Artikel 7

1. The Dutch competent institutions may request the Indonesian competent authority to verify the identification of the beneficiary or his family members and to provide information on address, work, education, income, family situation, ability for work or medical condition of the applicant or the beneficiary and, if any, his family members and other relevant documents for processing the application or paying the benefits further. Such verification and information will be provided by the Indonesian competent authority upon receipt of initial information from the Dutch competent authority.
2. The Dutch competent institutions or, on their request, the Dutch diplomatic and consular representatives, may contact the beneficiaries or their representatives and the Indonesian competent institutions directly in order to determine entitlement to benefits and legitimacy of payments, provided that such contacts be communicated to the Indonesian competent authority.