PROTOCOLAMENDING THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN JAPAN AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
ON SOCIAL SECURITY

PROTOCOLAMENDING THE AGREEMENTBETWEEN JAPAN AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
ON SOCIAL SECURITY
Japan and the Czech Republic,
Desiring to amend the Agreement between Japan and theCzech Republic on Social Security signed at Prague on 21February 2008 (hereinafter referred to as “the Agreement”),
Have agreed as follows:
ARTICLE 1
1.
Subparagraphs (a)(iii), (iv) and (v) of paragraph 2 ofArticle 2 of the Agreement shall be deleted.
2.
Subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of theAgreement shall be amended by deleting the words “(theJapanese pension systems specified in (ii) to (v) shallhereinafter be referred to as the “Japanese pension systemsfor employees”);”.
3.
Subparagraph (b)(ii) of paragraph 2 of Article 2 of
the Agreement shall be amended by deleting the words“(including the provisions on employment insurance andworkers’ accident compensation insurance)”.
ARTICLE 2
1.
Paragraph 1 of Article 7 of the Agreement shall bedeleted and replaced by the following:“1.
Where an employee who is covered under thelegislation of a Contracting State and employed in theterritory of that Contracting State by an employer
with a place of business in that territory is sent bythat employer from that territory to work in theterritory of the other Contracting State and:(a)does not conclude an employment contract inthe territory of that other Contracting
State; or(b)concludes an employment contract with anemployer with a place of business in theterritory of that other Contracting State,but is under the direction of the employer
with a place of business in the territory of
the first Contracting State,－1－that employee shall be subject only to the legislationof the first Contracting State, with respect to thatwork, as if that employee were working in theterritory of the first Contracting State, provided
that the period of such detachment is not expected toexceed five years.”
2.
Paragraph 6 of Article 7 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “(i) to (v)”.
ARTICLE 3
1.
Paragraph 2 of Article 17 of the Agreement shall bedeleted and replaced by the following:“2.
Article 13 shall not apply to the lump-sum
payments under the Japanese pension systems specifiedin subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 2 on
account of death or withdrawal.”
2.
Paragraph 3 of Article 17 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “the Japanese pension systems
for employees” and replacing them with the words “theEmployees’ Pension Insurance”.
ARTICLE 4
1.
Paragraph 1 of Article 18 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “Subject to subparagraph (a)of paragraph 2 of this Article” and replacing them with thewords “Subject to paragraph 2 of this Article” and by
deleting the words “equivalent to the refund ofcontributions” and replacing them with the words “under theJapanese pension systems specified in subparagraph (a) ofparagraph 2 of Article 2 on account of death”.
2.
Paragraph 2 of Article 18 of the Agreement shall bedeleted and replaced by the following:“2.
If entitlement to disability benefits orsurvivors’ benefits (except the lump-sum payments
under the Japanese pension systems specified insubparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 2 on
account of death) under the National Pension isestablished without applying paragraph 1 of thisArticle, that paragraph shall not be applied for thepurpose of establishing entitlement to disability
benefits or survivors’ benefits (except the lump-sum
payments under the Japanese pension systems specified
in subparagraph (a) of paragraph 2 of Article 2 on
account of death) based on the same insured event
under the Employees’ Pension Insurance.”－2－ARTICLE 5
1.
Paragraph 1 of Article 19 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “paragraphs 2 to 5” andreplacing them with the words “paragraphs 2 to 4”.
2.
Paragraph 3 of Article 19 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “the Japanese pension systems
for employees” and replacing them with the words “theEmployees’ Pension Insurance”, by deleting the words “thosesystems” and replacing them with the words “the Employees’Pension Insurance”, and by deleting the words “thoseperiods” and replacing them with the words “the periods”.
3.
Paragraph 4 of Article 19 of the Agreement shall bedeleted.
4.
Paragraph 5 of Article 19 of the Agreement shall beamended by deleting the words “the Japanese pension systems
for employees” and replacing them with the words “theEmployees’ Pension Insurance”, by deleting the words “fromwhich such benefits will be paid” and renumbered asparagraph 4.
ARTICLE 6
1.
This Protocol shall enter into force on the first dayof the third month following the month in which theContracting States shall have completed an exchange of
diplomatic notes informing each other that their respective
constitutional requirements necessary for the entry into
force of this Protocol have been fulfilled.
2.
This Protocol shall remain in force as long as theAgreement remains in force.
In witness whereof, the undersigned, being duly
authorized thereto, have signed this Protocol.
Done at Prague this first day of February, 2017, induplicate, in the Japanese, Czech and English languages,
each text being equally authentic. In case of any
divergence of interpretation, the English text shallprevail.
For Japan:

For the Czech Republic:
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