• Benefits that were granted by one or both countries or entitlement to benefits or income that were denied before the Agreement came into force will be reviewed at the request of the interested parties, if the application for a review is made within a maximum of two years after the Agreement comes in to force.
  
  
• The application of the Agreement allows for entitlement to benefits for contingencies that occurred before it came into force to be examined, although under no circumstances will payment of these benefits be made for periods before that date.