Under the Czech social security system, persons who become disabled before age 18 can qualify for disability benefits without having earned any Czech coverage. Article 3.2 removes any restrictions on entitlement to or payment of benefits due to residence outside of the Contracting States, and would therefore require the Czech agency to pay disability benefits to U.S. residents disabled before age 18 even if they had no Czech coverage. Article 12.7 provides that persons who became disabled before age 18 without having earned any Czech coverage will only be able to qualify for Czech disability benefits if they are residents of the Czech Republic.
