29As a preliminary matter, it is to be noted that, under Article 8 of the Agreement on the free movement of persons, the contracting parties are to make provision, in accordance with Annex II to the agreement, for the coordination of social security systems with the aim in particular of determining the legislation applicable and paying benefits to persons residing in the territory of the contracting parties. Section A(1) of Annex II to the Agreement on the free movement of persons provides for the application, between the parties, of Regulation No 883/2004. Thus, and since, according to Article 1(2) of Annex II to that agreement, ‘the term “Member State(s)” contained in the legal acts referred to in section A of this Annex shall be understood to include Switzerland in addition to the States covered by the relevant legal acts of the European Union’, the provisions of that regulation also cover the Swiss Confederation (judgment of 21 March 2018, Klein Schiphorst, C‑551/16, EU:C:2018:200, paragraph 28).
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