• The accredited periods of insurance in either of the two countries before the Agreement came into force will be taken into account for determining entitlement to benefits recognised under that Agreement.
• Pensions that were granted by one or both countries or entitlement to benefits or income that were denied or suspended before the Agreement came into force will be reviewed or reestablished if the application for a review or the reestablishment of the entitlement is made within a maximum of one year after the Agreement came in to force. However, benefits paid as a single payment wil not be reviewed.
• 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.
• This agreement guarantees the rights acquired under the Agreement of 14 April 1978.