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1. A Party may derogate temporarily from the provisions of this part concerning the granting of benefits to surviving spouses without distinction as to sex if its legislation, at the time when the Party accepts the obligations embodied in this part, provides that only widows are entitled to such benefit.
2. Any Party that avails itself of such a derogation shall indicate, in the reports on the application of this (revised) Code it is required to submit under Article 79, the progress being made in its legislation and practice towards the full application of the provisions of this part.