24Moreover, that concept must be defined in accordance with objective criteria characterising the employment relationship in view of the rights and duties of the persons concerned. The essential feature of an employment relationship is that, for a certain period of time, a person performs services for and under the direction of another person in return for which he receives remuneration (see Lawrie-Blum, cited above, paragraph 17, Case 344/87 Bettray [1989] ECR 1621, paragraph 12, and Meeusen, cited above, paragraph 13).
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