1. In the case of an adult requiring assistance to exercise legal capacity in accordance with national law (the ‘dependent adult’), an adult responsible for him or her whether by law or by practice of the Member State concerned may make and lodge an application on the behalf of the dependent adult.
2. The dependent adult shall be present for the lodging of the application, except where there are justified reasons for which he or she is unable or unfit to be present or, where such a possibility is provided for in national law, the application is lodged by means of a form.
Correlation table
| Directive 2013/32/EU | This Regulation |
| Article 7 | Article 31 |
| Article 7(1) | — |
| Article 7(2), first subparagraph | Article 31(1) |
| Article 7(2), second subparagraph | — |
| — | Article 31(2) |