a.

Under what conditions may the determining authority apply point (b) of the third subparagraph of Article 31(3) of the Asylum Procedures Directive repeatedly and consecutively, and is the total duration of the period over which the determining authority may apply that provision repeatedly and consecutively subject to any restrictions?

b.

In answering the question whether the determining authority was permitted to extend the time limit for making its decision following, and consecutive to, a previous decree extending that time limit, to what extent can or must the court take account of the increase in the number of asylum applications, including relative to the period preceding the previous decree extending the time limit, and the determining authority’s efforts (if any) to improve the shortfall in its decision-making capacity in order to ensure – against the backdrop of Article 4(1) of the Asylum Procedures Directive – an adequate and complete examination of asylum applications?