(1) When calculating the pensions etc. referred to in sections 110 to 113 periods of mem­bership of the European Parliament shall be coequal with periods of membership of the Folketing, provided always that periods in which the appropriate Member at one and the same time was a Member of the Folketing and the European Parlia­ment shall count as one. The pension is calcu­lated and paid by the Folketing if the term of member­ship of the appropriate Member of the Folketing is longer than the term of membership of the European Parliament and otherwise by the Ministry of Finance, cf. the Remunerations, Pensions and Other Emoluments Act for Danish Members of the European Parliament.