28That interpretation is not altered by the fact that the remuneration of the person concerned is provided using public funds since, by analogy with the case-law relating to Article 48 of the Treaty, neither the origin of the funds from which the remuneration is paid, nor the ‘sui generis’ nature of the employment relationship under national law and the level of productivity of the person concerned can have any consequence in regard to whether or not the person is to be regarded as a worker (see, for example, Case 344/87 Bettray [1989] ECR 1621, paragraphs 15 and 16).
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