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- In the event of hospitalisation in the situations referred to in the Articles 16, 17 and 18, paragraphs 1 and 6, of the Convention, the institution of the place of residence or of temporary stay shall, within three days of becoming aware of the fact, notify the competent institution of the date of entry into hospital and the probable duration of hospitalisation; at the date of discharge from the hospital the institution of the place of residence or of temporary stay shall notify, within the same period, the competent institution of the date of discharge.
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- In order to receive the authorization to which the provision of benefits referred to in Article 18, paragraph 4, of the Convention, is subject, the institution of the place of residence or of temporary stay shall request the competent institution for it. The latter institution shall have fifteen days from the day on which such a request is received to raise any objection and to state the reasons on which such objection is based. If, at the end of that period, no such objection has been raised, the institution of the place of residence or of temporary stay shall grant the benefits in kind.
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- Where the benefits referred to in Article 18, paragraph 4, of the Convention, have to be granted, in a case of absolute urgency, without the authorization of the competent institution, the institution of the place of residence or of temporary stay shall immediately inform the competent institution thereof.
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- The cases of absolute urgency referred to in Article 18, paragraph 4, of the Convention, are those where the provision of the benefit cannot be delayed without seriously endangering the life or health of the person concerned. In the case in which a prosthesis or an appliance is broken or damaged, it shall be sufficient in order to establish absolute urgency, to demonstrate the necessity of the reparation or the renewal of the requisite concerned.
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- The competent liaison bodies shall draw up the list of benefits to which the provisions of Article 18, paragraph 4, of the Convention, will apply.
