66More particularly, in order to assess the risk that a particular child, who is a Union citizen, might be compelled to leave the territory of the European Union if the child’s third-country national parent were to be refused a right of residence in the Member State concerned, it is important to determine whether that parent is the primary carer of the child and whether there is in fact a relationship of dependency between them. As part of that assessment, the competent authorities must take account of the right to respect for family life, as stated in Article 7 of the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (‘the Charter’), that article requiring to be read in conjunction with the obligation to take into consideration the best interests of the child, recognised in Article 24(2) of the Charter, which encompasses the child’s right to maintain on a regular basis a personal relationship and direct contact with both of his or her parents, as enshrined in Article 24(3) of the Charter (see, to that effect, judgments of 1 July 2010, Povse, C‑211/10 PPU, EU:C:2010:400, paragraph 64, and of 8 May 2018, K. A. and Others (Family reunification in Belgium), C‑82/16, EU:C:2018:308, paragraph 71 and the case-law cited).
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