Article 7

1.  By derogation from Article 6, applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product groups ‘soil improvers’ or ‘growing media’ submitted before the date of adoption of this Decision shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 2006/799/EC and Decision 2007/64/EC, respectively.

2.  Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product groups ‘soil improvers’ or ‘growing media’ submitted within 2 months from the date of adoption of this Decision may be based either on the criteria set out in Decision 2006/799/EC and Decision 2007/64/EC, respectively, or on the criteria set out in this Decision. Those applications shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria on which they are based.

3.  EU Ecolabel licences awarded in accordance with the criteria set out in Decision 2006/799/EC and Decision 2007/64/EC may be used for 12 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.