Under Article 5.3, an employee who is transferred by his or her employer in one country to work in the other country for 5 years or less will continue to be covered under the Social Security system of the first country and will be exempt from coverage in the host country. Article 17.3 provides that the 5-year period will be measured beginning no earlier than the date the Agreement enters into force. Thus, for persons to whom Article 5.3 applies who were transferred to the other country before the effective date of the Agreement, that prior period will not be counted for purposes of the 5-year limit.
