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hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”,

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DESIRING, as a first stage in that co-operation, to regulate questions regarding liability for contributions,

HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:

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  competent authority

  competent authority means, as regards Canada, the Minister or Ministers responsible for the application of the legislation of Canada; and, as regards Israel, the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs;

  competent institution

  competent institution means, as regards Canada, the competent authority; and, as regards Israel, the National Insurance Institute;

  legislation

  legislation means, as regards a Party, the laws and regulations specified in Article II with respect to that Party;

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  in so far as that legislation concerns matters which are the subject of Part II of this Agreement.

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Subject to this Agreement,

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  • (ii) 

    refugees, as defined in Article 1 of the Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951 and the Protocol of 31 January 1967 to that Convention;
  • (iii) 

    stateless persons, as defined in Article 1 of the Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons of 28 September 1954;
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  any person who is or who has been subject to the legislation of Israel shall be subject to the obligations of the legislation of Canada and shall be eligible for the benefits of that legislation under the same conditions as citizens of Canada.

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An employed person who is subject to the legislation of a Party and who is sent by his or her employer to work in the territory of the other Party for the same or a related employer shall, in respect of that work, be subject only to the legislation of the first Party as though that work was performed in its territory. In the case of an assignment, this coverage may not be maintained for more than 60 months without the prior consent of the competent institutions of the Parties.

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  • (a) 

    if a person is subject to the Canada Pension Plan or to the comprehensive pension plan of a province of Canada during any period of presence or residence in Israel, that period shall be considered as a period of residence in Canada for that person as well as for that person’s spouse and dependants who live with him or her and who are not subject to the legislation of Israel by reason of employment or self-employment.
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    if a person is subject to the legislation of Israel during any period of presence or residence in Canada, that period shall not be considered as a period of residence in Canada for that person and for that person’s spouse and dependants who live with him or her and who are not subject to the Canada Pension Plan or to the comprehensive pension plan of a province of Canada by reason of employment or self-employment.

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A person who is subject to the legislation of Israel as a result of the application of Articles IV to VIII shall, as well as that person’s spouse who resides with him and who is not subject to the Canada Pension Plan or to the comprehensive pension plan of a province of Canada by reason of employment or self-employment, be considered to be resident in Israel.

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  • (b) 

    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 in so far as these changes affect the application of this Agreement.

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The Government of Israel and a province of Canada may conclude understandings concerning any social security matter within provincial jurisdiction in Canada in so far as those understandings are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement.

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