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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11461

6 January 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) agriculture
Sensitive agriculture committee vote on Tunisian olive oil quota

Brussels, 05/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's agriculture committee is expected, on Monday 11 January, to adopt its opinion for the international trade committee on the introduction of emergency autonomous trade measures for the Republic of Tunisia.

The proposal is for an annual duty-free import quota of 35,000 tonnes of virgin olive oil originating in Tunisia.

The members of the agriculture committee are, to say the least, unhappy with this proposal. Over 50 amendments...