Paragraph 15 Limits Applying to Assistance by Participant B

to grant assistance with recovery of a claim if it would create serious economic or social difficulties in Participant B, insofar as the laws in force in Participant B allow it to refrain from taking such action for similar national claims;

to grant assistance with a request for information, notification or recovery of a claim, if the initial request applies to claims more than five years old, dating from the date the instrument permitting the recovery was established in accordance with the laws in force in Participant A. If the claim or instrument is contested, the time limit begins from the date it is established that the claim or the instrument may no longer be contested.