Keywords
Summary

Keywords

1 . OFFICIALS - REMUNERATION - EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE - OBJECT - CONDITIONS GOVERNING GRANT - CUMULATIVE

( STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , ANNEX VII , ART . 4 ( 1 ))

2 . OFFICIALS - REMUNERATION - EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE - LACK OF ENTITLEMENT - HABITUAL RESIDENCE OUTSIDE THE MEMBER STATE TO WHICH THE OFFICIAL IS POSTED - TEMPORARY RESIDENCE OUTSIDE THAT STATE - CIRCUMSTANCES NOT AFFECTING HABITUAL NATURE OF RESIDENCE

( STAFF REGULATIONS OF OFFICIALS , ANNEX VII , ART . 4 ( 1 ))

Summary

1 . THE EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE IS INTENDED TO COMPENSATE OFFICIALS FOR THE SPECIAL EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE RESULTING FROM TAKING UP EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND BEING THEREBY OBLIGED TO CHANGE THEIR RESIDENCE . AN OFFICIAL WHO IS NOT AND HAS NEVER BEEN A NATIONAL OF THE STATE IN WHOSE TERRITORY THE PLACE WHERE HE IS EMPLOYED IS SITUATED CAN THEREFORE CLAIM THE ALLOWANCE ONLY IF HE HAS NEITHER HABITUALLY RESIDED NOR CARRIED ON HIS MAIN OCCUPATION WITHIN THE EUROPEAN TERRITORY OF THAT STATE .

2 . SPORADIC AND BRIEF ABSENCES FROM THE COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT , NOT ACCOMPANIED BY AN INTENTION ON THE PART OF THE PERSON CONCERNED TO ESTABLISH THE PERMANENT CENTRE OF HIS INTERESTS IN ANOTHER STATE , CANNOT BE CONSIDERED SUFFICIENT TO DEPRIVE THE OFFICIAL ' S RESIDENCE IN THE STATE OF EMPLOYMENT OF ITS HABITUAL NATURE WITHIN THE MEANING OF THE STAFF REGULATION AND THUS ENTITLE HIM TO PAYMENT OF THE EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE .