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1. Each Contracting Party shall comply with:
(a) Part I;
(b) at least eight of those Parts II to X for which the member State concerned has accepted the obligations of the Code in virtue of Article 3, provided that Part II shall count as two parts and Part V as three parts;
(c) the relevant provisions of Parts XI and XII; and
(d) Part XIII.
2. The terms of sub-paragraph (b ) of the foregoing paragraph can be regarded as fulfilled if:
(a) at least six of those Parts II to X for which the member State concerned has accepted the obligations of the Code in virtue of Article 3, including at least one of Parts IV, V, VI, IX and X are complied with; and
(b) in addition, proof is furnished that the social security legislation in force is equivalent to one of the combinations provided for in that sub-paragraph, taking into account: (i) the fact that certain branches covered by sub-paragraph (a ) of this paragraph exceed the standards of the Code in respect of their scope of protection or their level of benefits, or both;
(ii) the fact that certain branches covered by sub-paragraph (a ) of this paragraph exceed the standards of the Code by granting supplementary services or advantages listed in Addendum 2 to the Code as modified by the Protocol; and
(iii) branches which do not attain the standards of the Code.
(i) the fact that certain branches covered by sub-paragraph (a ) of this paragraph exceed the standards of the Code in respect of their scope of protection or their level of benefits, or both;
(ii) the fact that certain branches covered by sub-paragraph (a ) of this paragraph exceed the standards of the Code by granting supplementary services or advantages listed in Addendum 2 to the Code as modified by the Protocol; and
(iii) branches which do not attain the standards of the Code.
3. A Signatory desiring to avail itself of the provisions of paragraph 2 (b) of this Article shall make a request to this effect in the report to the Secretary-General submitted in accordance with the provisions of Article 78. The Committee, basing itself on the principle of equivalence of cost, shall lay down rules co-ordinating and defining the conditions for taking into account the provisions of paragraph 2 (b) of this Article. These provisions may only be taken into account in each case with the approval of the Committee, the decision to be taken by a two-thirds majority.