This ad hoc query maps EU Member States' plans to provide free legal counselling to applicants for international protection during their administrative procedure, as foreseen in the Asylum Procedures Regulation (APR). Reporting countries provide details on the entity responsible for providing legal counselling, the format (individual or group sessions), safeguards to guarantee quality counselling, as well as potential limits imposed (time or monetary) to receive such counselling.

Today, Ministers responsible for Home Affairs reached an agreement on the asylum and migration management regulation and the asylum procedure regulation. Both laws are cornerstones of a new European migration and asylum policy.