Without prejudice to the applicant's right to choose his or her own legal adviser or other counsellor at his or her own cost, an applicant may request free legal assistance and representation at all stages of the procedure in accordance with Articles 15 to 17.
Brez poseganja v pravico prosilca, da na lastne stroške izbere svojega pravnega ali drugega svetovalca, lahko prosilec v vseh fazah postopka v skladu s členi 15–17 zaprosi za brezplačno pravno pomoč in zastopanje.