Notwithstanding Article 7, applications submitted before the date of adoption of this Decision for the EU Ecolabel for the product group ‘rinse-off cosmetics’, as defined in Decision 2014/893/EU shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in that Decision.

Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group ‘rinse-off cosmetics’ 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 2014/893/EU. Those applications shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria on which they are based.

EU Ecolabel licenses awarded on the basis of an application evaluated in accordance with the criteria set out in Decision 2014/893/EU may be used for twelve months from the date of adoption of this Decision.