{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-3170/article-2",
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  "legislation": "eur/1987/3170",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EEC) No 3170/87 of 23 October 1987 laying down detailed rules for the application of the special measures for import of olive oil originating in Tunisia",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1987-3170",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "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 3159/87 shall introduce a control system which requires that, in cases where olive oil which falls within 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 31 August 1988, without prejudice to application of paragraph 2.\n2. 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:\nAceite de oliva importado de Túnez — Reglamento (CEE) no 3159/87\nOlivenolie indført fra Tunesien — Forordning (EØF) nr. 3159/87\nOlivenöl, eingeführt aus Tunesien — Verordnung (EWG) Nr. 3159/87\nΕλαιόλαδο εισαχθέν από την Τυνησία — Κανονισμός (ΕΟΚ) αριθ. 3159/87\nOlive oil imported from Tunisia — Regulation (EEC) No 3159/87\nHuile d'olive importée de Tunisie — Règlement (CEE) no 3159/87\nOlio d'oliva importato dalla Tunisia — Regolamento (CEE) n. 3159/87\nOlijfolie ingevoerd uit Tunesië — Verordening (EEG) nr. 3159/87\nAzeite importado da Tunísia — Regulamento (CEE) nọ 3159/87.\n3. 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 ‘O’ shall accordingly be entered in box 22 of the said licence.\n4. 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 the amount applicable pursuant to Article 1 of this Regulation shall be charged.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1987/3170/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:04:18.885597+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}