CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

More favourable provisions
Article 4
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.