(4)The continued implementation of the measures to address the crisis in the Union wine sector, which were introduced by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/600 and subsequently amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/78note, is considered essential to provide Member States and operators with the necessary flexibilities to implement support programmes in the Union wine sector. In particular, the possibility for Member States to introduce changes to their respective national programmes whenever necessary during the year has enabled Member States to react quickly to the exceptional circumstances of the recent months and to submit changes to their support programmes as early as deemed necessary. This flexibility has allowed Member States to introduce new measures, optimise measures already in place and to adjust measures more frequently and as necessary, taking account of the fast changing market situation. In addition, the flexibility introduced for the implementation of the green harvesting measure has afforded operators the time required to plan the measure and to find the requisite labour force to operate under the difficult conditions arising from the COVID-19 pandemic.
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