S.L. 420.7 ст. 7Applicants in need of special procedural guarantees.

(1) The International Protection Agency shall assess within a reasonable period of time after an application for international protection is made whether the applicant is in need of special procedural guarantees: Provided that the International Protection Agency may, for the purpose of this regulation, lay down a procedure with a view to determining whether a person is in need of special procedural guarantees. The outcome of such an assessment shall be inserted in the applicant’s file.

(2) The International Protection Agency shall ensure that where an applicant has been identified as an applicant in need of special procedural guarantees, such applicant will be provided with adequate support throughout the whole procedure.

(3) Whenever it is considered that an applicant requires special procedural guarantees as a consequence of having suffered torture, rape or other serious form of psychological, physical or sexual violence, the accelerated procedure referred to in article 23 of the Act shall not be applied.

(4) The need for special procedural guarantees shall also be addressed even if such need becomes apparent at a later stage and even without the necessity of initiating new procedures.