Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057:schedule:28:p9
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00057
Segment Type: schedule
Provision Reference: sch 28 (pt 9/11)
Character Range: 952558–955516

the request of one to the other, assist each other in relation to the implementation of agreements on social security entered into by either of the Contracting Parties with third states, to the extent and in the circumstances specified in the Administrative Arrangement made in accordance with Article 21.

2. The assistance referred to in paragraph 1 shall be provided free of charge, subject to any arrangement reached between the Competent Authorities and Competent Institutions for the reimbursement of certain types of expenses that are specified in the Administrative Arrangement pursuant to Article 21.

3. If the Competent Institution of a Contracting Party requires that a claimant or a beneficiary who resides in the territory of the other Contracting Party undergo a medical examination, the Competent Institution of the latter Contracting Party, at the request of the Competent Institution of the first Contracting Party, shall make arrangements for carrying out this examination. If the medical examination is exclusively for the use of the institution which requests it, that Competent Institution shall reimburse the Competent Institution of the other Contracting Party for the costs of the examination. However, if the medical examination is for the use of both Competent Institutions, there shall be no reimbursement of costs.

4. In no case shall the provisions of paragraph 1 be construed so as to impose on the Competent Authority or Competent Institution of a Contracting Party the obligation:
         (a) to carry out administrative measures at variance with the laws or the administrative practice of either Contracting Party; or
         (b) to supply particulars which are not obtainable under the laws or in the normal course of the administration of either Contracting Party.

Article 21
Administrative Arrangement

1. The Competent Authorities of the Contracting Parties shall establish, by means of an Administrative Arrangement, the measures necessary for the implementation of this Agreement.

2. The Competent Authorities shall appoint liaison bodies which are to be listed in the Administrative Arrangement.

Article 22
Protection of Personal Data

Unless otherwise provided under the laws of a Contracting Party, any information about an individual which is transmitted in accordance with this Agreement to a Competent Authority or a Competent Institution of a Contracting Party by a Competent Authority or a Competent Institution of 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.

Article 23
Language

1. 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.

2. An application or document may not be rejected by a Competent Authority or