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1 . SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS - AFFILIATION TO A SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME - CONDITIONS - APPLICATION OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION - DISCRIMINATION ON GROUNDS OF NATIONALITY - PROHIBITED

2 . SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS - OLD-AGE AND LIFE INSURANCE - SPECIAL PROCEDURES FOR APPLYING NETHERLANDS LEGISLATION ON GENERAL OLD-AGE INSURANCE - PERIODS REFERRED TO IN ANNEX VI, PART I, POINT 2 ( C ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 - WHETHER THEY ARE TO BE REGARDED AS INSURANCE PERIODS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE TIME-LIMIT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF AN APPLICATION TO PAY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS - NO

( EEC TREATY, ART . 51; COUNCIL REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71, ANNEX VI, PART I, POINT 2 ( C )*)

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1 . IT IS FOR THE LEGISLATURE OF EACH MEMBER STATE TO LAY DOWN THE CONDITIONS CREATING THE RIGHT OR THE OBLIGATION TO BECOME AFFILIATED TO A SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME OR TO A PARTICULAR BRANCH UNDER SUCH A SCHEME, PROVIDED ALWAYS THAT IN THIS CONNECTION THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION BETWEEN NATIONALS OF THE HOST STATE AND NATIONALS OF THE OTHER MEMBER STATES .

2 . NEITHER ARTICLE 51 OF THE EEC TREATY NOR ANY PROVISION OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 REQUIRES THE PERIODS REFERRED TO IN POINT 2 ( C ) OF PART 1 OF ANNEX VI TO THAT REGULATION TO BE REGARDED AS INSURANCE PERIODS FOR THE PURPOSE OF DETERMINING THE PERIOD WITHIN WHICH AN APPLICATION TO PAY VOLUNTARY CONTRIBUTIONS UNDER NATIONAL LEGISLATION MAY BE SUBMITTED .