- 1
- This Agreement shall not establish any entitlement to benefits for any period prior to its entry into force.
- 2
- In the implementation of this Agreement, periods of coverage completed before its entry into force as well as other legally relevant events occurring before its entry into force shall also be taken into account.
- 3
- In applying paragraph 1 or 4 of Article 7, in the case of a person who has been working in the territory of a Contracting State prior to the entry into force of this Agreement, the period of detachment or self-employed activity referred to in paragraph 1 or 4 of Article 7 shall be considered to begin on the date of entry into force of this Agreement.
- 4
- Decisions made before the entry into force of this Agreement shall not affect any rights to be established by virtue of this Agreement.
- 5
- The application of this Agreement shall not, for a beneficiary, result in any reduction in the amount of benefits to which entitlement was established before the entry into force of this Agreement.
