- 1
- Where pursuant to Croatian legislation a person does not satisfy conditions for the acquisition, retention or recovery of the entitlement to benefits exclusively on the basis of periods of insurance or other periods completed under Croatian legislation, the competent institution shall also take into account for the entitlement of the nationals of one of the Contracting Parties to such benefits, insurance periods completed under the Netherlands legislation, as if they were completed under the Croatian legislation.
- 2
- Where, notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article a person does not satisfy conditions for the benefit, the Croatian insurance institution shall take into account, for the nationals of one of the Contracting Parties, insurance periods completed in third States with which both Contracting Parties have concluded separate Social Security Agreements, which provide for adding together insurance periods in such cases. Where only the Republic of Croatia has such a bilateral agreement with a third State the Croatian institution shall take into account the insurance periods completed by Croatian nationals in that third State, unless otherwise provided in that bilateral agreement.
- 3
- The provisions in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article concerning totalization of insurance periods shall only be applicable to insurance periods completed in other states in so far as they do not coincide with Croatian periods.
- 4
- The provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall only be applicable if the total insurance period completed under the Croatian legislation is at least 12 months, unless the minimum qualifying period is less than 12 months.
