CONDITION . IF THAT PERSON CONTINUES TO WORK IN THE UNITED KINGDOM HE CANNOT THEREFORE CLAIM , IN THE EVENT OF ILLNESS , TO RECEIVE THE CASH SICKNESS BENEFITS WHICH THE LEGISLATION AWARDS TO WORKERS .
4 THAT SITUATION COULD BE REMEDIED ONLY IF AFFILIATION IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE BEFORE PENSIONABLE AGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM WERE TREATED AS EQUIVALENT TO AFFILIATION IN THE LATTER MEMBER STATE . THE ISSUE BETWEEN THE PARTIES TO THE DISPUTE AMOUNTS IN SUBSTANCE TO THE QUESTION WHETHER OR NOT COMMUNITY LAW , AND IN PARTICULAR REGULATION NO 1612/68 OR REGULATION NO 1408/71 , PROVIDES FOR SUCH EQUIVALENCE . IT IS WITH A VIEW TO RESOLVING THE PROBLEM STATED IN THIS WAY THAT THE VARIOUS QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN REFERRED TO THE COURT FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING .
5 THE FIRST QUESTION ASKS WHETHER ' ' IN THE CASE OF A WORKER WHO IS A NATIONAL OF ONE MEMBER STATE ( IN THIS CASE THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND ) IN WHICH SHE IS UNDER PENSIONABLE AGE AND WHERE SHE HAD PAID SOCIAL WELFARE CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS SICKNESS AND OTHER BENEFITS IS ENTITLED ON ENTERING ON EMPLOYMENT AS AN EMPLOYED EARNER IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE , NAMELY THE UNITED KINGDOM , WHERE SHE IS OVER PENSIONABLE AGE , TO PAY THE SAME FULL SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS SICKNESS AND OTHER BENEFITS IN THAT OTHER MEMBER STATE AS A NATIONAL OF THAT OTHER MEMBER STATE WHO IS RESIDENT THERE AND WHO ENTERED ON EMPLOYMENT AND PAID FULL INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS THERE WHILE UNDER PENSIONABLE AGE AND HAS CONTINUED TO PAY SUCH CONTRIBUTIONS WHILE OVER PENSIONABLE AGE EITHER BY VIRTUE OF
( A ) ARTICLE 7 ( 2 ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1612/68 OR
( B ) ARTICLE 3 OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 OR
( C ) SOME OTHER PROVISION OF THE EEC LEGISLATION ' ' .
6 IT SHOULD FIRST OF ALL BE NOTED THAT THE PRINCIPAL AIM OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1612/68 OF 15 OCTOBER 1968 IS TO ENSURE THAT IN EACH MEMBER STATE WORKERS FROM THE OTHER MEMBER STATES RECEIVE TREATMENT WHICH IS NOT DISCRIMINATORY BY COMPARISON WITH THAT OF NATIONAL WORKERS BY PROVIDING FOR THE SYSTEMATIC APPLICATION OF THE RULE OF NATIONAL TREATMENT AS FAR AS ALL CONDITIONS OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK ARE CONCERNED . IT IS NOT THE PURPOSE OF THAT REGULATION TO CREATE RIGHTS BY VIRTUE OF INSURANCE PERIODS COMPLETED IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE IF SUCH RIGHTS , IN THE CASE OF THE NATIONALS OF THE HOST STATE , DO NOT DERIVE FROM NATIONAL PROVISIONS . THERE ARE THEREFORE NO GROUNDS FOR HAVING RECOURSE TO THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION NO 1612/68 IN A CASE SUCH AS THIS .
7 AS FAR AS REGULATION NO 1408/71 IS CONCERNED THE FIRST QUESTION AMOUNTS IN SUBSTANCE TO ASKING WHETHER THAT REGULATION GIVES A WORKER IN THE CLAIMANT ' S SITUATION THE RIGHT TO BE AFFILIATED TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME OF THE MEMBER STATE TO WHICH HE GOES TO WORK