1. A contributor subject to the Latter Law who has a previous contribution period during which he was subject to the Former Law may request that such period be aggregated to his contribution period under the Latter Law.

2. If a contributor returns to a job subject to the Former Law following the termination of his work subject to the Latter Law, the law governing his new job shall be also deemed as a Latter Law in the application of this Law concerning the latter period.

3. A contributor shall have the right to request aggregation of periods in accordance with the provisions of the preceding two paragraphs, even if his contribution period under the Two Laws has expired before the entry into force of this Law, provided that he meets the conditions stipulated in Article (3) of this Law.

4. This law shall not prejudice the rights acquired by a contributor (who chose aggregation) in the Former Law in case he is not entitled to a pension in accordance with the Latter Law.

• 1- The participant must not have received a bonus or pension under the first system for the subscription period requested to be merged.

• 2- The subscription period in the first system must not be less than one year.

• 3- The participant's age must not exceed 59 years at the time of the merger request.

• 4- The pension in the first system must not have been due to disability.

• 5- The participant must express his desire to request the merger of his subscription periods in the first system with his subscription periods in the latest system before the end of his service in the latest system.

• 6- The merged subscription periods must not be periods that complete the entitlement to a retirement pension before reaching the age of sixty in the latest system; rather, the participant must complete the period required by this system, unless the reasons for the merger result from transformation or privatization, or the termination of service is due to death, disability, or coordination from service. In the case of a merger resulting from transformation or privatization, it is not permissible to combine the retirement pension with the salary of the position covered by either the civil or military retirement systems, or the wage of the position covered by the Social Insurance system.