25As regards Article 94(2) of Regulation No 1408/71, it must be borne in mind that the expression ‘period of insurance’ used in that provision is defined in Article 1(r) of Regulation No 1408/71 as meaning ‘periods of contribution or periods of employment or self-employment as defined or recognised as periods of insurance by the legislation under which they were completed or considered as completed, and all periods treated as such, where they are regarded by the said legislation as equivalent to periods of insurance’.
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