Paragraph Recovery of Overpaid Benefit

For the implementation of Article 27 of the Convention the competent authority which has overpaid an amount of benefit and wishes to recover that overpayment from the arrears of benefit held by the other Party, shall notify the latter Party of its request either by the appropriate form or by letter.

The arrears of benefit available when the request is received, or which later become available after the request, shall be sent to the competent authority which is to make the recovery. After recovering the appropriate amount under Article 27 the balance of the arrears shall be paid to the beneficiary. Confirmation of the amount received and the amount paid to the beneficiary shall be notified to the competent authority which sent the arrears.