Judgment_paragraph 79 · K.S. and M.H.K. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Others and R.A.T. and D.S. v Minister for Justice and Equality (C-322/19, C-385/19)

79It follows, in essence, from the foregoing considerations that a delay in the processing of an application for international protection may be attributed to the applicant where he or she has failed to cooperate with the competent national authorities. Bearing in mind the need for uniform interpretation and application of EU law, as recalled in paragraph 57 et seq. above, this interpretation is called for even where, as a result of a specific derogating act, in the present case Protocol No 21, Directive 2013/32 does not apply in the Member State concerned.