Pristojni nosilec države članice, po katere zakonodaji je pridobitev, ohranitev ali ponovna pridobitev pravice do dajatev odvisna od dopolnitve zavarovalnih dob, mora v potrebni meri upoštevati zavarovalne dobe ali dobe zaposlitve, ki jih je zaposlena oseba dopolnila po zakonodaji katere koli druge države članice, kot če bi bile dopolnjene po zakonodaji, ki jo sam uporablja, pod pogojem, da bi se te dobe zaposlitve štele kot zavarovalne dobe, če bi bile dopolnjene po njegovi zakonodaji.
The competent institution of a Member State whose legislation makes the acquiçsition, retention or recovery of the right to benefits subject to the completion of insurance periods shall takes into account, to the extent necessary, periods of insurance or employment completed under the legislation of any other Member States, as though they were periods completed under the legislation with it administers, provided, however, that the periods of employment would have been counted as insurance periods had they been completed under that legislation.