Keywords
Summary

Keywords

++++

Officials - Final termination of service - Allowance - Weightings - Aim - Concept of residence - Centre of interests - Determination

( Council Regulation No 1679/85, Art . 3 ( 3 ) )

Summary

The concept of residence which makes it possible to determine, in accordance with Article 3 ( 3 ) of Regulation No . 1679/85, the weighting applicable to the allowance to which an official is entitled pursuant to that regulation on final termination of service must be understood as meaning the place in which the formal official has in fact established the centre of his interests . The weightings are designed to ensure that all former officials receive benefits which have the same purchasing power, irrespective of their place of residence .

In furnishing proof of residence, the person concerned may refer to all the factual circumstances which constitute residence and furnish whatever evidence he considers appropriate . Although an uninterrupted stay for most of the year or an official residence permit may, in that regard, constitute evidence of actual residence, those factors cannot in themselves be decisive where other evidence suggests that the centre of the former official' s interests is located elsewhere .