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THE COURT ( FIFTH CHAMBER ),
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION REFERRED TO IT BY THE RAAD VAN BEROEP , AMSTERDAM , BY ORDER OF 19 OCTOBER 1984 , HEREBY RULES :
NEITHER ARTICLE 51 OF THE EEC TREATY NOR THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 , AND IN PARTICULAR POINT 2 ( C ) OF PART I OF ANNEX VI THERETO , REQUIRE THAT , WHEN THE PENSION OF A MARRIED MAN IS DETERMINED UNDER THE ALGEMENE OUDERDOMSWET ( GENERAL LAW ON OLD-AGE ), HIS WIFE , WHO AFTER 1 JANUARY 1957 COMPLETED PERIODS IN ACCORDANCE WITH POINT 2 ( C ), MUST BE GRANTED THE ADVANTAGES PROVIDED FOR BY NETHERLANDS LEGISLATION , AND IN PARTICULAR BY THE ROYAL DECREE OF 20 DECEMBER 1956 , IN RESPECT OF PERIODS PRIOR TO THEIR MARRIAGE AND PRIOR TO 1 JANUARY 1957 DURING WHICH SHE NEITHER RESIDED IN THE NETHERLANDS NOR PURSUED AN ACTIVITY AS AN EMPLOYED PERSON IN THAT COUNTRY .