Selv om artikel 94 i forordning nr. 1408/71 med overskriften »Overgangsbestemmelser for arbejdstagere« ikke henviser udtrykkeligt til enhver periode »med selvstændig virksomhed« i stk. 2, fastslog Domstolen i præmis 25 i sin dom af 7.2.2002, sag C-28/00, Kauer, Sml. I, s. 1343, at »[v]edrørende artikel 94, stk. 2, i forordning nr. 1408/71 bemærkes, at udtrykket »forsikringsperiode«, der forekommer i bestemmelsen, er defineret i forordningens artikel 1, litra r), som »bidrags- eller beskæftigelsesperioder eller perioder med selvstændig virksomhed, der i den lovgivning, hvorefter de er tilbagelagt [...], betegnes eller anerkendes som forsikringsperioder [...]««.
I take the view that, notwithstanding the fact that Article 94 of Regulation No 1408/71, entitled ‘Transitional provisions for employed persons’, does not expressly mention, in paragraph 2 thereof, periods of ‘self-employment’, the Court held, in paragraph 25 of its judgment in Case C‐28/00 Kauer [2002] ECR I‐1343, that ‘[a]s 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 ...’.EurLex-2 EurLex-2