LAST EMPLOYED IS APPLICABLE WITH REGARD TO SICKNESS BENEFIT BY VIRTUE OF ARTICLE 13 ( 2 ) ( A ) OF REGULATION ( EEC ) NO 1408/71 OF THE COUNCIL OF 14 JUNE 1971 . THE COMPETENT INSTITUTION OR INSTITUTIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES ARE COMPETENT TO AGGREGATE THE INSURANCE PERIODS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 18 OF THAT REGULATION .
2.INVALIDITY BENEFIT DUE UNDER THE LEGISLATION OF A MEMBER STATE FOLLOWING A PERIOD OF INCAPACITY FOR WORK DURING WHICH THE WORKER RECEIVED BENEFITS IN RESPECT OF THAT INCAPACITY , INCLUDING BENEFIT FROM ANOTHER MEMBER STATE , WHICH IS TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 40 ( 3 ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 MAY , WHERE APPROPRIATE , BE VALIDLY REDUCED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 46 ( 3 ) OF THAT REGULATION .