1. Where an application has been registered after 12 June 2026, any events that are likely to entail the responsibility of a Member State under this Regulation shall be taken into consideration, even if they precede that date.
2. The Member State responsible for the examination of an application for international protection registered before 12 June 2026 shall be determined in accordance with the criteria set out in Regulation (EU) No 604/2013.
3. By 12 September 2024, the Commission, in close cooperation with the relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies and Member States, shall present a common implementation plan to the Council to ensure that Member States are adequately prepared to implement this Regulation by 12 June 2026, assessing gaps and operational steps required, and inform the European Parliament thereof.
On the basis of that common implementation plan, by 12 December 2024, each Member State shall, with the support of the Commission and relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies, establish a national implementation plan setting out the actions and the timeline for their implementation. Each Member State shall complete the implementation of its plan by 12 June 2026.
For the purpose of implementing this Article, Member States may use the support of the relevant Union bodies, offices and agencies, and Union funds may provide financial support to the Member States, in accordance with the legal acts governing those bodies, offices, agencies and funds.
The Commission shall closely monitor the implementation of the national implementation plans referred to in the second subparagraph.
The Commission shall, within the first two Reports referred to in Article 9, provide a state of play of the implementation of the common implementation plan and national implementation plans referred to in this paragraph.
Pending the reports mentioned in the fifth subparagraph of this paragraph, the Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council of the state of play of implementation of the common implementation plan and national implementation plans referred to in this paragraph every six months.