48With particular regard to the concept of habitual residence, this has been consistently interpreted by the case-law as being the place where the official concerned has established, with the intention that it should be of a lasting character, the permanent or habitual centre of his interests. In addition, irrespective of the purely quantitative element of the time spent by the person in a particular country, residence implies not only the actual fact of living in a given place, but also the intention of thereby achieving the continuity which stems from a stable way of life and from the course of normal social relations (see judgment of 16 May 2007, F v Commission, T‑324/04, EU:T:2007:140, paragraph 48 and the case-law cited).
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