37In that regard, it should be recalled that, according to Article 4(1)(a) of Annex VII to the Staff Regulations, the expatriation allowance is paid to officials, pursuant to the first indent of that provision, ‘who are not and have never been nationals of the State in whose territory the place where they are employed is situated’ and, pursuant to the second indent, ‘who during the five years ending six months before they entered the service did not habitually reside or carry on their main occupation within the European territory of that State’.