Key legal question
Whether the administration violated the right to be heard and the rules on reformatio in peius when announcing a worse outcome in the opposition procedure.
Extracted holding
The notice was sufficiently clear: it explained the legal view, the possible deterioration, and gave the appellant a chance to withdraw the opposition.
Extracted reasoning
Art. 12 ATSV requires only that the authority make clear, under reservation of the final merits decision, that it considers a worse outcome possible and why. The letters of 3 and 25 November 2016 met that standard.