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• 1 Unless otherwise provided in this Agreement, benefits payable under the legislation of a Party to a person described in Article 3, including benefits acquired by virtue of this Agreement, shall not be subject to any reduction, modification, suspension or cancellation by reason only of the fact that the person stays or resides in the territory of the other Party, and these benefits shall be payable in the territory of the other Party.

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• 1 If a person is not eligible for a benefit because he or she has not accumulated sufficient creditable periods under the legislation of a Party, the eligibility of that person for that benefit shall be determined by totalizing these periods and the corresponding periods specified in paragraph 2, provided that the periods do not overlap.

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If a person is not eligible for a benefit on the basis of the creditable periods completed under the legislation of the Parties, totalized as provided in Article 13, the eligibility of that person for that benefit shall be determined by totalizing these creditable periods and periods 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.

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• 2 The provisions of paragraph 1 of Article 5 shall not apply to the benefits referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article. These benefits shall be payable to persons who stay or reside in the territory of Canada only on the conditions specified in the legislation of Norway.

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• 1 The competent authorities and institutions responsible for the application of this Agreement:

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  • (c) shall communicate to each other, as soon as possible, all information about the measures taken by them for the application of this Agreement or about changes in their respective legislation insofar as these changes affect the application of this Agreement.

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