Judgment_paragraph 78 · Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie v H. and R (C-582/17, C-583/17)

78The interpretation mentioned in paragraph 74 of this judgment could, moreover, have the consequence of undermining the essential principle of the Regulation, set out in Article 3(1) thereof, according to which an application for international protection must be examined by a single Member State only, in a situation where the process of determining responsibility carried out in the second Member State leads to an outcome different from that reached in the first Member State.