Prehodni ukrepi so zato potrebni zaradi prehoda z veljavne proizvodne in trgovinske ureditve v Češki publiki, Estoniji, na Cipru, v Latviji, Litvi, na Madžarskem, Malti, Poljskem, v Sloveniji in na Slovaškem (v nadaljnjem besedilu "nove države članice") na ureditev, predvideno v Uredbi (ES) št. 1260/2001.
Transitional measures are therefore required to change over from the production and trade arrangements in force in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (hereinafter referred to as the new Member States) to those provided for in Regulation (EC) No 1260/2001.