PROTOCOL C The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under Article 7 of the Agreement shall be determined as follows : For products in categories falling within Groups II or III , the growth rate shall be fixed by agreement between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 15 of the Agreement. Such growth rate may in no case be lower than the highest rate applied to corresponding products under bilateral agreements concluded under the Geneva Arrangement between the Community and other third countries having a level of trade equal to or comparable with that of Czechoslovakia . Declaration concerning Article 1 ( 3 ) of the Agreement The Community declares that , in accordance with the Community rules on origin referred to in Article 1 ( 3 ) of the Agreement , any amendments to the said rules will remain based upon criteria not requiring, in order to confer originating status , more extensive operations than those which constitute a single complete process . Done at Brussels , For the European Economic Community Declaration concerning Article 12 of Protocol A The Community hereby declares that neither a lack of full information nor the giving of approximate information in box 8 of the export licence , nor the absence of details regarding the marks and numbers or the number and kind of packages in box 1 0 , may constitute valid grounds for a refusal on the part of the Community authorities to issue an import authorization or document. Done at Brussels , For the European Economic Community ---pagebreak--- N ? L 245 / 286 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias 29 . 8 . 86 AGREEMENT in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the European Economic Commumty