Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:7:p10
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 7 (pt 10/18)
Character Range: 232510–235264

of insurance if the person does not satisfy the condition of the Netherlands' legislation permitting such periods to be treated for that person as periods of insurance.
3. The periods referred to in paragraph 2 shall be taken into consideration in the calculation of the old age pension only if the person concerned has been insured under the Netherlands' General Old Age Pensions Act and has resided for at least six years in the territory of one or both Parties after reaching the age of fifty‑nine and only while the person is residing in the territory of either Party.  However, the periods before January 1, 1957 shall not be taken into consideration if they coincide with periods taken into consideration for the calculation of an old age pension under the legislation of a country other than the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

ARTICLE 18
Benefits under the invalidity insurance for employees and the
 self‑employed

1. A person eligible for a benefit according to subparagraph 1(a)(i)(B) of Article 2 and who was employed and/or self employed in the Netherlands during at least one year shall, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, be entitled to the Netherlands' invalidity insurance for employees or the self‑employed.
2. The benefit shall be determined:
a) according to the Netherlands' Disability Act (WAO) in any case where the person was employed, at the moment the incapacity for work followed by invalidity occurred; and
b) according to the Netherlands' self‑employed persons Disability Benefits Act (WAZ) in any case where the person was, in the year prior to the occurrence of the incapacity for work followed by invalidity, lastly a self‑employed person.
3. The benefit established according to this Article shall be multiplied by a factor, of which the numerator consists of the total period in months in which the person was employed and/or self‑employed in the Netherlands and the denominator consists of the period in months between the age of 15 and the moment the incapacity for work followed by invalidity occurred.

ARTICLE 19
Refusal to pay, suspension, withdrawal

 The Competent Institution of the Netherlands may refuse to pay, may suspend or may withdraw a benefit if the applicant or the beneficiary fails to provide prompt and sufficient information necessary for the application or the payment of the benefit, or fails to undergo any examination as required.

PART V   COMMON PROVISIONS

ARTICLE 20
Common Provisions for the Calculation of Benefits

1. Where a Party (the first Party) makes a payment under this Agreement or under its social security laws to a person who resides in the territory of the other Party, the first Party will disregard from the application of any income test it applies any income‑tested payment made