Article 7U.K.
1.Notwithstanding Article 6, applications submitted before the date of adoption of this Decision for the EU Ecolabel for the product group ‘printed paper’ as defined in Decision 2012/481/EU shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 2012/481/EU.
2.Notwithstanding Article 6, applications submitted before the date of adoption of this Decision for the EU Ecolabel for the product group ‘converted paper products’ as defined in Decision 2014/256/EU shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 2014/256/EU.
3.Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group ‘printed paper, stationery paper, and paper carrier bag products’ submitted on or within two months from the date of adoption of this Decision may be based either on the criteria set out in this Decision, or on the criteria set out in Decision 2012/481/EU for product group ‘printed paper’, or in Decision 2014/256/EU for product group ‘converted paper products’, as applicable. Those applications shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria on which they are based.
4.EU Ecolabel licenses awarded on the basis of an application evaluated in accordance with the criteria set out in Decision 2012/481/EU or Decision 2014/256/EU may be used for 18 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.