1988/1989 to 1998/1999 wine years: permanent abandonment premiums (amend. Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88)

PURPOSE: to prolong for 3 months the deadline of 31/12/98 for applications for permanent abandonment premiums for wine-growing areas in the Charentes region of France. CONTENT: this proposed regulation is designed to facilitate the application of the Community regime for abandonment of wine-growing areas in the specific case of the French region of Charentes which is currently facing a serious crisis of overproduction (cognac). This dispensation has also been applied across the Member States for the wine-growing seasons of 1996/97 and 1997/98.�