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The Committee notes that Article 66, paragraph 2 of the Law of 3 February 1967 states that benefits shall be suspended if the beneficiary is not resident in Mauritania, except as provided in reciprocity agreements or international conventions. The Committee recalls that under Article 5 of the Convention each Member which has accepted the obligations of the Convention in respect of the branch or branches of social security concerned shall guarantee both to its own nationals and to the nationals of any other Member which has accepted the obligations of the Convention is respect of the branch or branches in question, when they are resident abroad, provision of invalidity benefits, old-age benefits, survivors' benefits and employment injury benefits. It would like the Government to indicate how in practice the payment of benefits is insured in case of residence abroad for both Mauritanian nationals and nationals of countries which have accepted the relevant branch when no bilateral agreement exists.

[The Government is asked to respond in detail in 1998.]