Det ligger i sagens natur, at medlemsstaterne, da der er tale om minimumsstandarder, har beføjelser til at indføre eller opretholde gunstigere bestemmelser for personer, der søger om international beskyttelse, når en sådan ansøgning anses for at være begrundet med, at den pågældende enten er flygtning efter Genève-konventionens artikel 1, afsnit A, eller på anden måde har behov for international beskyttelse.
It is in the very nature of minimum standards that Member States should have the power to introduce or maintain more favourable provisions for third country nationals or stateless persons who request international protection from a Member State, where such a request is understood to be on the grounds that the person concerned is either a refugee within the meaning of Article 1(A) of the Geneva Convention, or a person who otherwise needs international protection.