Right to information
Article 24
1. Competent authorities shall ensure that third-country nationals subject to return are informed of the following: (a) the purpose of the procedure; (b) the obligations of third-country nationals as set out in Articles 18 and 20, the consequences of non-compliance pursuant to Article 22 and Article 29(3), point (e), the existence of an alert on return on the person in the Schengen Information System and the recognition and enforcement of a return decision or decision ordering removal issued by another Member State in accordance with Article 7; (c) return and reintegration counselling and programmes pursuant to Article 44; (d) their procedural rights in accordance with this Regulation and national law, in particular the right to legal assistance and representation pursuant Article 25. 2. The information provided pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be given without undue delay in a language which the third-country national understands or is reasonably presumed to understand. That information may be provided by means of standard information sheets, either on paper or in electronic format, and, where necessary, supplemented orally, using translation and interpretation services. In the case of unaccompanied minors, the information shall be provided in an age-appropriate manner with the involvement of the representative or the person designated to assist the minor referred to in Article 17(2). 3. Where the competent authority proceeds with removal on the basis of a return decision or a decision ordering removal which has determined more than one country of return, the third-country national shall be informed of the country of return to which he or she will be removed sufficiently in advance of the removal.