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1 If a person is not eligible for a pension due to insufficient creditable periods under the legislation of a Party, that person’s eligibility shall be determined by totalizing these periods and those specified in paragraphs 2 through 5, provided that the periods do not overlap.
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If a person is not eligible for a pension on the basis of the creditable periods under the legislation of the Parties, totalized in accordance with Article 13, the eligibility of that person for that pension shall be determined by totalizing these periods and periods completed under the program of a third State with which both Parties are bound by bilateral social security instruments which provide for the totalizing of periods.
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If the total duration of the creditable periods accumulated under the legislation of a Party is less than one year and if, taking into account only those periods, the right to a pension does not exist under the legislation of that Party, the competent institution of that Party shall not be required to pay a pension in respect of those periods. These creditable periods shall, however, be taken into consideration by the competent institution of the other Party to determine whether a person is eligible for the pension under the legislation of that Party through the application of Chapter 1.
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1 If a person is eligible for a pension solely through the application of the totalizing provisions of Chapter 1, the competent institution of Bulgaria shall calculate the amount of pension payable according to the Bulgarian legislation only on the basis of Bulgarian creditable periods and according to the income on which insurance contributions have been paid during these periods.
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