Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/78 of 27 January 2021 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/600 derogating from Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/892, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150, Implementing Regulation (EU) No 615/2014, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1368 and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/39 as regards certain measures to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic

‘1 By way of derogation from Article 2(1) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150, Member States may introduce, in relation to the measures referred to in Articles 45(1)(a) and 46 to 52 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, whenever necessary during the financial years 2020 and 2021 but not later than 15 October 2021, changes to their national support programmes in the wine sector as referred to in Article 41(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013.’;

‘2 By way of derogation from Article 8 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150, during the financial years 2020 and 2021, Member States may:’;

‘3 By way of derogation from Article 24(3) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1150, during the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, Member States shall re-examine the calculations provided for in paragraph 1 of that Article at the latest in the fourth year following the previous calculations and shall, if necessary, adjust the initially established standard scales of unit costs.’.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 16 October 2020. However, point (3) of Article 1 shall apply as of 4 May 2020.