1 . A BENEFIT SUCH AS THE SOCIAL AID PENSION PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 26 OF ITALIAN LAW NO 153 OF 30 APRIL 1969 WHICH , IN THE FIRST PLACE , CONFERS ON RECIPIENTS A LEGALLY DEFINED STATUS WHICH IS NOT CONDITIONAL UPON ANY DISCRETIONARY INDIVIDUAL ASSESSMENT OF THEIR PERSONAL NEEDS OR CIRCUMSTANCES , AND , SECONDLY , MAY BE PAID AS A SUPPLEMENT TO THE INCOME OF RECIPIENTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS , IN PRINCIPLE FALLS WITHIN THE FIELD OF SOCIAL SECURITY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 51 OF THE EEC TREATY AND IS NOT EXCLUDED FROM THE SCOPE OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 BY THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 4 ( 4 ) THEREOF . 2.A PENSION OF THE KIND PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 26 OF THE ABOVE-MENTIONED ITALIAN LAW IS PAID IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS AND ON THE BASIS OF OBJECTIVE CRITERIA LAID DOWN BY THAT LAW TO ELDERLY NATIONALS IN ORDER TO PROVIDE THEM WITH MINIMUM MEANS OF SUBSISTENCE . SUCH A PENSION MUST THEREFORE BE ASSIMILATED TO AN OLD-AGE BENEFIT WITHIN THE MEANING OF ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) ( C ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 . CONSEQUENTLY , IT IS INCLUDED AMONGST THE BENEFITS REFERRED TO IN THE FIRST SUBPARAGRAPH OF ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) OF REGULATION NO 1408/71 . SINCE REGULATION NO 1408/71 DOES NOT CONTAIN ANY SPECIFIC PROVISIONS RELATING TO THAT PENSION , IT MUST BE RECOGNIZED THAT THE WAIVER OF RESIDENCE CLAUSES PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 10 ( 1 ) OF THAT REGULATION APPLIES TO THE BENEFIT IN QUESTION .