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zekeringsbank, annexing thereto, for the purposes of article 10 of the Convention, a statement of the Swiss insurance periods completed according to the information it possesses. The forwarding of the claim shall serve in lieu of the forwarding of the supporting documents.

The Sociale Verzekeringsbank shall rule on the claim and shall communicate its decision to the claimant. It shall send a copy of the decision to the Caisse suisse.

Swiss and Netherlands nationals resident in Switzerland shall lodge their complaints against decisions of the Sociale Verzekeringsbank or their appeals against rulings of the Netherlands authorities of first instance, in duplicate, either direct with the competent Netherlands judicial authorities or with the Caisse suisse.

In the latter case, the Caisse suisse, shall enter on the complaint or appeal the date of its receipt and shall forward the complaint to the Raad van Beroep (Trade Council) at Amsterdam and the memorandum of appeal to the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Central Trade Council) at Utrecht. The original envelope shall also be forwarded.

The Sociale Verzekeringsbank shall pay direct to beneficiaries resident in Switzerland, at the intervals prescribed under Netherlands legislation, the benefits accruing to them.

Costs connected with the payment of benefits, bank charges, currency exchange expenses and other costs may be recovered from the beneficiaries by the Sociale Verzekeringsbank in accordance with the conditions established by the Netherlands high administrative authority.

1. Swiss and Netherlands nationals resident in Switzerland who are in receipt of an annuity or pension under Netherlands insurance shall immediately notify the Sociale Verzekeringsbank, either direct or through the Caisse suisse, of any change in their personal or family situation which might modify their right to the annuity or pension or the amount thereof.