Article 16U.K.
1.This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.
2.Within nine months of the entry into force of this Regulation, Member States shall implement Articles 8 and 9.
[F13. Article 5, Article 8 (1) and Article 11 (1) shall apply from 1 January 1993 .]
In accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 14, the date of application of Article 11 (1) may be deferred for a specified period for imports from a third country where, following a request by the third country, the stage reached in examining the matter does not permit a decision regarding the inclusion of the country concerned in the list provided for in Article 11 (1) (a) before expiry of the period referred to in the first subparagraph.
For the purposes of complying with the conversion period referred to in paragraph 1 of Annex I, the period which has elapsed before the entry into force of this Regulation shall be taken into account where the operator can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the inspection body that during that period he was producing in accordance with the national provisions in force or, failing that, with the recognized international standards for organic production.
4.For 12 months following the entry into force of this Regulation, Member States may, by way of derogation from Article 6 (1), authorize the use in their territory of products containing substances not listed in Annex II, where they consider that the requirements of Article 7 (1) are satisfied.
5.For a period expiring 12 months after the establishment of Annex VI in accordance with Article 5 (7), Member States may continue to authorize, in accordance with their national provisions, the use of substances not listed in the said Annex VI.
6.Each Member State shall inform the other Member States and the Commission of substances authorized pursuant to paragraphs 4 and 5.