MUST BE TAKEN TO MEAN ' THE LEGISLATION APPLICABLE IN THAT MEMBER STATE AS OPPOSED TO THAT APPLICABLE IN A COUNTRY OR TERRITORY WHICH MAINTAINS SPECIAL RELATIONS WITH THAT MEMBER STATE ' .
8 IT DEDUCES FROM THAT INTERPRETATION THAT THE COMMUNITY RULES APPLY EXCLUSIVELY TO THE METROPOLITAN TERRITORIES OF THE MEMBER STATES .
9 IN INTERPRETING THE EXPRESSION ' LEGISLATION ' REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO ARTICLE 1 ( J ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 WHEREBY THAT EXPRESSION MEANS ALL THE LAWS , REGULATIONS , AND OTHER PROVISIONS AND ALL OTHER PRESENT OR FUTURE IMPLEMENTING MEASURES OF EACH MEMBER STATE RELATING TO THE BRANCHES AND SCHEMES OF SOCIAL SECURITY COVERED BY ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) AND ( 2 ); THIS ARTICLE DETERMINES THE MATTERS COVERED BY THE REGULATION , INCLUDING IN PARTICULAR INVALIDITY BENEFITS , WHICH ARE THE SUBJECT-MATTER OF THE APPLICANT ' S CLAIM .
10 THIS DEFINITION IS REMARKABLE FOR ITS BREADTH , INCLUDING AS IT DOES ALL PROVISIONS LAID DOWN BY LAW , REGULATION AND ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION BY THE MEMBER STATES AND MUST BE TAKEN TO COVER ALL THE NATIONAL MEASURES APPLICABLE IN THIS CASE .
11 THIS MUST BE BORNE IN MIND WHEN CONSIDERING WHETHER MEASURES SUCH AS THAT REFERRED TO BY THE NATIONAL COURT FORM PART OF THE CONCEPT OF ' LEGISLATION ( OF A MEMBER STATE ) ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLES 1 ( J ) AND 2 ( 1 ) OF THE REGULATION .
12 IT IS CLEAR FROM THE FILE THAT THE PERSON CONCERNED FIRST ENJOYED THE BENEFIT OF THE COLONIAL DECREE OF 7 AUGUST 1952 GOVERNING THE SICKNESS AND INVALIDITY INSURANCE OF COLONIAL EMPLOYEES , PURSUANT TO WHICH HE WAS GRANTED AN INVALIDITY PENSION .
13 THAT INSURANCE SCHEME WAS GUARANTEED AND RIGHTS ACQUIRED THEREUNDER WERE AFFIRMED BY A BELGIAN LAW OF 16 JUNE 1960 ENSURING THE CONTINUITY OF THE SCHEME INSTITUTED BY THE SAID DECREE OF 7 AUGUST 1952 .
14 MOREOVER , THAT LAW DOES NOT MERELY GUARANTEE BENEFITS ACQUIRED PURSUANT TO THE DECREE BUT , BY WAY OF SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS , SUPPLEMENTS IT BY PROVIDING FOR THE GRANT OF ADDITIONAL BENEFITS ( ARTICLE 5 BIS ) AND IN PARTICULAR ADAPTS IT TO THE COST OF LIVING ACCORDING TO THE RULES IN FORCE IN BELGIUM ( ARTICLE 11 , FINAL PROVISION ).
15 AS A WHOLE , THOSE PROVISIONS THEREFORE CONSTITUTE ' NATIONAL LEGISLATION ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 .
16 FINALLY , NO SPECIAL RULES FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE LEGISLATION IN QUESTION ARE LAID DOWN IN THE ANNEXES TO THE REGULATION .
17 IT IS CLEAR FROM THESE CONSIDERATIONS TAKEN AS A WHOLE THAT THE SECOND QUESTION REFERRED BY THE TRIBUNAL DU TRAVAIL , BRUSSELS , MUST BE ANSWERED TO THE EFFECT THAT ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 IS TO BE INTERPRETED AS APPLYING TO WORKERS WHO ARE OR HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO THE INSURANCE SCHEME INSTITUTED BY THE DECREE OF