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- Any claim, notice or appeal concerning the determination of eligibility for, or payment of, a benefit under the legislation of one Contracting Party which should, for the purposes of that legislation, have been presented within a prescribed period to a competent authority, institution or tribunal of that Contracting Party, but which is presented within the same period to a competent authority, institution or tribunal of the other Contracting Party, shall be treated as if it had been presented to the competent authority, institution or tribunal of the first Contracting Party. The competent authority, institution or tribunal of the latter Contracting Party shall without delay forward them to the competent authority, institution or tribunal of the former Contracting Party. The date on which such a claim, notice or appeal was submitted to the competent authority, institution or tribunal of the first Contracting Party, shall be considered as the date of its submission to the competent authority, institution, or tribunal of the other Contracting Party.
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- A claim for a benefit payable under the legislation of one Contracting Party made after the date of entry into force of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a claim for the corresponding benefit under the legislation of the other Contracting Party, provided that the applicant at the time of the application provides information indicating that insurance periods have been completed under the legislation of the other Contracting Party.
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- In any case to which paragraph (1) or (2) applies, the competent authority, institution or tribunal to which the claim, notice or appeal has been submitted shall transmit it without delay to the competent authority, institution or tribunal of the other Contracting Party.
