45In the second place, where, as in the present case, the national legislation applies to child-raising periods completed before the date of application in the Member State in question of Regulation No 1408/71, the determination of a pension entitlement arising after Austria's accession to the European Union, even on the basis of periods of insurance completed before that date, must be carried out by the Austrian authorities in accordance with Community law and, in particular, in accordance with the provisions of the Treaty relating to the free movement of workers or again the freedom of every citizen of the Union to move and reside in the territory of the Member States (see, to that effect, Elsen, cited above, paragraph 33).
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