38Therefore, with regard to the extent of the discretion thus conferred on each Member State, whether or not the Member State responsible under the criteria set out in Chapter III of the Regulation has responded to a request to take back the asylum seeker has no bearing on the possibility of another Member State examining an application for asylum on the basis of Article 3(2) of the Regulation.
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