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1. In order to benefit from the provisions of Article 49 of the Convention, the person concerned shall submit to the competent institution a certificate setting out the periods of insurance or of residence completed by the person in respect of whom the death grant is payable under the legislation of the Contracting Party to which he was last subject.
2. The certificate referred to in the preceding paragraph shall be issued, at the request of the person concerned, by the institution competent in relation to sickness or old age, as the case may be, of the Contracting Party to whose legislation the person in respect of whom the death grant is payable was last subject. If the person concerned does not submit this certificate, the competent institution shall apply to the latter institution for it.
3. Where it is necessary to take into account periods of insurance or of residence completed previously under the legislation of any other Contracting Party in order to satisfy the conditions prescribed by the legislation of the competent State, the provisions of the preceding paragraphs of this Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis.