ADVANTAGES WHICH THAT REGULATION EXTENDS TO WORKERS WHO ARE NATIONALS OF OTHER MEMBER STATES ARE ALL THOSE WHICH , WHETHER OR NOT LINKED TO A CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT , ARE GENERALLY GRANTED TO NATIONAL WORKERS PRIMARILY BECAUSE OF THEIR OBJECTIVE STATUS AS WORKERS OR BY VIRTUE OF THE MERE FACT OF THEIR RESIDENCE ON THE NATIONAL TERRITORY AND THE EXTENSION OF WHICH TO WORKERS WHO ARE NATIONALS OF OTHER MEMBER STATES THEREFORE SEEMS SUITABLE TO FACILITATE THEIR MOBILITY WITHIN THE COMMUNITY .
13 CONSEQUENTLY , CHILDBIRTH LOANS SUCH AS THOSE REFERRED TO BY THE NATIONAL COURT SATISFY IN PRINCIPLE THE CRITERIA ENABLING THEM TO BE CLASSIFIED AS SOCIAL ADVANTAGES TO BE GRANTED TO WORKERS OF ALL THE MEMBER STATES WITHOUT ANY DISCRIMINATION WHATEVER ON GROUNDS OF NATIONALITY , IN PARTICULAR IN VIEW OF THEIR AIM WHICH IS TO ALLEVIATE , IN THE CASE OF FAMILIES WITH A LOW INCOME , THE FINANCIAL BURDEN RESULTING FROM THE BIRTH OF A CHILD .
14 THE LANDESKREDITBANK DISPUTES THAT CONCLUSION BY MAINTAINING THAT CHILDBIRTH LOANS , SUCH AS THOSE AT ISSUE , FALL OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE CONCEPT OF ' ' SOCIAL ADVANTAGE ' ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 1612/68 SINCE THEY ARE GRANTED PRINCIPALLY FOR REASONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY IN ORDER TO COUNTERACT THE DECLINE IN THE BIRTH RATE OF THE GERMAN POPULATION . IT IS THEREFORE A MEASURE ADOPTED IN THE AREA OF POLITICAL RIGHTS , NECESSARILY LINKED TO NATIONALITY , AND WHICH AS A RESULT FALLS OUTSIDE THE AMBIT OF ARTICLE 48 ET SEQ . OF THE TREATY AND OF THE RULES ADOPTED TO IMPLEMENT THOSE PROVISIONS .
15 IT SHOULD BE STATED THAT , SINCE THE COMMUNITY HAS NO POWERS IN THE FIELD OF DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY AS SUCH , THE MEMBER STATES ARE PERMITTED , IN PRINCIPLE , TO PURSUE THE ACHIEVEMENT OF THE OBJECTIVES OF SUCH A POLICY , EVEN BY MEANS OF SOCIAL MEASURES . THIS DOES NOT MEAN , HOWEVER , THAT THE COMMUNITY EXCEEDS THE LIMITS OF ITS JURISDICITON SOLELY BECAUSE THE EXERCISE OF ITS JURISDICITON AFFECTS MEASURES ADOPTED IN PURSUANCE OF THAT POLICY . ACCORDINGLY , CHILDBIRTH LOANS OF THAT KIND MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED AS FALLING OUTSIDE THE SCOPE OF THE RULES OF COMMUNITY LAW RELATING TO THE FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS AND , MORE SPECIFICALLY , OF ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION NO 1612/68 , SOLELY BECAUSE THEY ARE GRANTED FOR REASONS OF DEMOGRAPHIC POLICY .
16 THE LANDESKREDITBANK CONTENDS IN ADDITION THAT THE LOANS IN QUESTION CONSTITUTE VOLUNTARY BENEFITS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE BUDGETARY RESOURCES ALLOCATED FOR THAT PURPOSE , WITH THE RESULT THAT NO ENTITLEMENT TO THOSE BENEFITS IS CREATED . SIMILARLY , IT IS PROPER TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE FACT THAT MANY FOREIGN WORKERS RETURN TO THEIR COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN BEFORE THE EXPIRY OF THE PERIOD PRESCRIBED FOR THE REPAYMENT OF THE LOAN , SO THAT THE REPAYMENT IS PUT IN JEOPARDY .
17 HOWEVER ,