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2. The provisions of paragraph 1 of article 6 shall apply without limitation in time to government and other public employees, except those referred to in paragraph 1 of this article, when they are posted to the territory of the other Contracting Party.

Article 8. 1. The competent authorities of the two Contracting Parties may agree on exceptions from the provisions of articles 5-7 in the interest of certain persons or groups of persons.

2. The provisions of paragraph 4 of article 6 shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to cases referred to in this article.

Article 9. 1. If a person has completed periods of insurance amounting to at least eight weeks under the legislation of one Contracting Party, periods of insurance previously completed under the legislation of the other Contracting Party shall, if necessary, be taken into account for the establishment of that person's entitlement to a benefit as if these periods had been completed under the legislation of the first Contracting Party.

2. When calculating the benefit in accordance with paragraph 1, only income accrued in the territory of the Contracting Party which pays the benefit shall be taken into account.

Article 10. 1. A woman who is insured for hospitalization in case of confinement according to the legislation of one Contracting Party shall, when temporarily staying in the territory of the other Contracting Party, receive the corresponding benefit according to the legislation of that Party.

2. The provisions of paragraph 1 do not apply to a woman who goes from one country to the other for the specific purpose of receiving such benefit.

Article 11. 1. Nationals of Israel as well as persons designated in article 3 (b)-(d) of this Convention who do not fulfil the conditions of the Swedish legislation which apply to them as regards entitlement to a basic pension shall, whether they reside in Sweden or elsewhere, be entitled to a basic pension according to the rules applying to Swedish nationals residing abroad.

2. Handicap allowances which are not supplements to a basic pension, care allowances for handicapped children, pension supplements and such pension benefits which are subject to income tests, are payable to persons designated in paragraph 1, provided that they reside in Sweden, applying mutatis mutandis the rules contained in that paragraph.

Article 12. Where a national of one of the Contracting Parties or a person designated in article 3 (b)-(d) of this Convention does not have sufficient Swedish periods of insurance to satisfy the requirements for entitlement to a basic pension in accordance with the provisions applicable to Swedish nationals residing abroad, periods of insurance completed under the legislation of Israel shall be taken into account in so far as they do not coincide with Swedish periods of insurance.

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