NOVEMBER 1944 AND 1 JANUARY 1957 . THE PERIOD OF NINE YEARS BETWEEN HER 15TH BIRTHDAY AND THE DATE OF HER MARRIAGE WAS NOT TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT . THAT IS THE PERIOD WHICH IS AT ISSUE IN THE MAIN PROCEEDINGS .
10 WITH REGARD TO THAT PERIOD , THE CENTRALE RAAD VAN BEROEP ASKS WHETHER , IN THE CASE OF A MARRIED WOMAN , ALL PERIODS OF RESIDENCE IN THE NETHERLANDS , EVEN PERIODS BEFORE HER MARRIAGE , SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT AS PERIODS OF INSURANCE UNDER POINT 2 ( A ) OF PART I OF ANNEX VI TO REGULATION NO 1408/71 . IN THAT RESPECT IT POINTS OUT IN PARTICULAR THAT IT IS THE VERZEKERINGSBANK ' S GENERAL PRACTICE TO APPLY POINT 2 ( A ) TO MARRIED WOMEN WHO ARE EMPLOYED , ON THE GROUND THAT IT WOULD BE UNJUST , IN RELATION TO WOMEN WHO THEMSELVES FALL WITHIN THE SCOPE RATIONE PERSONAE OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 , NOT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT PERIODS WHICH , IN THE CASE OF A SINGLE WOMAN , WOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT UNDER POINT 2 ( A ). IN THE LIGHT OF THAT PRACTICE , THE CENTRALE RAAD VAN BEROEP ASKS WHETHER MRS SPRUYT ALSO FALLS WITHIN THE SCOPE RATIONE PERSONAE OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY OF A WORKER AND WHETHER SHE IS A ' RECIPIENT ' WITHIN THE MEANING OF POINT 2 ( A ).
11 THE CENTRALE RAAD VAN BEROEP THEREFORE REFERRED THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS TO THE COURT OF JUSTICE FOR A PRELIMINARY RULING :
' ( 1 ) IS A MARRIED WOMAN ( WHO CANNOT BE REGARDED AS AN EMPLOYED PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 1 ( A ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 ) WHOSE INSURANCE RECORD , UNDER THE NATIONAL LEGISLATION ON OLD-AGE PENSIONS , HELPS TO DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF THE OLD-AGE PENSION FOR MARRIED COUPLES TO BE AWARDED TO HER HUSBAND ( WHO IS AN EMPLOYED PERSON WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 1 ( A ) OF THE REGULATION ) TO BE REGARDED AS A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 1 ( F ) OF THE REGULATION?
( 2)IF SO , IS REGULATION NO 1408/71 - IN THE LIGHT OF THE PROVISIONS OF ANNEX V , PART H , ( NOW ANNEX VI , PART I ) POINT 2 ( A ), OF THE REGULATION - APPLICABLE TO SUCH A MARRIED WOMAN?
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12 WITH REGARD TO THE FIRST QUESTION IT MUST BE OBSERVED - AS THE VERZEKERINGSBANK , THE NETHERLANDS GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMISSION HAVE EMPHASIZED - THAT THE PROVISIONS OF ANNEX VI , PART I , POINT 2 OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 , WHICH WERE DRAFTED WITH THE OLD-AGE LAW SPECIFICALLY IN MIND AND WERE INTENDED TO SUPPLEMENT THAT LAW , MUST BE INTERPRETED IN THE LIGHT OF THE SCHEME AND PROVISIONS OF THE OLD-AGE LAW . UNDER THE SCHEME OF THE OLD-AGE LAW , AS DESCRIBED ABOVE , A MARRIED WOMAN