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Assistance to competent authorities Without prejudice to Article 4(7) and (8), at the request of the Member State, competent authorities identified under Article 4 may, for the purpose of receiving and registering applications for international protection and of facilitating the examination of applications, including with regard to the personal interview, be assisted by:

(a) experts deployed by the European Union Agency for Asylum (the ‘Asylum Agency’) in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2021/2303; and (b) the competent authorities of another Member State that have been entrusted by that Member State with the task of receiving, registering or examining applications for international protection. Competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 4 may assist the authorities of another Member State only for the tasks with which they have been entrusted by their Member State. The competence to decide on individual applications for international protection shall remain solely with the determining authority of the Member State responsible.