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- Where an amount paid by one of the Contracting Parties to a person in respect of a benefit exceeded the amount if any, that was properly payable, whether by virtue of this Agreement or otherwise, in respect of that benefit the institution of that other Contracting Party shall, if requested in accordance with Article 22 by the other institution to do so, and in accordance with this Article and Article 22, deduct the amount equivalent to the excess payment referred to above from the amount due in respect of the last mentioned benefit.
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- The amount of an excess payment referred to in paragraph 1 shall be the amount determined by the institution of the Contracting Party by whom the excess payment was made.
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- The rate of deductions made in accordance with paragraph 1 from amounts due in respect of a benefit, and any incidental or related matters, shall be determined by the institution of the Contracting Party by whom the benefit is payable, in accordance with the social security laws or administrative practice of that Contracting Party.
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- Any amount deducted by the institution of one of the Contracting Parties in accordance with paragraph 1 and any amounts received by that institution under paragraph 3 shall be remitted to the other institution as agreed between the institutions or in administrative arrangements made pursuant to Article 29.
