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United Nations — Treaty Series
1958

(b) For the Swiss insurance against industrial accidents, occupational diseases and non-industrial accidents and for the Netherlands insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases the Caisse nationale suisse d'assurance contre les accidents (Swiss National Accident Insurance Fund) at Lucerne, hereinafter referred to as the "Caisse nationale".

(2) In the case of the Netherlands:

(a) For the Netherlands invalidity, old age and survivors insurance for employed persons and the Netherlands general old age insurance and for the Swiss old age and survivors insurance, the Sociale Verzekeringsbank (Social Insurance Bank) at Amsterdam, hereinafter referred to as "Sociale Verzekeringsbank";

(b) For the Netherlands insurance against industrial accidents and occupational diseases and for the Swiss insurance against industrial accidents, occupational diseases and non-industrial accidents, the "Sociale Verzekeringsbank".

2. The high administrative authorities of the High Contracting Parties reserve the right to designate other liaison bodies.

Article 2

1. Persons sent to the territory of the other country in accordance with article 3, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (a) of the Convention shall establish, by means of a certificate on a special form addressed to the competent institutions of the said country, that their stay is only temporary and that consequently the laws of the country in which the undertaking has its principal place of business listed in article 1 of the Convention continue to apply to them.

2. Where several persons are sent together and for the same period to the other country, they may be furnished with a joint certificate.

3. The certificate referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be issued:

(a) To persons sent to the Netherlands, by the competent Swiss insurance institution, which shall send a copy of such certificate to the Sociale Verzekeringsbank;

(b) To persons sent to Switzerland, by the Sociale Verzekeringsbank, which shall send a copy of such certificate to the Caisse suisse for the competent Swiss compensation fund, and to the Caisse nationale.

4. The certificate referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be produced by the representative of the employer in the other country, or, if no such representative exists, by the person concerned himself.

5. In the cases provided for in article 3, paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (a), second sentence of the Convention, requests for continued application of the legislation of the country in which the undertaking has its principal place of business shall be submitted by the employers concerned in Switzerland to the Federal Office