Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 312/2001 is hereby amended as follows:

  1. 1.

    Article 1(1) is replaced by the following:

    ‘1.

    From 1 January each year, the quota of 56 700 tonnes of untreated olive oil falling within CN codes 1509 10 10 and 1509 10 90 wholly obtained in Tunisia and transported direct from that country to the Community, which is provided for in Article 3 of Protocol 1 to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, may be imported at a zero rate of duty. The import licences shall be issued up to the quota limit laid down for each year.’

  2. 2.

    The following Article 1a is inserted:

    ‘Article 1a

    The tariff quota provided for 2005 shall be increased by the amount of 467 tonnes calculated for 2004 under Article 9 of the Protocol to the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union.’

  3. 3.

    The following subparagraph is added to Article 4(3):

    ‘The notifications referred to in the first subparagraph shall be sent electronically, using the form made available to Member States by the Commission.’