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146 United Nations - Treaty Series 1969
3. Persons who are in the territory of the Contracting State concerned for
the purpose of visiting dependants who are domiciled in that territory,
4. Persons domiciled in the territory of the Contracting State concerned
who are dependants of a person insured with an insurance authority
of the other Contracting State.
(b) Where the ambulatory treatment of a person not covered by subparagraph
(a) above is given as if the provisions were applicable without
limitation, the insurance authority of the place of residence shall proceed as
if the person concerned were covered by sub-paragraph (a) above.
(c) Where the provisions are not applicable in accordance with subparagraph
(a), the competent insurance authority shall refund the out-ofpocket
expenses of the beneficiary up to the amount of the expenditure he
would have incurred had the treatment been given at the head office of the
competent insurance authority; if the competent German insurance authority
does not refund the cost of the medical (or dental) treatment on the basis of
individual services, the currently applicable individual rates of the scale of
charges for physicians or of the scale of charges for dentists shall be used
as a basis.
(d) The date on which the provisions enter into force without limitation
shall be determined by the competent public authorities as soon as ambulatory
treatment within the meaning of these provisions has been confirmed.
9. Ad article 17 of the Convention:
(a) With respect to the period 1 August 1956 to 30 June 1958, the
amounts in question shall continue to be the lump sums paid by the insurance
authorities of both Contracting States for that period. Where the procedure
followed in respect of the period 1 July 1958 up to the date of the entry
into force of the Convention was already consistent with the principles of
article 17, the status quo shall be maintained.
(b) Where the persons referred to in paragraph (1) transfer their normal
residence to the territory of the other Contracting State, the insurance
authority thereafter competent shall continue, in accordance with the legislation
applicable to it, to provide any existing additional death benefit insurance
as if the insurance had been hitherto provided by it. Contributions
shall not be transferred or refunded.
(c) Amounts withheld from annuities received under the German
annuities insurance scheme which are paid in the territory of the Republic of
Austria shall be apportioned among the authorities of the Austrian pensions
insurance scheme in proportion to the pensions to be paid by the said authorities
in the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.
10. Ad article 19 of the Convention:
Where the principles of paragraphs (1) and (2) have already been follo-
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