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If a person claims unemployment benefit under German legislation by virtue of employment in the United Kingdom in accordance with any of the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 of the present Convention, the benefit due to him in relation to the period of that employment shall be determined by reference to the average earnings, calculated in accordance with agreed wage rates, or, if there are no agreed wage rates, the usual local earnings, for the usual average hours of work in similar employment at the place in the territory of the Federal Republic where he is resident.