Member States shall ensure that applicants have access to language courses, civic education courses or vocational training courses that those Member States consider appropriate in order to help enhance applicants’ ability to act autonomously, to interact with competent authorities or to find employment, or, depending on the national system, Member States shall facilitate access to such courses, irrespective of whether applicants have access to the labour market in accordance with Article 17.
Where applicants have sufficient means, Member States may require them to cover or contribute to the cost of courses referred to in the first paragraph.
Correlation table
| Directive 2013/33/EU | This Directive |
| — | Article 18 |
| Article 16 | — |