Request for a preliminary ruling from the Centrale Raad van Beroep (Netherlands) lodged on 31 October 2016 — J. Klein Schiphorst v Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen

(Case C-551/16)

Language of the case: Dutch

Referring court

Centrale Raad van Beroep

Parties to the main proceedings

Applicant: J. Klein Schiphorst

Defendant: Raad van bestuur van het Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen

Questions referred

1.    May the power conferred by Article 64(1)(c) of Regulation No 883/2004, ¹ having regard to Article 63 and Article 7 of Regulation No 883/2004, the objective and scope of Regulation No 883/2004 and the free movement of persons and workers, be applied in such a way that a request for the extension of the export of an unemployment benefit can in principle be refused unless, in the view of the Uwv [Uitvoeringsinstituut werknemersverzekeringen: Management Board of the Employee Insurance Agency], given the particular circumstances of the case, for example, where there is a concrete and demonstrable prospect of work, it would be unreasonable to refuse the extension of the export?

If not,

2.    How should Member States apply the power conferred by Article 64(1)(c) of Regulation No 883/2004?

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¹ Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on the coordination of social security systems (OJ 2004 L 166, p. 1).