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- For the purpose of this Article ``institution" means:
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- a)as regards Malta, the Department of Social Security, and,
- b)as regards the Netherlands, the ``Sociale Verzekeringsbank" (Social Insurance Bank).
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- a) When the legislation of a Contracting Party is applicable in the circumstances described in Article 9, paragraph 1, of the Agreement, the institution of that Contracting Party shall, at the request of the employed person or the employer of that person, issue a certificate certifying, in respect of the work in question, that the employed person is subject to that legislation until the date indicated.
- b)When the employed person described in sub-paragraph (a) takes on an employment in the territory of the other Contracting Party by a different employer located in that territory, the employed person must, without delay, inform the institution that issued the certificate. That institution will thereupon revoke the certificate, as from the commencing date of the new employment, and inform the institution of the other Contracting Party.
- c)Until revoked, a certificate issued under sub-paragraph (a) of this Article shall be accepted as evidence that the employed person is not subject to the legislation of the other Contracting Party in respect of the work or employment for which the certificate was issued.
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- When the legislation of a Contracting Party is applicable by reason of an agreement of the institutions in accordance with Article 13 of the Agreement, the institution of that Contracting Party shall issue a certificate certifying, in respect of the work or employment in question, that the employed person is subject to that legislation.
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- The institution of the Contracting Party that has issued a certificate under paragraph 2(a) or 3 of this Article shall send a copy of it to the institution of the other Contracting Party.
