OF A RIGHT TO BENEFITS WHICH ARE PAYABLE BY PENSION INSURANCE ORGANIZATIONS TO INSURED PERSONS AND THEIR DEPENDANTS AS A RESULT OF THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE CONTRACTED TUBERCULOSIS AND CHIEFLY IN ORDER TO BRING ABOUT THEIR RECOVERY, MUST BE REGARDED AS FORMING PART OF THE LEGISLATION GOVERNING SOCIAL SECURITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 3;
2 . THE SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS WHICH, ALTHOUGH NOT RELATED TO THE " EARNING CAPACITY " OF THE INSURED PERSON, ARE ALSO AWARDED TO THE MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY AND ARE PRINCIPALLY INTENDED TO AID THE RECOVERY OF THE INVALID AND TO PROTECT THOSE WHO ARE IN CONTACT WITH HIM MUST BE REGARDED AS SICKNESS BENEFITS WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 2 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 3 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACQUIRING A RIGHT TO SUCH BENEFITS, THEREFORE, THE AGGREGATION OF THE AFFILIATION PERIODS COMPLETED IN THE VARIOUS MEMBER STATES IS GOVERNED BY ARTICLE 16 ET SEQ . OF REGULATION NO 3 .
3 . FOR THE PURPOSES OF ACQUIRING A RIGHT TO SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS, SOCIAL SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS IN THE MEMBER STATES ARE NOT BOUND TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT AFFILIATION PERIODS COMPLETED IN THIRD COUNTRIES .