50It is clear from all of the foregoing that Article 60(1), third sentence, of Regulation No 987/2009 must be interpreted as meaning that there is no requirement that a parent of the child for whom child benefits are paid, who resides in the Member State obliged to pay those benefits, must be granted entitlement to those benefits on the ground that the other parent, who resides in another Member State, has not applied for them.
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