable to the insured person, the general calculation basis specified
for that insurance scheme shall apply. Where the legislation in force before
1 January 1957 is to be applied for the purpose of calculating the annuity,
the Austrian insurance periods to be taken into account under article 26,
paragraph (1), shall be taken into account together with the average increment
computed on the basis of all the periods taken into account in calculating.
the annuity under German legislation.
2. (a) Insurance periods to be taken into account under Austrian
legislation shall be taken into account in that branch of the annuities insur-
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