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1 . SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS - HANDICAPPED PERSONS - GRANT OF BENEFITS PROVIDED BY NATIONAL LEGISLATIONS - CHARACTER - BENEFITS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 - CRITERIA

2 . SOCIAL SECURITY FOR MIGRANT WORKERS - REGULATION NO 1408/71 - MORE FAVOURABLE TO THOSE ENTITLED, AS COMPARED WITH THE EUROPEAN INTERIM AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES OF 11 . 12 . 1953 - PRECEDENCE

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1 . THE BENEFITS MENTIONED IN ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 OF THE COUNCIL OF 14 JUNE 1971 EMBRACE THOSE PROVIDED BY THE NATIONAL PROVISIONS GRANTING BENEFITS TO HANDICAPPED PERSONS, INSOFAR AS THESE PROVISIONS RELATE TO WORKERS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 1 ( A ) OF THIS REGULATION AND CONFER UPON THEM A LEGALLY PROTECTED ENTITLEMENT TO THE GRANT OF THESE BENEFITS .

2 . IN THE FRAMEWORK OF ITS FIELD OF APPLICATION TO PERSONS AND TO MATTERS COVERED, REGULATION NO 1408/71 TAKES PRECEDENCE OVER THE EUROPEAN INTERIM AGREEMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES IN RESPECT OF OLD AGE, INVALIDITY AND SURVIVORS SIGNED IN PARIS ON 11 DECEMBER 1953 AND REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7 ( 1 ) ( B ) OF THE REGULATION, INSOFAR AS IT IS MORE FAVOURABLE FOR THOSE ENTITLED, THAN THE AGREEMENT .