(4) Where the national law provides, in respect of the form or contents of national applications, for requirements which, from the viewpoint of applicants, are more favorable than the requirements provided for by this Treaty and the Regulations in respect of international applications, the national Office, the courts and any other competent organs of or acting for the designated State may apply the former requirements, instead of the latter requirements, to international applications, except where the applicant insists that the requirements provided for by this Treaty and the Regulations be applied to his international application.
(4) Kadar notranja zakonodaja glede oblike ali vsebine državnih prijav določa pogoje, ki so s stališča prijavitelja ugodnejši od pogojev, predvidenih s to pogodbo in pravilnikom za mednarodne prijave, lahko državni urad, sodišča in vsi drugi pristojni organi imenovane države ali tisti, ki delajo zanjo, uporabijo za mednarodne prijave prve pogoje namesto zadnjih, razen če prijavitelj zahteva, da se pogoji, predvideni s to pogodbo in pravilnikom, uporabijo za njegovo mednarodno prijavo.