42In that context, it must be held, in the first place, that, in accordance with settled case-law, to consider the date on which the competent authority of the Member State concerned decided on the application for entry and residence in the territory of that State for the purpose of family reunification as the date which must be referred to in order to assess the age of the applicant or, as the case may be, of the sponsor, for the purposes of applying Article 10(3)(a) of Directive 2003/86, would not be consistent with the objectives pursued by that directive or the requirements arising from Article 7 of the Charter, concerning respect for private and family life, and Article 24(2) of the Charter, the latter provision requiring that in all actions relating to children, in particular those taken by Member States when applying that directive, the child’s best interests must be a primary consideration (see, by analogy, judgment of 16 July 2020, État belge (Family reunification – Minor child), C‑133/19, C‑136/19 and C‑137/19, EU:C:2020:577, paragraph 36).
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