AS AMENDED BY ARTICLE 6 OF REGULATION NO 130/63, APPLIES TO PENSIONS PAID IN RESPECT OF RISKS WHICH MATERIALIZED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1964, THE DATE WHEN THE AMENDED TEXT ENTERED INTO FORCE .
3 THE OBJECT OF THIS AMENDMENT IS TO ASSIMILATE TO THE CONTRIBUTIONS PAID UNDER GERMAN LAW AND TO AFFILIATION TO THE GERMAN PENSIONS INSURANCE SCHEME AFFILIATION AND CONTRIBUTION TO A PENSIONS INSURANCE SCHEME OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING WHETHER THE INSURED PERSON FULFILS THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO CONTRIBUTIONS AND AFFILIATION REQUIRED BY GERMAN LAW FOR TAKING INTO ACCOUNT " INTERRUPTED PERIODS " IN CALCULATING HIS PENSION .
4 ACCORDING TO PARAGRAPH ( 2 ) OF THE SAID ARTICLE 6 THIS AMENDMENT TOOK EFFECT ON 1 JANUARY 1964 .
5 THE ORDER FOR REFERENCE CALLS ATTENTION TO THE FACT THAT ACCORDING TO THE BUNDESKNAPPSCHAFT THE LAW APPLICABLE TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS IS GENERALLY THAT IN FORCE WHEN THE RISK MATERIALIZES AND THAT ALTHOUGH ARTICLE 53 OF REGULATION NO 3 MADE AN EXCEPTION TO THIS PRINCIPLE IN THE CASE OF THE NEW PROCEDURES INTRODUCED ON 1 JANUARY 1959 IT DOES NOT MAKE ANY SUCH EXCEPTION IN THE CASE OF LATER AMENDMENTS TO THIS REGULATION . THEREFORE, IT SAYS, PENSIONS IN RESPECT OF WHICH THE RISK MATERIALIZED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1964 CANNOT FALL WITHIN THE PROVISIONS BROUGHT INTO FORCE ON THIS DATE AND CONTINUE, EVEN AS REGARD THE FUTURE, TO BE SUBJECT TO THE FORMER PROVISIONS .
6 UNDER ARTICLE 53 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 3, " BENEFIT SHALL BE PAYABLE UNDER THIS REGULATION EVEN IF IT RELATES TO AN EVENT BEFORE THE DATE ON WHICH IT COMES INTO FORCE ". ON THE OTHER HAND UNDER PARAGRAPH ( 4 ) OF THAT ARTICLE THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS FOR WHOM A PENSION WAS CALCULATED BEFORE REGULATION NO 3 ENTERED INTO FORCE MAY BE REVIEWED AT THEIR REQUEST .
7 ALTHOUGH THESE PROVISIONS ORIGINALLY GOVERNED THE SITUATION EXISTING ON 1 JANUARY 1959, THE DATE WHEN THE REGULATION WAS BROUGHT INTO FORCE IN ITS ORIGINAL FORM, THEY ARE NEVERTHELESS GENERAL IN SCOPE SO THAT THEY ALSO APPLY TO THE AMENDED VERSION OF THAT REGULATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO ANNEX G, AS AMENDED BY REGULATION NO 130/63, WITH THE RESERVATION THAT THE DATE WHEN THEIR RULES TAKE EFFECT IS BROUGHT FORWARD TO 1 JANUARY 1964, THE DATE WHEN THAT AMENDMENT ENTERED INTO FORCE . THIS PROVISION IS IN FACT ONLY AN APPLICATION OF THE PRINCIPLE THAT AMENDING LEGISLATION APPLIES, EXCEPT WHERE OTHERWISE PROVIDED, TO THE EFFECTS IN THE FUTURE OF SITUATIONS WHICH HAVE ARISEN UNDER THE LAW AS IT STOOD BEFORE AMENDMENT .
8 AS REGULATION NO 130/63 DOES NOT DISTINGUISH BETWEEN PENSIONS IN RELATION TO WHICH THE RISK MATERIALIZED BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1964 AND THOSE IN RELATION TO WHICH IT MATERIALIZED AFTER THAT DATE, IT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXCEPTION TO THIS PRINCIPLE .
9 IT THEREFORE HAS TO BE ACCEPTED THAT THE NEW RULES TAKE EFFECT AS FROM 1 JANUARY 1964 FOR ALL PENSIONS WITHOUT