Judgment_paragraph 17 · M.A. and Others v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Others (C-661/17)

17Article 7(1) and (2), in Chapter III of that regulation, provides:1. The criteria for determining the Member State responsible shall be applied in the order in which they are set out in this Chapter.2. The Member State responsible in accordance with the criteria set out in this Chapter shall be determined on the basis of the situation obtaining when the applicant first lodged his or her application for international protection with a Member State.’