The rules for eliminating dual social security coverage described in RS 02001.610 through RS 02001.625 cover the great majority of situations where the United States and the Netherlands
would both cover and tax a worker in the absence of an agreement. However, sometimes
the application of the normal agreement rules would yield anomalous or inequitable
results. For this reason, the agreement includes a provision that permits the authorities
in both countries to grant exceptions to the normal coverage rules of the agreement
if both sides agree.
The intent of the exception provision is not to provide workers or employers with
the freedom to elect coverage in conflict with normal agreement rules. The purpose
of the special exception provision is to allow a worker to continue coverage in the
country where the individual normally works and has coverage, in order to ensure that
the individual will meet eligibility requirements for retirement or disability benefits.