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a) “Croatia” means the Republic of Croatia and “the Netherlands” means the Kingdom of
the Netherlands”;
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b) “Territory” means,
in relation to Croatia: the territory of the Republic of Croatia;
in relation to the Netherlands: the territory of the Kingdom in Europe;
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c) “National” means, as regards Croatia, a person with the nationality of the Republic
of Croatia and as regards the Netherlands a person of the Netherlands nationality;
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d) “Employed person” means a person who is employed by an employer as well as any person
who is deemed equivalent to an employed person by the legislation applied;
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e) “Legislation” means laws, ordinances and regulations relating to the systems and branches
of social security specified in Article 2;
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f) “Competent authority” means,
in relation to Croatia: the Minister of Labour and Social Welfare and the Minister
of Health;
in relation to the Netherlands: the Minister for Social Affairs and Employment and,
as far as benefits in kind of the legislation on sickness insurance are concerned,
the Minister for Health, Welfare and Sport;
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g) “Insurance institution” means the body or authority charged with the implementation
of the legislation specified in Article 2, or a portion thereof;
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h) “Competent institution” means the institution which is competent according to the
applicable legislation;
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i) “Competent state” means the Contracting Party in the territory of which the competent
institution is situated;
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j) “Insurance period” means a contribution period, a period of employment, a period of
residence or any other period defined, recognized or treated as a period of insurance
under the legislation applicable to the person during such a period;
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k) “Pension or cash benefit” means a pension or a cash benefit under the applicable legislation
including all the constituent parts thereof which are financed out of public funds
as well as all increases and statutory wage payments in case of sickness;
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l) “Member of the family” means a person defined or recognized as such in the legislation
of the Contracting Party in whose territory such a person resides; where, however,
this legislation regards only persons living with the person concerned as members
of the family, this condition shall be deemed to be satisfied if such persons are
mainly maintained by the person concerned;
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m) “Institution of the place of residence” means the institution empowered, under the
Contracting Party's legislation which it applies, to provide the benefits in question
at the place of residence or, where no such institution exists the institution designated
by the competent authority of the Contracting Party concerned;
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n) “Institution of the place of temporary stay” means the institution empowered, under
the Contracting Party's legislation which it applies, to provide the benefits in question
at the place of temporary stay or, where no such institution exists, the institution
designated by the competent authority of the Contracting Party concerned.