Article 4More favourable provisions
1.This Directive shall be without prejudice to more favourable provisions of:
(a)bilateral or multilateral agreements concluded between the Union or the Union and its Member States and one or more third countries; or
(b)bilateral or multilateral agreements concluded between one or more Member States and one or more third countries.
2.This Directive shall be without prejudice to the right of Member States to adopt or maintain provisions that are more favourable to the third-country nationals to whom this Directive applies with respect to point (a) of Article 10(2) and Articles 18, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 34 and 35.