Without prejudice to Article 3, a court Ö an authority Õ of a Member State that has given a judgment Ö decision Õ on a legal separation shall also have jurisdiction for Ö to Õ converting that judgment Ö decision Õ into a divorce, if the law of that Member State so provides.
Brez poseganja v člen 3 sodišče  organ Õ države članice, ki je izdalo sodno odločbo o prenehanju življenjske skupnosti, lahko odloči tudi o spremembi te sodne odločbe v odločbo o razvezi, če tako določa zakonodaja  pravo Õ te države članice.