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- With regard to processing an application for a benefit or the payment of a benefit under the Netherlands' legislation, a beneficiary or a member of his family shall, at the request of the Netherlands' competent institution or the liaison agent, supply such information regarding himself or the member of his family as required by the relevant legislation in order to establish or support the application or payment of a benefit. Such information should be supplied in the form of a certificate, notice, statement or other document issued by a Hong Kong agency containing information of himself registered or maintained with that agency. The beneficiary or the member of his family may be required by a Hong Kong agency to pay a fee in order to obtain the requested information.
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- The liaison agent shall, at the request of the Netherlands' competent institution, verify the information regarding a beneficiary or a member of his family. The liaison agent shall forward a statement of verification along with authenticated copies of the relevant documents to the Netherlands' competent institution.
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- For the purpose of this Article, the term ``information" means data regarding identity, address, household and family situation, work, education, income, state of health, death and detention, or any other data relevant for the implementation of this Agreement.
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- The Netherlands' competent institution, the Hong Kong agency and the liaison agent may directly contact each other, as well as a beneficiary or a member of his family, or an authorized representative of the person concerned for the necessary implementation of this Agreement.
