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- Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, any provision of the legislation of a Contracting State which restricts entitlement to or payment of benefits solely because the person ordinarily resides outside the territory of that Contracting State shall not be applicable to persons who ordinarily reside in the territory of the other Contracting State. However, the foregoing shall not affect:
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- a)the provisions of the legislation of Japan which require a person who is aged 60 or over but under 65 on the date of the first medical examination or of death to reside ordinarily in the territory of Japan for the acquisition of entitlement to the Disability Basic Pension or the Survivors’ Basic Pension;
- b)the provisions of the Supplementary Benefits Act of 6 November, 1986, and of the Disablement Assistance Act for Handicapped Young Persons of 24 April, 1997, of the Netherlands.
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- Benefits under the legislation of a Contracting State shall be paid to nationals of the other Contracting State who ordinarily reside outside the territory of either Contracting State, under the same conditions as if they were nationals of the first Contracting State.
