23In addition, the Court of First Instances interpretation of the last sentence of the second indent of Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations at paragraphs 31 to 36 and 42 of the judgment under appeal deviates from its own case-law, according to which a direct legal tie with the State is required (see Case T-190/03 Olesen v Commission [2005] ECR-SC I-A-181 and II-805, paragraphs 49 to 51; Case T-205/02 Salvador Garíia v Commission [2005] ECR-SC I-A-285 and II-1311, paragraph 55; Case T-83/03 Salazar Brier v Commission [2005] ECR-SC I-A-311 and II-1407, paragraph 45; Case T-298/02 Herrero Romeu v Commission [2005] ECR II-4599 and ECR-SC I-A-295 and II-1349, paragraph 41, and Case T-368/03 De Bustamante Tello v Council [2005] ECR-SC I-A-321 and II-1439, paragraph 42).
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