CHAPTER IV

FINAL PROVISIONS

More favourable provisions
Article 13
1
This Directive shall apply without prejudice to more favourable provisions of:
a
Union law, including bilateral and multilateral agreements between the Union, or the Union and its Member States, on the one hand and one or more third countries on the other; and
b
bilateral or multilateral agreements 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 persons to whom it applies.