To help strengthen Tunisia’s economy, hit not least by 2015 terrorist attacks, Meps backed emergency plans to allow an additional 70,000 tonnes of its virgin Olive Oil to be imported duty free in the EU, in 2016/17. However, MEPs also inserted requirements for the EU Commission to do a mid-term assessment of the effects of the measures, update them if it turns out that they harm EU olive oil producers,… Read more on http://africa-newsroom.com/press/meps-back-more-dutyfree-olive-oil-imports-to-help-tunisia-but-want-safeguards?lang=en