Questão jurídica principal
Whether B. met the reglementary requirements for beneficiary status under the concubinage clause.
Decisão extraída
The lower court applied an overly restrictive test. Under the wording of the regulation, decisive is whether the partners had agreed to mutual support and had lived together for five uninterrupted years; the matter had not been sufficiently clarified.
Fundamentação extraída
The regulation did not require proof of substantial unilateral support. The case had to be remitted for further findings on whether a mutual support commitment existed, which need not be in writing and may arise orally or from circumstances.