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The State of Israel and the Kingdom of Sweden, desirous of regulating the relations between the two states in the field of social security, have agreed to conclude the following Convention:

Article 1. 1. For the purpose of the present Convention,

(1) "Israel" means the State of Israel and "Sweden" the Kingdom of Sweden;

(2) "Legislation" means current laws, ordinances and administrative regulations as specified in article 2;

(3) "Competent authority" means in relation to Israel the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, and in relation to Sweden the Government or the authority nominated by the Government;

(4) "Insurance institution" means the body or authority responsible for the implementation of the legislation specified in article 2;

(5) "Competent insurance institution" means the insurance institution which is competent under the applicable legislation;

(6) "Liaison body" means an institution for liaison and information between the insurance institutions of the two Contracting Parties with a view to simplifying the implementation of this Convention and for the information of the persons affected concerning their rights and obligations under the Convention;

(7) "Member of the family" means a member of the family according to the legislation of the Contracting Party, in whose territory the institution is based, at whose expense the benefits are granted;

(8) "Periods of insurance" means contribution periods, periods of employment or other periods recognized as periods of insurance or comparable periods by the legislation under which they were completed, including calendar years for which pension points have been credited under the Swedish social insurance scheme for the purpose of a supplementary pension on the basis of employment or other gainful activity during the year in question or a portion thereof;

(9) "Cash benefit", "pension", "annuity", or "compensation" means a cash benefit, pension, annuity or compensation under the applicable legislation, including all the constituent parts thereof which are financed out of public funds as well as all increases and additional payments.

2. Other terms used in this Convention shall have the meaning which is given to them under the applicable legislation.

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1. ↑ Came into force on 1 July 1983, i.e., the first day of the third month following the last of the notifications (effected on 16 March and 12 April 1983) by which the Contracting Parties informed each other of the completion of the required constitutional procedures, in accordance with article 34.