26It is settled law that payment of the expatriation allowance is conditional on an official's not having habitually resided or carried on his main occupation during the reference period on the European territory of the State where he is employed (Case 21/74 Airola v Commission [1975] ECR 221, paragraph 6; Case 37/74 Van den Broeck v Commission [1975] ECR 235, paragraph 6; De Angelis v Commission, paragraph 14; Costacurta Gelabert v Commission, paragraph 44; and Benzler v Commission, paragraph 16).
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