Persons or the members of their family referred to in Article 15, who are staying in or transferring their place of residence to the territory of the competent State shall receive benefits in the territory of the competent State, in accordance with the provisions of the legislation of that State, even if they have already received benefits for the same case of sickness or maternity before their temporary stay, respectively their transfer of residence; if the legislation applied by the competent institution provides for a maximum period for the provision of benefits, the period in which such benefits have been provided immediately before the transfer of residence will be taken into account.
Osebam ali njihovim družinskim članom iz 15. člena, ki imajo začasno prebivališče na ozemlju pristojne države ali so tja prenesli stalno prebivališče, se zagotovijo storitve in dajatve na ozemlju pristojne države v skladu z določbami zakonodaje te države, tudi če so jim že bile zagotovljene storitve in dajatve za isti primer bolezni ali materinstva pred začasnim bivanjem oziroma pred prenosom stalnega prebivališča; če zakonodaja, ki jo uporablja pristojni nosilec, določa najdaljše možno obdobje zagotavljanja storitev in dajatev, se upošteva tudi obdobje, v katerem so bile osebi take storitve in dajatve zagotovljene neposredno pred prenosom stalnega prebivališča.