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) — Gökhan Büyüktipi 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: Gökhan Büyüktipi
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) OJ C 107, 30.3.2015.
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