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- A Competent Institution of a Party will accept on behalf of the Competent Institution of the other Party a claim for a benefit made by a person under an agreement on social security between the latter Party and a third State and will stamp that claim with the date of receipt and send it to the liaison agency of the other party as soon as possible.
- A Competent Institution which has received from the other Competent Institution a claim described in paragraph 1 of this section may request specific assistance from the other Competent Institution in regard to the determination of that claim and that other Competent Institution will provide, to the extent practicable, such assistance as if that claim were made under the Agreement.