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2. The high administrative authorities shall, in particular, agree upon the measures to be adopted for the medical and administrative supervision of persons entitled to benefit by virtue of this Convention.

3. The high administrative authorities of the High Contracting Parties shall furnish assistance to one another with regard to the application of the optional insurance of Switzerland and the voluntary insurance of the Netherlands to nationals of one Party who are resident in the territory of the other Party.

1. Any exemption from, or reduction of, legal dues, charges and fees provided for in the legislation of one High Contracting Party in connexion with the issue of any certificate or document to be produced for the purposes of that legislation, shall be extended to certificates and documents required to be produced for the purposes of the legislation of the other Party.

2. Where any certificate or other document has to be produced to the competent authority or institution of one (or the other) High Contracting Party for the purpose of applying this Convention, that authority shall not require the certificate or other document to be legalized by a diplomatic or consular authority.

Any claim, notice or appeal which should have been presented within a prescribed period to an institution of one High Contracting Party, shall be deemed to have been validly made if it was presented within the same period to the corresponding institution of the other Party. In such cases, the latter institution shall, as soon as possible, send the said claim, notice or appeal ot the competent institution of the former Party.

1. The institutions responsible for payment of social benefits under this Convention shall be held to discharge their obligations validly by making payment in the currency of their country.

2. The transfers arising out of the application of this Convention shall be effected in accordance with the relevant agreements in force between the High Contracting Parties at the time of the transfer.

3. If provision is made by either High Contracting Party for the placing of restrictions upon the exchange of foreign currency, immediate steps shall be taken by agreement between the two Parties to ensure in accordance with the provisions of this Convention the transfer of amounts payable by each Party to the other.