Commission Regulation (EC) No 483/2005 of 23 March 2005 on the issue of import licences for olive oil under the Tunisian tariff quota
Date: 2005-03-23
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Tunisia, association agreement (EU), import licence, olive oil, originating product, tariff quota

L 78/40

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

24.3.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 483/2005

of 23 March 2005

on the issue of import licences for olive oil under the Tunisian tariff quota

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Decision 2000/822/EC of 22
December 2000 on the conclusion of an Agreement in the
form of an Exchange of Letters between the European
Community and the Republic of Tunisia concerning reciprocal
liberalisation measures and amendment of
the Agricultural
Protocols to the EC/Tunisia Association Agreement (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation No 136/66/EEC of 22
September 1966 on the establishment of a common organi-
sation of the market in oils and fats (2),

Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 of
15 February 2001 laying down detailed rules of application for
the importation of olive oil originating in Tunisia and dero-
gating
(EC)
provisions
No 1476/95 and (EC) No 1291/2000 (3), and in particular
Article 2(3) and (4) thereof,

from certain

Regulations

of

imports of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes
1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90 wholly obtained
in
Tunisia and transported directly from Tunisia to the
Community, up to the limit laid down for each year.

Article 1(2) of Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 also lays
down the maximum monthly quantities covered by the
licences to be issued.

Applications were submitted to the competent authorities
in accordance with Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No
312/2001 for import licences covering a total quantity
exceeding the limit of 4 047,384 tonnes laid down for
March 2005.

Under these circumstances, the Commission must set a
percentage allocation to allow the issue of licences in
proportion to the quantity available,

(2)

(3)

(4)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Whereas:

(1)

Article 3(1) and (2) of Protocol No 1 to the Euro-Medi-
terranean Agreement establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States, of
the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other
part (4) opens a tariff quota, at a zero rate of duty, for

Applications for import licences submitted on 21 and 22 March
2005 under Article 2(2) of Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 shall
be accepted for 98,87 % of the quantity applied for. The limit of
4 047,384 tonnes laid down for March 2005 has been reached.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on 25 March 2005.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 March 2005.

For the Commission

J. M. SILVA RODRÍGUEZ
Director-General for Agriculture and
Rural Development

(1) OJ L 336, 30.12.2000, p. 92.
(2) OJ 172, 30.9.1966, p. 3025/66. Regulation as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 1878/2004 (OJ L 326, 29.10.2004, p. 27).
(3) OJ L 46, 16.2.2001, p. 3. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 406/2004 (OJ L 67, 5.3.2004, p. 10).

(4) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 1.