Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:26:p11
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 26 (pt 11/13)
Character Range: 900565–903504

changes affect the application of this Agreement; and

         1.4 at the request of one to the other, assist each other in relation to the implementation of agreements on social security entered into by either Contracting Party with third States, to the extent and in the circumstances specified in the Administrative Arrangement pursuant to Article 21.

2. The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article shall be provided free of charge, unless otherwise provided for in the Administrative Arrangement pursuant to Article 21.

3. Unless otherwise provided under the national laws of a Contracting Party, any information about a person which is transmitted in accordance with this Agreement by one Contracting Party to the other Contracting Party is confidential and shall be used only for the purposes of implementing this Agreement and the legislation to which this Agreement applies.

4. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article be construed so as to impose on a Contracting Party the obligation to:

         4.1 carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws or the administrative practice of either Contracting Party; or
         4.2 supply information which is not ordinarily obtainable under the laws or in the usual administrative practice of either Contracting Party.

5. In the application of this Agreement, the Competent Authority and the Competent Institution of a Contracting Party may communicate with the other in any of the official languages of the Contracting Parties.

6. A claim, appeal or other document may not be rejected by a Competent Authority or Competent Institution solely because it is in the language of the other Contracting Party.

Article 21
Administrative Arrangement

1. The Competent Authorities of the Contracting Parties shall conclude an Administrative Arrangement for the implementation of this Agreement.

2. The liaison bodies shall be nominated in the Administrative Arrangement.

Article 22
Resolution of Disputes

1. The Competent Authorities of the Contracting Parties shall seek to resolve any difficulties which arise in interpreting or applying this Agreement according to its spirit and fundamental principles.

2. The Contracting Parties shall consult promptly at the request of either Contracting Party concerning matters which have not been resolved by the Competent Authorities in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article.

Article 23
Review of Agreement

Where a Contracting Party requests the other to meet to review this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall meet for that purpose as soon as possible after that request was made and, unless the Contracting Parties otherwise agree, their meeting shall be held in the territory of the Contracting Party to which that request was made.

PART VII

TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 24
Transitional Provisions

1. This Agreement shall not establish any right to a