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A quasi-judicial or administrative body in a Member State responsible for examining applications for international protection and competent to take decisions at the administrative stage. [defined in Article 2 of the Qualification Regulation]
1. Where the State or agents of the State are not the actors of persecution or serious harm, the determining authority shall examine, as part of the assessment of the application for international protection, whether an applicant is not in need of international protection because the applicant can safely and legally travel to and gain […]
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. […]
1. The determining authority shall withdraw the refugee status of a third-country national or stateless person where: (a) that third-country national or stateless person has ceased to be a refugee in accordance with Article 11; (b) that third-country national or stateless person should have been or is excluded from being a refugee in accordance with […]
Without prejudice to Article 4(7) and (8), at the request of the Member State, competent authorities identified under Article 4 may, for the purpose of receiving and registering applications for international protection and of facilitating the examination of applications, including with regard to the personal interview, be assisted by: (a) experts deployed by the European […]
1. The determining authority shall withdraw the subsidiary protection status of a third-country national or a stateless person where: (a) that third-country national or stateless person has ceased to be eligible for subsidiary protection in accordance with Article 16; (b) after having been granted subsidiary protection status, that third-country national or stateless person should have […]
1. During the administrative procedure referred to in Chapter III applicants shall enjoy the guarantees set out in paragraphs 2 to 6 of this Article. 2. The determining authority or, where applicable, other competent authorities or organisations tasked by Member States for that purpose shall inform applicants, in a language which they understand or are […]
1. The best interests of the child shall be a primary consideration for the competent authorities when applying this Regulation. 2. The determining authority shall assess the best interests of the child in accordance with Article 26 of . 3. The determining authority shall give a minor the opportunity of a personal interview, including where […]
1. An application for international protection shall be considered to have been made when a third-country national or stateless person, including an unaccompanied minor, expresses in person to a competent authority as referred to in Article 4(1) and (2) a wish to receive international protection from a Member State. Where officials from the competent authority […]
1. The applicant shall lodge the application with the competent authority of the Member State where the application is made as soon as possible and no later than 21 days from when the application is registered, unless paragraph 7 of this Article applies, provided that he or she is given an effective opportunity to do […]
1. The determining authority shall examine and take decisions on applications for international protection in accordance with the basic principles and guarantees set out in Chapter II. 2. The determining authority shall take decisions on applications for international protection after an appropriate examination as to the admissibility or merits of an application. The determining authority […]
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