I artikel 3.3 pekar man på medlemsstaternas möjligheter att inte endast låta skyddsgarantin gälla personer som kan åberopa Genèvekonventionen. ###>Article 3(3) states that Member States may decide to apply the provisions of this Directive to procedures for deciding on applications for kinds of protection other than that emanating from the Geneva Convention for persons who are found not to be refugees.