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Article 26 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 ( 4 ) lays down the following rales for the implementation of Article 25(1) of Regulation No 1408/71: ‘1. In order to receive benefits in cash and in kind under Article 25(1) of the Regulation for himself and for the members of his family, an unemployed person shall submit to the sickness insurance institution of the place where he has gone a certified statement for which, prior to his departure, he should have applied to the competent sickness insurance institution. If the unemployed person does not submit the said certified statement, the institution of the place to which he has gone shall obtain it from the competent institution. This certified statement must testify the existence of the right to the said benefits under the conditions set out in Article 69(l)(a) of the Regulation; indicate the duration of such right, taking into account the provisions of Article 69(l)(c) of the Regulation; and specify the amount of cash benefits to be provided, where appropriate, by way of sickness insurance during the abovementioned period, in the case of incapacity for work or hospitalization. 2. The unemployment insurance institution of the place where the unemployed person has gone shall testify on a copy of the certified statement referred to in Article 83 of the implementing Regulation, which shall be sent to the sickness insurance institution of that same place, that the conditions laid down in Article 69(1 )(b) of the Regulation have been fulfilled and shall specify the date from which they were fulfilled, and the date from which the unemployed person shall receive unemployment insurance benefits at the expense of the competent institution. This certified statement shall be valid for the period laid down in Article 69(1 )(c) of the Regulation, for as long as the conditions are fulfilled. The unemployment insurance institution of the place where the unemployed person has gone shall, within three days, inform the said sickness insurance institution if the conditions are no longer satisfied. 3. ... 4. In order to receive the cash benefits provided for by the legislation of the competent State, the unemployed person shall, within three days, send a certificate of incapacity for work, issued by the doctor providing treatment for him, to the sickness insurance institution of the place to which he has gone. He shall also state the date up to which he has received sickness insurance benefits and his address in the country where he is. 5. The sickness insurance institution of the place to which the unemployed person has gone shall, within three days, notify the competent sickness insurance institution and the competent unemployment insurance institution, as well as the institution where the unemployed person is registered as seeking employment, of the date when the incapacity for work began and ended. 6. In the cases defined in Article 25(4) of the Regulation, the sickness insurance institution of the place to which the unemployed person has gone shall inform the competent sickness insurance institution and the competent unemployment insurance institution that it considers that the conditions justifying the extension of the period during which benefits in cash and in kind may be granted are satisfied, stating the grounds on which its opinion is based, and shall attach to the communication it sends to the competent sickness insurance institution a detailed report from the examining doctor on the condition of the patient, indicating the probable period during which the conditions for applying Article 25(4) of the Regulation will exist. The competent sickness insurance institution shall then take the decision as to the extension of the period during which benefits may be granted to the sick unemployed person. 7. ...’.