Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2027 of 13 September 2021 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884 as regards the derogations from Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149 to address the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic in the wine sector, and amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2027
• Articles: 3

Article 1 Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884

Article 2 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/884 is amended as follows:

(1)

paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   By way of derogation from Article 22 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, during the years 2020, 2021 and 2022, green harvesting may be applied on the same parcel for two or more consecutive years.’;

(2)

in paragraphs 3, 4 and 6, the date ‘15 October 2021’ is replaced by ‘15 October 2022’.

Article 2 Amendment to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149

In Article 25 of Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/1149, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1.   Where the support referred to in Article 48 of Regulation (EU) No 1308/2013, is used to finance the administrative cost of setting up mutual funds, it shall be limited to the following proportion of the contribution of the producers to the mutual fund in the first, second and third year of its implementation: 20 %, 16 % and 8 %.’.

Article 3 Entry into force and application

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

It shall apply from 16 October 2021.