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ON THOSE GROUNDS ,
THE COURT ( FIRST CHAMBER )
IN ANSWER TO THE QUESTION REFERRED TO IT BY THE COUR DE CASSATION OF FRANCE BY JUDGMENT OF 26 MAY 1976 , HEREBY RULES :
PURSUANT TO REGULATION NO 1408/71 OF THE COUNCIL OF 14 JUNE 1971 , A NATIONAL LAW WHICH , IN A MEMBER STATE , GIVES A LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO ALLOWANCES FOR HANDICAPPED ADULTS TO THE NATIONALS OF THAT STATE WHO RESIDE THERE ALSO APPLIES TO A HANDICAPPED ADULT NATIONAL OF ANOTHER MEMBER STATE WHO HAS NEVER WORKED IN THE STATE WHICH ADOPTED THE LEGISLATION IN QUESTION , BUT WHO RESIDES THERE AND IS DEPENDANT UPON HIS FATHER WHO IS EMPLOYED THERE AS A WORKER WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE SAID REGULATION .