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Olive oil quota licences (Tunisia): apply 1-7 October 2026
Notice to Traders 76/26 opens licence applications for Tunisian olive oil from 1 October to 5pm on 7 October 2026; applicants bear responsibility for correctness at submission.
By Taxxa AI OyPublished 23 September 2026
Importers of Tunisian olive oil can apply for quota licences under Notice to Traders 76/26GOV between 1 October 2026 and 5pm on 7 October 2026
GOV. Applicants bear responsibility for checking that the application is correct at the time of submission
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The window operates under Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432Legislation, the United Kingdom's tariff-quota framework for agricultural imports
Legislation. The prior round for the same quota, Notice to Traders 68/26, shows how the framework is applied to this line: an application had to name Tunisia as country of origin in box 8, cite Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432 and Quota Order No. 05.4032 in box 20
GOV, and be accompanied by a security of £170 per tonne
GOV; the applicant had to be established, and registered for VAT, in the United Kingdom
GOV; applications and securities received after the 5pm cut-off were rejected
GOV; and the licence was valid from 1 October 2026 until the end of the quota year on 31 December 2026
GOV, with security against the main electronic licence released automatically upon attribution of at least 95 per cent of the licence quantity
GOV. The prior round also carried an Annex 1 quantity table for the specific application window, identifying 5,277,084 kg available under order number 05.4032 for the September 2026 round
GOV, alongside an application checklist covering the quota order number
GOV, the £170-per-tonne security rate
GOV, the commodity description against the CN code
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GOV, and signature by an authorised individual
GOV: the same checks apply in substance to the October round.
The October 2026 notice itself carries only the window and the applicant-responsibility ruleGOV, so traders should check the notice for any round-specific conditions that differ from the prior round before applying. An application lodged after 5pm on 7 October 2026 falls outside the window the notice opens
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Legal basis: Statutory Instrument 2020 No. 1432, as applied in Notice to Traders 68/26 and Notice to Traders 76/26.