52Since it is apparent from Article 2(d) of the Regulation that the examination of an application for international protection covers any examination carried out by the competent authorities of an application for international protection, except for the procedure for determining the Member State responsible in accordance with the Regulation, it must be held that Article 18(1)(b) to (d) thereof can apply only if the Member State in which an application was previously lodged has completed that procedure for determining responsibility by accepting that it is responsible for examining that application and has started to examine that application in accordance with Directive 2013/32.
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