37In the second place, in so far as the referring court is unsure, in particular, as to the existence, in the main proceedings, of a relationship of subordination, in accordance with the case-law of the Court regarding the concept of ‘worker’, because the degree of dependency or subordination of a director, such as the one in question in the main proceedings, in the exercise of his functions is of a lesser intensity than that of a worker within the usual meaning under German law, it must be observed that whether such a relationship of subordination exists must, in each particular case, be assessed on the basis of all the factors and circumstances characterising the relationship between the parties (see, to that effect, judgment in Danosa C‑232/09, EU:C:2010:674, paragraph 46).
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