Applications not qualifying under Article 15 or Article 16 Applications not qualifying under Article 15 or Article 16F1

the provision of free legal assistance may be made subject to a means or a merits test;

an applicant, who in the State of origin has benefited from free legal assistance, shall be entitled, in any proceedings for recognition or enforcement, to benefit, at least to the same extent, from free legal assistance as provided for by the law of the State addressed under the same circumstances.