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1 Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, benefits payable under the legislation of a Party to any person described in Article 3, including benefits acquired by virtue of this Agreement, shall not be reduced, modified, suspended or cancelled by reason only of the fact that the person resides in the territory of the other Party. These benefits shall be payable when that person resides in the territory of the other Party.
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1 If a person is not eligible for a benefit because that person has not accumulated sufficient periods of coverage under the legislation of a Party, the eligibility of that person for that benefit shall be determined by totalizing these periods and those specified in paragraphs 2 through 4, provided that the periods do not overlap.
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1 If a person is not eligible for a benefit on the basis of the periods of coverage under the legislation of the Parties, totalized in accordance with Article 11, the eligibility of that person for that benefit shall be determined by totalizing these periods and periods of coverage completed under the legislation of a third State with which both Parties are bound by social security instruments which provide for the totalizing of periods, provided they do not overlap. In cases where periods of coverage completed under the legislation of a third State are applied by the competent institutions of both Parties, the periods shall not be counted twice.
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If the total of the periods of coverage accumulated under the legislation of a Party is less than one year and if, taking into account only those periods, a right to a benefit does not exist under the legislation of that Party, the competent institution of that Party shall not be required to pay a benefit in respect of those periods by virtue of this Agreement. These periods of coverage shall, however, be taken into consideration by the competent institution of the other Party to determine eligibility for the benefits of that Party through the application of Chapter I.
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