Article 7
1. By derogation from Article 6, applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group ‘hard surface cleaning products’ submitted before the date of notification of this Decision shall be evaluated in accordance with the conditions laid down in Decision 2011/383/EU. 2. Applications for the EU Ecolabel for products falling within the product group ‘hard surface cleaning products’ submitted within 2 months from the date of notification of this Decision may be based either on the criteria set out in Decision 2011/383/EU 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 2011/383/EU may be used for 18 months from the date of notification of this Decision.