Where the applicant is an unaccompanied minor who has a relative who is legally present in another Member State and where it is established, based on an individual examination, that the relative can take care of him or her, that Member State shall unite the minor with his or her relative and shall be the Member State responsible, provided that it is in the best interests of the minor.
Kadar je prosilec mladoletnik brez spremstva in ima sorodnika, ki je zakonito prisoten v drugi državi članici, ter se na podlagi individualne obravnave ugotovi, da lahko ta sorodnik poskrbi zanj, ta država članica združi mladoletnika z njegovim sorodnikom in je odgovorna država članica, pod pogojem, da je to v največjo korist mladoletnika.