AMENDED ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1983 , L 230 , P . 8 ),
Grounds
1 BY AN ORDER OF 19 OCTOBER 1984 WHICH WAS RECEIVED AT THE COURT ON 29 OCTOBER 1984 , THE RAAD VAN BEROEP , AMSTERDAM , REFERRED TO THE COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING UNDER ARTICLE 177 OF THE EEC TREATY A QUESTION CONCERNING THE INTERPRETATION OF ARTICLE 51 OF THE EEC TREATY AND ANNEX VI , PART I , POINT 2 OF COUNCIL REGULATION NO 1408/71 ON THE APPLICATION OF SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES TO EMPLOYED PERSONS , TO SELF-EMPLOYED PERSONS AND TO MEMBERS OF THEIR FAMILIES MOVING WITHIN THE COMMUNITY , AS AMENDED ( OFFICIAL JOURNAL 1983 , L 230 , P . 8 ). THE PURPOSE OF THE QUESTION IS TO ENABLE THE RAAD VAN BEROEP TO DETERMINE THE PERIODS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN RESPECT OF A MARRIED WOMAN FOR THE PURPOSES OF THE CALCULATION OF THE OLD-AGE PENSION PAYABLE UNDER THE NETHERLANDS ALGEMENE OUDERDOMSWET ( GENERAL LAW ON OLD-AGE , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE OLD-AGE LAW ' ).
2 THE QUESTION WAS RAISED IN AN ACTION BETWEEN G . J . J . DE JONG , AN EMPLOYED PERSON OF NETHERLANDS NATIONALITY , AND THE BESTUUR VAN DE SOCIAL VERZEKERINGSBANK ( HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE VERZEKERINGSBANK ' ), AMSTERDAM . THE ACTION RELATES TO THE CALCULATION OF THE OLD-AGE PENSION PAYABLE TO A MARRIED MAN UNDER THE OLD-AGE LAW , TO WHICH MR DE JONG IS ENTITLED .
3 THE OLD-AGE LAW PROVIDES THAT ANY PERSON WHO RESIDES IN THE NETHERLANDS AND ANY PERSON WHO IS LIABLE TO INCOME TAX IN RESPECT OF PAID EMPLOYMENT PURSUED IN THE NETHERLANDS IS INSURED UNDER THE GENERAL OLD-AGE INSURANCE SCHEME . IN ADDITION , A ROYAL DECREE OF 19 OCTOBER 1976 PROVIDES THAT ANY PERSON IN RECEIPT OF BENEFITS UNDER THE WET OP DE ARBEIDSONGESCHIKTHEIDSVERZEKERING ( LAW ON INSURANCE AGAINST INCAPACITY FOR WORK , HEREINAFTER REFERRED TO AS ' THE LAW ON INCAPACITY FOR WORK ' ), IS INSURED UNDER THE OLD-AGE LAW . THE AMOUNT OF THE OLD-AGE PENSION UNDER THE OLD-AGE LAW IS DETERMINED ON THE BASIS OF THE NUMBER OF YEARS OF INSURANCE COMPLETED BY A PENSIONER BETWEEN HIS 15TH AND 65TH BIRTHDAYS . ACCORDING TO THE OLD-AGE LAW , AS IT APPLIED AT THE MATERIAL TIME , A MARRIED WOMAN IS NOT ENTITLED TO AN OLD-AGE PENSION . HER HUSBAND IS ENTITLED TO A MARRIED MAN ' S OLD-AGE PENSION , WHICH IS CALCULATED ON THE BASIS OF THE INSURANCE PERIODS COMPLETED BY HIMSELF AND HIS WIFE . IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF THE PENSION , THE FULL MARRIED MAN ' S PENSION IS REDUCED BY 1% FOR EACH YEAR FOR WHICH HE OR HIS WIFE WAS UNINSURED . IN THE CASE OF A SINGLE PERSON ' S PENSION , THERE IS A REDUCTION OF 2% FOR EACH UNINSURED YEAR .
4 THE OLD-AGE LAW CONTAINS TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS WHICH , IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES , ENABLE PERIODS