(5)The continued implementation of the measures to address the crisis and the increases in maximum Union contribution introduced by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/592 are considered essential to improve the market situation in the Union wine sector. In particular, those measures are crucial for removing from the Union market quantities of wine, which are otherwise negatively affecting the market prices, and for improving operators’ cash flow through a reduced own financial contribution to their operations. However, the implementation of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/592, as recently amended by Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1275note, has shown that the current deadline of 15 October 2020 set out in Article 10 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/592, does not allow for all necessary measures to be efficiently implemented by the Member States and the operators in the wine sector. In particular, due to the unstable sanitary situation and the unpredictable timing of the different national restrictions imposed to control it, it has been difficult for Member States to plan and introduce additional measures in their support programmes in the wine sector so that operators could benefit from the measures and the increased financing within the deadline of 15 October 2020. Extending this deadline until 15 October 2021 would allow Member States to introduce some of the measures late in the season and would provide operators with additional possibilities to apply for support. Such extension would not only help to address the current market disturbance, but would also contribute to preventing further deterioration of the situation given that the COVID-19 pandemic is expected to continue beyond the end of the year 2020, and thus during a significant part of the financial year 2021.
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