CELEX: 62014CA0460
Language: en
Date: 2016-04-07 00:00:00
Title: Case C-460/14: Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 7 April 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Johannes Evert Antonius Massar v DAS Nederlandse Rechtsbijstand Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV (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 — Authorisation granted by a public body to an employer for the purpose of terminating an employment contract)

13.6.2016   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 211/13
            
         
      Judgment of the Court (Tenth Chamber) of 7 April 2016 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden — Netherlands) — Johannes Evert Antonius Massar v DAS Nederlandse Rechtsbijstand Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV
      (Case C-460/14) (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 - Authorisation granted by a public body to an employer for the purpose of terminating an employment contract))
      (2016/C 211/14)
      Language of the case: Dutch
      
         Referring court
      
      Hoge Raad der Nederlanden
      
         Parties to the main proceedings
      
      
         Applicant: Johannes Evert Antonius Massar
      
         Defendant: DAS Nederlandse Rechtsbijstand Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV
      
         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 includes a procedure at the end of which a public body authorises an employer to dismiss an employee who is covered by legal expenses insurance.
      
         (1)  OJ C 448, 15.12.2014.