CELEX: 62014CN0460
Language: en
Date: 2014-10-06 00:00:00
Title: Case C-460/14: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 6 October 2014  — Johannes Evert Antonius Massar v DAS Nederlandse Rechtsbijstand Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV

15.12.2014   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               C 448/12
            
         Request for a preliminary ruling from the Hoge Raad der Nederlanden (Netherlands) lodged on 6 October 2014 — Johannes Evert Antonius Massar v DAS Nederlandse Rechtsbijstand Verzekeringsmaatschappij NV
   (Case C-460/14)
   (2014/C 448/15)
   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
   
      Questions referred
   
   
               1)
            
            
               Must the term ‘inquiry’ in Article 4(1)(a) of Council Directive 87/344/EEC (1) of 22 June 1987 on the coordination of laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to legal expenses insurance be interpreted as covering the procedure before the UWV [Uitvoeringsinstituut Werknemersverzekeringen (Employee Insurance Agency)], in which the employer requests a dismissal permit in order to bring to an end the employment contract with the employee (who is covered by legal expenses insurance)?
            
         
               2)
            
            
               If the answer to Question 1 depends on the characteristics of the specific procedure, in combination, if necessary, with the facts and circumstances of the case, on the basis of which characteristics, facts and circumstances must the national court then determine whether that procedure is to be regarded as constituting an inquiry within the meaning of Article 4(1)(a) of the Directive?
            
         
      (1)  OJ 1987 L 185, p. 77.