{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-111/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-111/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2001/111",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 2001/111/EC of 20 December 2001 relating to certain sugars intended for human consumption",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2001-111",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive before 12 July 2003. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.\nThe measures shall be applied so as to:\nauthorise the marketing of the products defined in Part A of the Annex if they conform to the definitions and rules laid down in this Directive, with effect from 12 July 2003;\nprohibit the marketing of products which fail to conform to this Directive, with effect from 12 July 2004;\nHowever, the marketing of products which fail to conform to this Directive but which were labelled before 12 July 2004 in accordance with Directive 73/437/EEC shall be permitted until stocks run out.\nWhen Member States adopt these measures, these shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be adopted by Member States.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2001/111/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:57.768207+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}