shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 2.14. Agreed Minute No 3 set out in Appendix 6 to this letter shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 2.15. Agreed Minute No 4 set out in Appendix 7 to this letter shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 3. The Parties agreed that this Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the day on which the Parties have notified each other that the legal procedures necessary to this end have been completed. The Parties also agreed that this Agreement in the form of an exchange of letters and the amendments hereby to the Agreement of 1987, as extended, shall be applied provisionally from 1 January 1993. 4. I should be obliged if you kindly confirm the acceptance of your Government of the foregoing. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration.`I have the honour to confirm that my Government is in agreement with the contents of your letter. Please accept, Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration. For the Governmentof the Republic of SingaporeAppendix 1 (The contents of Appendix 1 are identical to those of Appendix 1 to Letter N° 1; see pages 16 to 42) Appendix 2 ANNEX II(The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement)>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Appendix 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 QUOTASYear: 1992>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Appendix 4 Agreed Minute No 1In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Singapore on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled on 26 November 1992, the Parties agreed that Article 8 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, Singapore shall be informed in advance of the relevant provisions of Protocol A to the Agreement to be applied, as appropriate. For the Governmentof the Republic of SingaporeFor the Councilof the European CommunitiesAppendix 5 Agreed Minute No 2Notwithstanding Article 12 (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 12 (3), the Community may also introduce temporary limits for one or more of its regions. In such a case, these limits shall not preclude the importation into the region(s) concerned of products which were shipped from Singapore on the basis of export licences obtained before the date of formal notification to Singapore by the Community about the introduction of the above limits. The Community shall inform Singapore 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 Governmentof the Republic of SingaporeFor the Councilof 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 Republic of Singapore to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products negotiated between the Republic of Singapore and the Community applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 25 October 1991 and as further extended by the exchange of letters of 26 November 1992. The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the Republic of Singapore 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 26 November 1992. Consequently, the corresponding provisions of Articles 6 and 11 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 Republic of Singapore to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration. Appendix 6 Agreed Minute N° 3In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Singapore on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 26 November 1992, the Parties agreed that Singapore 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