# Commission Regulation (EC) No 953/98 of 6 May 1998 laying down detailed rules of application for the importation of olive oil originating in Tunisia, Article 2

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. With a view to applying the customs duty referred to in Article 1 of Regulation (EC) No 906/98, importers must submit an import licence application to the competent authorities of the Member States. Such applications must be accompanied by a copy of the purchase contract concluded with the Tunisian exporter.
2. Import licence applications must be submitted on Mondays and Tuesdays of each week. Member States shall notify the Commission every Wednesday of the data in the licence applications received.
3. Each week the Commission shall draw up a total of the quantities for which import licences have been submitted. It shall authorise the Member States to issue licences until the monthly quota is exhausted; where there is a risk of the monthly quota being exhausted, the Commission shall authorise the Member States to issue import licences in proportion to the quantity available.
4. Once the maximum quantity provided for in Regulation (EC) No 906/98 is reached, the Commission shall inform the Member States.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1998/953/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1998-953/article-2
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