1. Member States shall allow the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to:
(a) have access to applicants, including those in reception centres, in detention, at the border and in transit zones;
(b) have access to information on individual applications for international protection, on the course of the procedure and on the decisions taken, subject to the consent of the applicant;
(c) present its views, in the exercise of its supervisory responsibilities under Article 35 of the Convention of 28 July 1951 Relating to the Status of Refugees, as supplemented by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967 (the ‘Geneva Convention’), to any competent authorities regarding individual applications for international protection at any stage of the procedure.
2. Paragraph 1 shall also apply to an organisation which is working on the territory of the Member State concerned on behalf of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees pursuant to an agreement with that Member State.
Correlation table
| Directive 2013/32/EU | This Regulation |
| Article 29 | Article 6 |