S.L. 420.6 Art. 10Employment.

(1) An applicant shall be granted access to the labour market after the lapse of nine months from the date when the application was lodged, provided that he is still an applicant when such a lapse has occurred.

(2) Where an appeal is lodged against a negative decision, access to the labour market shall not be withdrawn during the appeals stage.

(3) The provisions of sub-regulations (1) and (2) are without prejudice to priorities given, by reasons of labour market policies, to citizens of Member States and nationals of States parties to the Agreement on the European Economic Area and also to legally resident third-country nationals.

(4) An applicant may have access to vocational training provided that he has access to the labour market within the meaning of this regulation.An applicant may also have access to a validation procedure of non-formal and informal learning, assessing and certifying the knowledge, skills and competences which individuals develop throughout their lives by means of participation in non-formal and informal learning.