REFERRED TO IT BY THE TRIBUNAL DU TRAVAIL OF NIVELLES BY ORDER OF THAT COURT DATED 13 JANUARY 1975, HEREBY RULES :
THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 MUST BE INTERPRETED AS MEANING
( A ) THAT THEY INCLUDE A NATIONAL LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM WHICH PROVIDES A LEGALLY PROTECTED RIGHT TO BENEFITS FOR THE HANDICAPPED;
( B ) THAT IN APPLYING SUCH A SYSTEM THE HANDICAPPED CHILD OF A WORKER MUST NOT, AS COMPARED WITH THE NATIONALS OF THE STATE OF RESIDENCE, BE LESS FAVOURABLY TREATED BY REASON ONLY OF THE FACT THAT HE DOES NOT POSSESS THE NATIONALITY OF THAT STATE;
( C ) THAT IN THE CASE OF A HANDICAPPED CHILD WHO FROM HIS MINORITY FULFILS THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO QUALIFY FOR BENEFITS FOR THE HANDICAPPED AS A MEMBER OF AN EMPLOYED PERSON'S FAMILY, THE EQUALITY OF TREATMENT CANNOT CEASE AT THE END OF HIS MINORITY IF THE CHILD BY REASON OF HIS HANDICAP IS PREVENTED FROM HIMSELF ACQUIRING THE STATUS OF AN EMPLOYED PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE REGULATION .