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1 . FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS - WORKERS - SOCIAL SECURITY - PERIODS ASSIMILATED TO INSURANCE PERIODS - REFERENCE TO NATIONAL LAW

( REGULATION NO 3, ARTICLE 1(R ))

2 . FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS - WORKERS - OLD-AGE AND DEATH ( PENSIONS ) INSURANCE - APPLICATION OF GERMAN LEGISLATION - TAKING INTO ACCOUNT OF ' SUBSTITUTE PERIODS ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF THAT LEGISLATION - GERMAN INSTITUTIONS NOT OBLIGED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A PERIOD COMPLETED UNDER THE LEGISLATION OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE ( REGULATION NO 3, ARTICLE 28, ANNEX G )

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1 . IN SO FAR AS IT TAKES ' ASSIMILATED PERIODS ' INTO ACCOUNT, REGULATION NO 3 INTENDS NEITHER TO MODIFY NOR SUPPLEMENT NATIONAL LAW, PROVIDED THAT THE LATTER OBSERVES THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 48 TO 51 OF THE EEC TREATY . IN PARTICULAR, REGULATION NO 3 REFERS TO THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH NATIONAL LAW WILL REGARD A GIVEN PERIOD AS BEING EQUIVALENT TO INSURANCE PERIODS PROPERLY SO-CALLED .

2 . ARTICLE 28 OF REGULATION NO 3 OF THE COUNCIL OF THE EEC CONCERNING SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS, TOGETHER WITH ANNEX G THERETO, DOES NOT REQUIRE THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A PERIOD COMPLETED UNDER THE LEGISLATION OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE IN DETERMINING WHETHER ' SUBSTITUTE PERIODS ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF GERMAN LEGISLATION MUST BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT .