Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/419 of 30 January 2020 derogating from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the national support programmes in the wine sector

This Regulation shall apply to the promotion of wine within the meaning of points (1) to (9) and (15) to (16) of Part II of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.

By way of derogation from Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 and if justified in view of the effects of the operation, the duration of the support for a given beneficiary in a given third country or third-country market for the promotion measure referred to in Article 45(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 may be extended beyond the five-year period laid down in Article 4 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, but not later than 15 October 2023.

By way of derogation from Article 53(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, Member States may allow beneficiaries of an ongoing operation under the promotion measure referred to in Article 45(1)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013 to submit, via a notification to the competent authority, changes to the destination market of that operation, even if this change modifies the initial objective of the operation. Such changes shall not require prior approval by the competent authority. The notification shall be submitted by the beneficiaries within the deadlines set by the Member States.

By way of derogation from Article 54(1) of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, where a change of the destination market of an already approved operation has been notified to the competent authority in accordance with Article 3 of this Regulation, support shall be paid for the individual actions already implemented under this operation if these actions have been implemented in full and have been subject to administrative and, where applicable, on-the-spot checks in accordance with Section 1 of Chapter IV of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.