**1.** As long as the Agency has its own social security system or shall adhere to a social security system offering comparable coverage to the coverage under the legislation of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Agency and its staff members and other employees to whom the aforementioned scheme applies, shall be exempt from social security provisions in the Kingdom of the Netherlands, unless the staff members and other employees to whom the aforementioned scheme applies take up a gainful activity in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
**2.** The provisions of paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply to the dependent members of the families forming part of the households of the persons referred to in paragraph 1, unless they are employed otherwise than by the Agency or self-employed or unless they receive social security benefits of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
**3.** Paragraph 2 will cease to apply as from the date that the “Besluit Uitbreiding en Beperking Kring Verzekerden Volksverzekeringen 1999" (Royal Decree on the extension and limitation of the personal scope of the social security schemes 1999) of the Kingdom of the Netherlands has come into force.
Artikel 16
Social security
Onderdeel van Verdrag tussen het Koninkrijk der Nederlanden en het Europees Ruimte Agentschap inzake het Europees Centrum voor onderzoek en technologie-ontwikkeling op ruimtevaartgebied· Internationaal publiekrecht
Deze tekst geldt sinds 1 april 1999