CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF ANNEX VII TO THE STAFF REGULATIONS ARE FULFILLED IN HIS CASE . DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD, HE LEFT THE GRAND DUCHY WITHOUT MAINTAINING ANY CONNECTION WITH IT OR LEAVING PROPERTY THERE . BY RETURNING TO ITALY, HE TERMINATED HIS PERIOD OF RESIDENCE IN THE GRAND DUCHY, CEASING TO BE AFFILIATED TO THE LUXEMBOURG SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEME AND EVEN CHOOSING NOT TO CONTINUE THAT AFFILIATION ON A VOLUNTARY BASIS WITH A VIEW TO A POSSIBLE RETURN TO LUXEMBOURG . IT WAS ONLY WHEN HE DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND EMPLOYMENT IN OR AROUND REGGIO CALABRIA THAT HE MADE CONTACT WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT WITH A VIEW TO A POSSIBLE RETURN .
9 IT MUST BE OBSERVED FIRST THAT THE APPLICANT RESIDED IN LUXEMBOURG AND CARRIED ON OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITIES THERE DURING THE ENTIRE REFERENCE PERIOD WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST FOUR MONTHS .
10 IT SHOULD ALSO BE BORNE IN MIND THAT, AS THE COURT HAS CONSISTENTLY HELD, THE OBJECT OF THE EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE IS TO COMPENSATE OFFICIALS FOR THE EXTRA EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE OF TAKING UP EMPLOYMENT WITH THE COMMUNITIES AND BEING THEREBY OBLIGED TO CHANGE THEIR RESIDENCE AND MOVE TO THE COUNTRY OF EMPLOYMENT ( SEE THE JUDGMENT OF 2 MAY 1985 IN CASE 246/83 DE ANGELIS V COMMISSION (( 1985 )) ECR 1253 ).
11 IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE PROBLEM ARISES WHETHER THE APPLICANT' S RETURN TO ITALY FOUR MONTHS BEFORE THE END OF THE REFERENCE PERIOD WITH THE INTENTION OF REMAINING THERE IS SUFFICIENT TO JUSTIFY THE CONCLUSION THAT THE EXTRA EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE FOR WHICH THE EXPATRIATION ALLOWANCE IS INTENDED TO COMPENSATE WERE INVOLVED IN THIS CASE .
12 IN THAT REGARD, THE FACT THAT THE APPLICANT' S ABSENCE FROM LUXEMBOURG DURING THE REFERENCE PERIOD WAS FOR A PERIOD OF LESS THAN SIX MONTHS IS NOT RELEVANT . THE CONDITIONS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 4 ( 1 ) ( A ) OF ANNEX VII MAY BE FULFILLED EVEN WHERE THE ABSENCE IS OF SHORT DURATION, PROVIDED THAT THE MOVE BY THE PERSON CONCERNED TO THE PLACE OF EMPLOYMENT AFTER SUCH AN ABSENCE IS NONE THE LESS SUCH AS TO GIVE RISE TO EXTRA EXPENSE AND INCONVENIENCE .
13 THAT IS NOT SO, HOWEVER, IN THIS CASE . AT THE TIME WHEN HE TOOK UP HIS DUTIES, THE APPLICANT WAS ACCUSTOMED TO LIVING AND RESIDING IN LUXEMBOURG . ON HIS RETURN TO LUXEMBOURG, HE WENT TO LIVE IN THE FLAT WHICH HE HAD LEFT AT THE BEGINNING OF 1985, THE FURNITURE IN WHICH BELONGED TO A FRIEND . WHATEVER MAY HAVE BEEN THE APPLICANT' S INTENTIONS WHEN HE LEFT THE GRAND DUCHY, THE COURSE OF EVENTS, VIEWED WITH THE BENEFIT OF HINDSIGHT, SHOWS THAT HE INTERRUPTED HIS PERIOD OF RESIDENCE AND OCCUPATIONAL ACTIVITY IN LUXEMBOURG ONLY IN ORDER TO ASSIST HIS MOTHER, WHO WAS ILL, FOR A FEW MONTHS .
14 IN THOSE CIRCUMSTANCES, IT HAS NOT BEEN PROVED THAT THE APPLICANT