3 ANNEX TO PROTOCOL E(The product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement)OPT QUOTAS>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Appendix 4 Agreed Minute N° 1In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled on 8 December 1992, the Parties agreed that Article 6 of the Agreement does not preclude the Community, if the conditions are fulfilled, from applying the safeguard measures for one or more of its regions in conformity with the principles of the internal market.In such an event, China shall be informed in advance of the relevant provisions of Protocol A to the Agreement to be applied, as appropriate.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European Communities Appendix 5 Agreed Minute N° 2Notwithstanding Article 8 (1) of this Agreement, for imperative technical or administrative reasons or to find a solution to economic problems resulting from regional concentration of imports, or in order to combat circumvention and fraud of the provisions of this Agreement, the Community will establish for a limited period of time a specific management system in conformity with the principles of the internal market.However, if the Parties are unable to reach a satisfactory solution during the consultations provided for in Article 8 (3), China undertakes, if so requested by the Community, to respect temporary export limits for one or more regions of the Community. In such a case, these limits shall not preclude the importation into the region(s) concerned of products which were shipped from China on the basis of export licences obtained before the date of formal notification to China by the Community about the introduction of the above limits.The Community shall inform China of the technical and administrative measures, such as defined in the attached note verbale, that need to be introduced by both Parties in order to implement the above paragraphs in conformity with the principles of the internal market.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesNote verbale The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities presents its compliments to the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products negotiated between the People's Republic of China and the Community applied since 1 January 1989, as extended by the exchange of letters of 7 December 1992.The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the People's Republic of China that the Community has decided to apply, starting from 1 January 1993, the provisions of paragraph 1 of Agreed Minute No 2 to the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992. Consequently, the corresponding provisions of Articles 7 and 12 of Protocol A to the Agreement shall also be applied as of the above date.The Directorate-General for External Relations avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Appendix 6 Agreed Minute No 3In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 8 December 1992, the Parties agreed that China shall endeavour not to deprive certain regions of the Community which have traditionally had relatively small shares of Community quotas of imports of products serving as inputs for their processing industry.The Community and China further agreed to hold consultations, should the need arise, in order to avert any problems which might occur in this respect.The Parties agreed that this Agreed Minute replaces the corresponding Agreed Minute of the Agreement on this subject.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAppendix 7 Agreed Minute N° 4In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, applied since 1 January 1989, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992, China agreed that, from the date of request for and pending the consultations referred to in Article 8 (3), it shall cooperate by not issuing export licences that would further aggravate the problems resulting from the regional concentration of direct imports into the Community.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesExchange of notes The Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities presents its compliments to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products between the People's Republic of China and the Community applied since 1 January 1989, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992.The Mission of the People's Republic of China wishes to confirm to the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the extended Agreement, China is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. 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