Article 10

As a transitional measure, Member States shall be allowed a period of seven years from the date of adoption of this Directie to apply the provisions of this Directive relating to the products pre-packaged in pre-established quantities referred to in the Annex. During this transitional period, any national measures or practices existing at the date of adoption of this Directive and relating to these products may be maintained in force. Until the expiry of the transitional period during which use of the imperial system of units of measurement is authorized by Community provisions relating to units of measurement, the competent national authorities in Ireland and the United Kingdom shall determine, for each product or each category of product, the units of mass, volume, length or area of the international system or the imperial system in which indication of the unit price is compulsory.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-13 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.