47That interpretation is supported by the fact that the European Union legislature took care, in Article 3(2) of Directive 2012/13, to impose on Member States the obligation to ensure that the information provided pursuant to the right to information about rights is ‘given orally or in writing, in simple and accessible language, taking into account any particular needs of vulnerable suspects or vulnerable accused persons’. Recital 26 of that directive expressly refers to the situation of persons who cannot understand the content or meaning of the information provided to them by the competent authorities because of their mental state. Persons of unsound mind must therefore be considered vulnerable persons for the purposes of that provision since, because of a serious mental disorder, they may not be capable of understanding the information provided to them about their rights.
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