Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1998/99 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas
15. 4. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 105/5 Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1998/99 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine- growing areas (1999/C 105/04) COM(1999) 83 final - 1999/0053(CNS) (Submitted by the Commission on 23 February 1999) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, premium so as to facilitate maximum use of that scheme in the above region, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 43 thereof, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament, Having regard to the opinion of Committee, the Economic and Social Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88 of 24 May 1988 on the granting, for the 1988/89 to 1998/99 wine years, of permanent abandonment premiums in respect of wine-growing areas (1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1630/98 (2), Whereas, as a result of the over-production crisis throughout the Cognac production area in the French region of Charentes and pending adoption of the reformed common organisation of the market in wine, a new deadline should be set for the submission of applications for the permanent abandonment Article 1 In Article 4 of Regulation (EEC) No 1442/88, the following paragraph 7 is added: 7. For the 1998/99 wine year, the last date referred to in paragraph 1 for the submission of applications for the payment of the premium shall be 31 March 1999 for the Charentes region. í Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. (1) OJ L 132, 28. 5. 1988, p. 3. (2) OJ L 210, 28. 7. 1998, p. 12