
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 %.
2. The quota shall be opened from 1 January each year. For 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.
3. For the purposes of calculating the quantity authorised for each month, where a week begins in one month and finishes in the following month, it must be considered as part of the month in which the Thursday falls.
Article 3 

1. By way of derogation from Article 6(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1301/2006, applicants may lodge one import licence application 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.
2. The Member States shall notify the Commission each week of the quantities for which licence applications have been lodged, on the working day following Tuesday. Notifications shall be broken down by CN code.
3. Import licences shall be issued by the competent authorities 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Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 is repealed.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 that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
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