Commission Regulation (EEC) No 2048/87 of 10 July 1987 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for import of olive oil originating in Tunisia

The import levy referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EEC) No 1878/87 shall be 16 ECU per 100 kilograms.

1 Member States of the Community as constituted at 31 December 1985 in which olive oil originating in Tunisia is released for free circulation in accordance with Regulation (EEC) No 1878/87 shall introduce a control system which requires that, in cases where olive oil which falls under subheadings 15.07 A I a) and b) of the Common Customs Tariff and which is contained in vessels of a net capacity greater than five litres, or in bulk, is exported to Spain or to Portugal from the territory of those Member States, the operator must demonstrate to the satisfaction of those Member States that the oil concerned is not of Tunisian origin. That requirement shall apply until 30 June 1988, without prejudice of application of paragraph 2.

2 Where, after being released for free circulation in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1, the oil is consigned to another Member State the document attesting to the Community status of the goods shall include one of the following forms of wording: Aceite de oliva importado de Tũnez — Reglamento (CEE) no 1878/87 Olivenolie indført fra Tunesien — Forordning (EØF) nr. 1878/87 Olivenöl, eingeführt aus Tunesien — Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 1878/87 Ελαιόλαδο εισαχθέν από την Τυνησία — Κανονισμός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 1878/87 Olive oil imported from Tunisia — Regulation (EEC) No 1878/87 Huile d'olive importée de Tunisie — Règlement (CEE) no 1878/87 Olio d'oliva importato dalla Tunisia — Regolamento n. 1878/87 Olijfolie ingevoerd uit Tunesië — Verordening (EEG) nr. 1878/87 Azeite importado da Tunisia — Regulamento (CEE) no 1878/87.

3 Notwithstanding Article 8 (4) of Regulation (EEC) No 3183/80 the quantity released for free circulation must not exceed that specified in boxes 10 and 11 of the import licence. A ‘0’ shall accordingly be entered in box 22 of the said licence.

4 Where olive oil for which the document, as referred to in paragraph 2, attesting to the Community status of the goods concerned, is released for consumption in Spain or Portugal, an amount equal to the difference between the minimum levy applicable on the day the declaration of release for consumption is accepted and 16 ECU/100 kilograms shall be charged in Spain or Portugal, as the case may be.

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.