CELEX: 62015CA0005
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-5/15: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 7 April 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof Amsterdam — Netherlands) — AK (*) v Achmea Schadeverzekeringen NV, Stichting Achmea Rechtsbijstand (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Legal expenses insurance — Directive 87/344/EEC — Article 4(1) — Free choice of lawyer for an insured person — Inquiry or proceedings — Definition — Objection to refusal of authorisation for care)

13.6.2016   
               
               
                  EN
               
               
                  Official Journal of the European Union
               
               
                  C 211/18
               
            
         Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 7 April 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Gerechtshof Amsterdam — Netherlands) —  AK (*1) v Achmea Schadeverzekeringen NV, Stichting Achmea Rechtsbijstand
         (Case C-5/15) (1)
         
         ((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Legal expenses insurance - Directive 87/344/EEC - Article 4(1) - Free choice of lawyer for an insured person - Inquiry or proceedings - Definition - Objection to refusal of authorisation for care))
         (2016/C 211/22)
         Language of the case: Dutch
         
            Referring court
         
         Gerechtshof Amsterdam
         
            Parties to the main proceedings
         
         
            Applicant: AK (*1)
         
         
            Defendants: Achmea Schadeverzekeringen NV, Stichting Achmea Rechtsbijstand
         
            Operative part of the judgment
         
         Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 87/344/EEC of 22 June 1987 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to legal expenses insurance must be interpreted as meaning that the term ‘inquiry’ referred to in that provision covers the stage of an objection before a public body during which that body gives a decision against which an action may be brought before the courts.
         
            (*1)  Information erased or replaced within the framework of protection of personal data and/or confidentiality.
         
            (1)  OJ C 107, 30.3.2015.