63In that regard, it must be noted that the assessment of the facts and circumstances, provided for in Article 4 of Directive 2004/83 and on the basis of which an application for international protection may be substantiated, takes place essentially in two separate stages. The first stage concerns the establishment of factual circumstances which may constitute evidence that supports the application, while the second stage relates to the legal appraisal of that evidence, which entails deciding whether, in the light of the specific facts of a given case, the substantive conditions laid down by the relevant provisions of Directive 2004/83 for the grant of international protection are satisfied (judgment of 2 December 2014, A and Others, C‑148/13 to C‑150/13, EU:C:2014:2406, paragraph 55).
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