Article 6
1. Applications for the EU Ecolabel for heat pumps which provide heat to a water based central heating system falling within the product group ‘electrically driven, gas driven or gas absorption heat pumps’ submitted within two months from the date of adoption of this Decision may be based either on the criteria set out in Commission Decision 2007/742/EC ( 4 ) , or on the criteria set out in this Decision. Applications shall be evaluated in accordance with the criteria on which they are based. 2. EU Ecolabel licences awarded to heat pumps which provide heat to water based central heating system in accordance with the criteria set out in Decision 2007/742/EC may be used for 12 months from the date of adoption of this Decision.