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- In order to enable determination of entitlement to social assistance in the Netherlands, the competent institution in Kosovo shall, at the request of the competent institution in the Netherlands, furnish or verify the necessary information. The competent institution shall forward a statement of verification along with copies of relevant documents, if available, to the competent institution in the Netherlands.
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- For these purposes and in this context, ‘information’ concerns details of income, possessions or other details relevant to enabling the entitlement to social assistance in the Netherlands to be determined. This includes information on immoveable property derived from organisations such as public registers of immoveable property or from the chambers of commerce.
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- Without prejudice to paragraph 1, the diplomatic or consular representatives and the competent institutions of a Contracting Party have the competence to contact the relevant organisations of the other Contracting Party directly in order to verify entitlement to social assistance in the Netherlands.
