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- At the request of the competent institution of a Contracting Party, verification of administrative and medical information, as well as medical examinations, regarding claimants or recipients of a benefit, will be carried out by the competent institution of the other Contracting Party.
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- The information referred to in the first paragraph includes information on the periods of insurance completed under the legislation of the other Contracting Party.
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- In the case where the examination is held by the competent institution in its own territory, or when the competent institution has the claimant or beneficiary examined in the territory of the other Contracting Party by a doctor of its own choice, the travel and accommodation expenses as well as medical examination costs will be paid for by the competent institution requesting such examination.
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- The competent institutions shall inform each other of circumstances which may be of importance when deciding on a benefit, and circumstances which may be of influence to the continuation of the benefit, enclosing relevant medical documents.
