Commission Regulation (EC) No 1918/2006 of 20 December 2006 opening and providing for the administration of tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia
Date: 2006-12-20
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Tunisia, import (EU), import licence, olive oil, originating product, tariff quota

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1918/2006

of 20 December 2006

opening and providing for the administration of tariff quota for olive oil originating in Tunisia

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 865/2004 of 29
April 2004 on the common organisation of the market in olive
oil and table olives and amending Regulation (EEC) No
827/68 (1), and in particular Article 10(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

the other part,

Article 3 of Protocol No 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean
Agreement
establishing an association between the
European Communities and their Member States, of the
the other
one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of
part (2) as amended by Article 3(1) of the Protocol to
the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an asso-
ciation between the European Communities and their
Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of
the
Tunisia, of
accession of
the Republic of
Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia,
the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the
Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic
of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European
Union (3),
Decision
2005/720/EC (4), opens a tariff quota of 56 700 tons
at a zero rate of duty for imports of olive oil falling
within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90, wholly
obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from there to
the Community.

the Czech Republic,

to take account of

approved

Council

by

(2)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 of 31
August 2006 laying down common rules for the admin-
istration of import tariff quotas for agricultural products
managed by a system of import licences (5) applies to
import licences for import tariff quota periods starting
from 1 January 2007.

Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 lays down in particular
the
detailed provisions on applications,
status of
applicants and the issue of
licences. That Regulation
limits the period of validity of licences to the last day
of the import tariff quota period.

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000 of 9 June
2000 laying down common detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of import and export licences and
advance fixing certificates for agricultural products (6),
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1345/2005 of 16
August 2005 laying down detailed rules for the appli-
cation of the system of import licences for olive oil (7)
and Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 should apply
without prejudice to additional conditions and dero-
gations laid down in this Regulation.

The supply of olive oil to the Community market allows
the quantity under the tariff quota to be disposed of in
principle without disturbing the market, provided that
the imports are not concentrated to a short period of
the marketing year. Provision should therefore be made
for import licences to be issued between January and
October according to a monthly schedule.

Taking into account the advantage of the zero rate duty,
the security for import licenses issued in the framework
of tariff quotas opened under this Regulation should be
fixed at a higher amount than that fixed by Regulation
(EC) No 1345/2005.

For the sake of clarity, Commission Regulation (EC) No
312/2001 of 15 February 2001 laying down detailed
rules of application for the importation of olive oil origi-
nating in Tunisia and derogating from certain provisions
(EC)
No
of
No 1291/2000 (8) should be repealed.

Regulations

1476/95

(EC)

and

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of
the Management
Committee for Olive Oils and Table Olives,

(1) OJ L 161, 30.4.2004, p. 97. Corrected version OJ L 206, 9.6.2004,

p. 37.

(6) OJ L 152, 24.6.2000, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regu-

(2) OJ L 97, 30.3.1998, p. 2. Agreement as last amended by Council

lation (EC) No 1713/2006 (OJ L 321, 21.11.2006, p. 11).

Decision 2006/612/EC (OJ L 260, 21.9.2006, p. 1).

(3) OJ L 278, 21.10.2005, p. 3.
(4) OJ L 278, 21.10.2005, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 238, 1.9.2006, p. 13.

(7) OJ L 212, 17.8.2005, p. 13.
(8) OJ L 46, 16.2.2001, p. 3. Regulation as

(EC) No 1721/2005 (OJ

last amended by
L 276,

Commission Regulation
21.10.2005, p. 3).

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HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1291/2000, Regulation (EC) No 1345/2005
and Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006 shall apply without
prejudice to the provisions of this Regulation.

Article 2

1.
A tariff quota, bearing order number No 09.4032 is
opened in relation to imports into the Community of virgin
olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90,
wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported directly from that
country to the Community, subject to the conditions laid down
in this Regulation. The volume of the tariff quota shall be
56 700 tons. The rate of duty applicable shall be 0 %.

The quota shall be opened from 1 January each year. For
2.
each year and without prejudice to the volume of the quota
referred to in paragraph 1, import licences may be issued up to
the following monthly limits:

— 1 000 tonnes for each month of January and February,

— 4 000 tonnes for the month of March,

— 8 000 tonnes for the month of April,

— 10 000 tonnes for each month from May to October.

By way of derogation from Article 7(4) of Regulation (EC) No
1301/2006, quantities not used in a month shall be added to
the next month, but not to the month thereafter.

the following month,
month in which the Thursday falls.

it must be considered as part of the

Article 3

1.
By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC)
No 1301/2006, applicants may lodge one import licence appli-
cation each week, either on Monday or Tuesday. Weekly licence
applications submitted by an applicant may not relate to a
quantity exceeding the monthly limit set up in Article 2(2) of
this Regulation.

The Member States shall notify the Commission each
2.
the quantities for which licence applications have
week of
been lodged, on the working day following Tuesday. Notifi-
cations shall be broken down by CN code.

Import licences shall be issued by the competent autho-
3.
rities of the Member States on the fourth working day following
the end of the notification period provided for in paragraph 2.

4.
By way of derogation from Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC)
No 1345/2005, the amount of the security shall be EUR 15 per
100 kg net.

Article 4

Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 is repealed.

Article 5

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
the European
that of
Union.

its publication in the Official

Journal of

3.
For the purposes of calculating the quantity authorised for
each month, where a week begins in one month and finishes in

It shall apply from 1 January 2007.

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

Done at Brussels, 20 December 2006.

For the Commission

Mariann FISCHER BOEL
Member of the Commission