Its primary objective has always been to serve the implementation of Regulation (EU) No. 604/2013 (hereafter "the Dublin Regulation") and together these two instruments make up what is commonly referred to as the 'Dublin system'.
Njegov glavni cilj je bil vedno zagotoviti podporo izvajanju Uredbe (EU) št. 604/2013 (v nadaljnjem besedilu: dublinska uredba), oba navedena akta pa skupaj sestavljata t. i. „dublinski sistem“.