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- Benefits in connection with an occupational disease are determined according to the legislation of the Contracting Party whose legislation was applicable when the beneficiary was working in the occupation involving the risk of the occupational disease, even if the disease was first established in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
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- Should the beneficiary have worked in such occupation in the territories of both Contracting Parties, the legislation of the Party in whose territory the beneficiary was most recently occupied shall be applied.
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- If an occupational disease has led to the award of a benefit under the legislation of a Contracting Party, compensation for an aggravation of the disease occurring in the territory of the other Contracting Party shall also be paid according to the legislation of the former Party. This shall not apply, however, if the aggravation is attributable to activity in work involving a risk of the disease in the territory of the other Contracting Party.
