1.The rights to benefits of an employed or self-employed person who has beensubject to the legislation of two or more Member States, or of his survivors, shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter.
2.Save as otherwise provided inArticle 49, the processing of a claim for an award submitted by the person concerned shall have regard to all the legislations to which the employed or self-employed personhas beensubject. Exception shall be made to this rule if the person concerned expressly asks for postponement of the award of old-age benefits to which he would be entitled under the legislation of one or more Member States.
[F13. This chapter shall not apply to increases in or supplements to pensions in respect of children or to orphans' pensions to be granted in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 8.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Council Regulation (EC) No 1399/1999 of 29 April 1999 amending Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 on the application of social security schemes to employed persons, to self-employed persons and to members of their families moving within the Community and Regulation (EEC) No 574/72 laying down the procedure for implementing Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71.