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All claims arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be dealt with in accordance with Article VIII of the NATO SOFA including any amendments thereto and any other related supplementary agreement to the NATO SOFA. For the purposes of paragraph 1 of Article VIII, an employee of the Government of Canada or the Kingdom of the Netherlands assigned to duty with the Canadian Forces or the Netherlands Armed Forces for the purpose of working under this Agreement shall be deemed to be an employee of the Canadian Forces or of the Netherlands Armed Forces respectively. Employees and agents or contractors shall not be deemed to be members of a civilian component or employees of the Canadian Forces or of the Netherlands Armed Forces for this purpose.