<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><CONCLUSION xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://formex.publications.europa.eu/schema/formex-04.cj-20080212.xd"><BIB.CONCLUSION><REF.CASE FILE="ECRCJ1990ENA.0200025701.case.xml"><NO.CASE>C-324/88</NO.CASE></REF.CASE><NO.CELEX>61988C0324</NO.CELEX><NO.SEQ>0006.0001</NO.SEQ><PAGE.FIRST>258</PAGE.FIRST><PAGE.SEQ>1</PAGE.SEQ><PAGE.LAST>258</PAGE.LAST><PAGE.TOTAL>1</PAGE.TOTAL></BIB.CONCLUSION><CURR.TITLE><LEFT>OPINION OF MR LENZ — CASE C-324/88</LEFT><RIGHT>VELLA AND OTHERS</RIGHT></CURR.TITLE><CONTENTS.CONCLUSION><TITLE><TI><P>Opinion of the Advocate General</P></TI></TITLE><P>Mr Advocate General Lenz delivered his Opinion on <DATE ISO="19891212">12 December 1989</DATE>.<NOTE NOTE.ID="E0001" NUMBERING="STAR"><P>Original language: German.</P></NOTE> He concluded by proposing that the Court should reply as follows to the question submitted to it for a preliminary ruling by the cour du travail, Mons:</P><QUOT.S LEVEL="1"><P><QUOT.START ID="QS0001" REF.END="QE0001" CODE="2018"/>It follows from Article l(r) of Regulation No 3 and Article l(r) of Regulation (EEC) No 1408/71 that the periods which may be treated as periods of insurance are determined solely by reference to domestic legislation.<QUOT.END ID="QE0001" REF.START="QS0001" CODE="2019"/></P></QUOT.S></CONTENTS.CONCLUSION></CONCLUSION>