1. Each Member State shall designate in accordance with national law a determining authority to carry out the tasks conferred on it pursuant to this Regulation and , in particular:
(a) receiving and examining applications for international protection;
(b) taking decisions on applications for international protection;
(c) taking decisions on the withdrawal of international protection.
The determining authority shall be the only authority, during the administrative procedure, with the power to decide on the admissibility and the merits of an application for international protection.
2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, Member States shall entrust other relevant national authorities with the task of receiving applications for international protection as well as informing applicants as to where and how to lodge an application in accordance with Article 28. Those other national authorities shall, at least, include the police, immigration authorities, border guards and the authorities responsible for detention facilities or reception facilities.
3. Each Member State shall designate a competent authority to register applications for international protection. Member States may entrust the determining authority or other relevant authorities with the task of registering applications for international protection.
4. Where an application is received by an authority without the power to register it, that authority shall promptly inform the authority responsible for registering applications and that application shall be registered in accordance with Article 27. The authority responsible for receiving the application shall also inform the applicant for international protection which authority is responsible for registering the application.
5. For the purposes of paragraphs 2 and 3, by 12 June 2026, each Member State shall notify the Commission of the authorities it has designated to carry out the tasks referred to in those paragraphs, specifying the tasks assigned to them. Any changes in the identification of these authorities shall be notified to the Commission immediately.
6. Member States may provide that an authority other than the determining authority is to be responsible for the procedure for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with .
7. Each Member State shall provide the determining authority and the other competent authorities designated pursuant to this Article with appropriate means, including sufficient competent staff to carry out their tasks under this Regulation.
8. Member States shall ensure that the staff of the competent authorities applying this Regulation have the appropriate knowledge and have received training, including the relevant training under Article 8 of , and guidance to fulfil their obligations when applying this Regulation.
Correlation table
| Directive 2013/32/EU | This Regulation |
| Article 4(1) | Article 4(1) and (7) |
| Article 6(1), third subparagraph | Article 4(2) |
| Article 4(2), point (a) | Article 4 (6) |
| Article 4(2), point (b) | — |
| — | Article 4(3) and (5) |
| Article 6(1), second subparagraph | Article 4(4) and Article 27(3) |
| Article 4(3) | Article 4(8) |
| Article 4(4) | — |
| Article 4(5) | — |
| Article 5 | — |