Question juridique clé
Whether the appeal against the unemployment sanction decision was admissible before an opposition decision existed.
Solution extraite
The appeal was premature because the challenged decision was subject to prior opposition and no opposition decision had been issued.
Motifs extraits
Under Art. 56 LPGA, only opposition decisions or decisions for which opposition is unavailable may be appealed. Here, the insured had not first used the opposition procedure, despite being informed of it in the decision's legal remedy notice.