Article 15
Processing of applications 1. The national authorities empowered to rule on legal aid applications shall ensure that the applicant is fully informed of the processing of the application. 2. Where applications are totally or partially rejected, the reasons for rejection shall be given. 3. Member States shall make provision for review of or appeals against decisions rejecting legal aid applications. Member States may exempt cases where the request for legal aid is rejected by a court or tribunal against whose decision on the subject of the case there is no judicial remedy under national law or by a court of appeal. 4. When the appeals against a decision refusing or cancelling legal aid by virtue of Article 6 are of an administrative nature, they shall always be ultimately subject to judicial review.