these goods are eligible for export in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement. Where the competent Community authorities so request, the information communicated shall also include copies of such other available documentation as may facilitate the full determination of the facts and, in particular, the true origin of the goods.4. For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of Hong Kong origin and export licences, copies of these together with relevant supporting documentation required to be lodged with the Hong Kong authorities for the issue of such certificates or licences shall be kept for a period of at least two years by the Hong Kong authorities.Article 181. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 17 or where information available to the Community or to Hong Kong indicates or appears to indicate that the provisions of this Agreement are being contravened, both parties shall cooperate closely and with the appropriate urgency to prevent such contravention.2. To this end, Hong Kong shall, on its own initiative or at the request of the Community, carry out appropriate enquiries or arrange for such enquiries to be carried out concerning operations which are or appear to be in contravention of this Agreement. Hong Kong shall communicate the results of these enquiries to the Community together with any other pertinent information enabling the true origin of the goods to be determined.3. By agreement between the Community and Hong Kong, officials designated by the Community may be present at the enquiries referred to in paragraph 2.4. In pursuance of the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1, Hong Kong and the Community shall exchange any information considered by either Party to be of use in preventing the contravention of the provisions of this Agreement. These exchanges may include information on textile production in Hong Kong and on trade in textile products of a kind covered by this Agreement between Hong Kong and other countries, particularly where the Community has reasonable grounds to consider that the products in question may be in transit across the territory of Hong Kong prior to their importation into the Community. This information shall include, at the request of the Community, copies of all relevant documentation.5. Where it is established to the satisfaction of both Parties that the provisions of this Agreement have been contravened, Hong Kong and the Community agree to take all reasonable measures to prevent a recurrence of such contravention.ANNEX I to Protocol A (Article 2) >TABLE>PROTOCOL BThe 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 Group I, II or III, the growth rate shall be fixed by agreement between the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 14 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 Hong Kong.Joint Declaration concerning Article 101. The Community and Hong Kong note the well-established and close cooperation which exists between the two parties in preventing and dealing with problems relating to the contravention throughcircumvention of the provisions of previous Agreements between the Community and Hong Kong, and, in particular, the mutually satisfactory solutions which have been reached on equivalent debiting of the corresponding quantitative limits established under those previous Agreements.2. The two parties reaffirm their willingness to strengthen this cooperation in all its aspects having regard to the administrative and technical procedures in force in the Community and Hong Kong for the implementation of this Agreement.3. Hong Kong confirms that its export control system permits the prompt debiting of circumvented amounts to the appropriate quantitative limits established under this and previous Agreements between the Community and Hong Kong.4. In agreeing to the provisions of Article 10, the Community and Hong Kong also agree, in the light of the foregoing, that for practical and specific reasons, paragraph 3 of that Article shall, as a general rule, be implemented in the following manner:- where the evidence provided clearly establishes that the provisions of this Agreement have been circumvented, Hong Kong undertakes, at the request of the Community, to debit the circumvented amounts to the appropriate quantitative limits for the year in which the circumvention took place or for subsequent years, the timing and apportioning of such debiting being decided in consultation with the Community, to ensure that, where appropriate, such debiting may be satisfactorily implemented.5. In respect of circumvention arising from imports into the Community before 1 January 1987, the following shall apply:- requests concerning imports from 1 January 1983 shall be dealt with under the terms of Article 10 of this Agreement and this Joint Declaration.6. Should the consultation period provided for in Article 14 (1) be insufficient to complete the examination of the evidence adduced the parties may agree to extend that period.Declaration concerning Article 2 (3) of the AgreementThe Community declares that, if any amendment is made to the rules of origin referred to in Article 2 (3) of the Agreement, the Community shall, with the agreement