In Georgia, the authority in charge of statelessness determination is the Public Services Development Agency (former Civil Registry Agency). This also constitutes a good practice example, since:  This authority has expertise and a long-standing experience in dealing with nationality and civil statusrelated procedures;  It has the necessary human, IT and infrastructural resources to effectively conduct statelessness determination procedures. A centralised and specialised authority is in charge also in Latvia.33 C) Factors to consider when designing a national system  Does the country have a largely centralised or decentralised system of public administration? Is the country a federal state? It may potentially be useful if the administrative structure of statelessness determination reflects these characteristics.  Are comparable procedures (e.g. asylum, immigration and/or naturalisation procedures for example) conducted in a centralised or decentralised structure?  Is the expected number of applicants relatively low?34  If yes, a centralised framework may be the preferred option.  Is there any authority with existing expertise and infrastructure (for example with long-standing experience in establishing statelessness as a part of asylum, removal, immigration, naturalisation or birth registration proceedings, etc.)?  If yes, there may be strong arguments for allocating the task of formalised statelessness determination to this authority.  Is there any relevant procedure into which statelessness determination could be easily integrated (for example nationality verification procedure, etc.)?  Other factors relevant for consideration: the size of the country, the location of populations concerned (e.g. if they are concentrated in a certain area), etc. II.2 Relationship with asylum procedures A) Summary of international standards Stateless persons may also be refugees or may qualify for a complementary form of international protection.35 When an applicant raises both a refugee and a statelessness claim, it is important that each claim is assessed 33 The Personal Status Control Division of the Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs (Pilsonības un migrācijas lietu pārvalde, PMLP) 34 Note that all countries operating a statelessness-specific determination and protection mechanism report low figures. 35 Such as subsidiary protection in the European Union 10