On Thursday 21 June, Salvatore Cicu MEP (EPP, Italy) questioned the usefulness of the additional annual zero-duty import quotas for Tunisian olive oil in the European Union in 2016 and 2017, pointing out that these quotas are under-used.
"Of the 70,000 tonnes that are granted, only 2,557 tonnes have been used. We are thus a long way from the volume granted by the EU", Ciciu stated at a review of EU-Tunisia trade relations that took place in the European Parliament's international trade...