SECTION IVFINAL PROVISIONS

Article 23Transitional provisions

1.

Decision ECB/2013/54 shall continue to apply for a period of twelve months from the date this Decision takes effect.

2.

Accredited manufacturers that were granted accreditation or provisional accreditation under Decision ECB/2013/54 shall be deemed to be accredited under this Decision from the date this Decision takes effect.

3.

All initiated or ongoing procedures in relation to accreditations granted under Decision ECB/2013/54 shall be finalised in accordance with this Decision, in particular, any initiated or ongoing procedures with regard to:

(a)

initial or follow-up security or quality inspections under Article 11;

(b)

assessment of compliance with the accreditation requirements under Article 6;

(c)

grant of accreditations under Article 7;

(d)

issuance of a decision under Articles 16 to 19;

(e)

review of actions or decisions under points (a) to (d).

All initiated or ongoing procedures shall be finalised until the expiry of the period laid down in paragraph 1.