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 People's Republic of BangladeshAppendix 1 (The contents of Appendix 1 are identical to those of Appendix 1 to the Agreement with Singapore; see pages 16 to 42)Appendix 2 ANNEX TO PROTOCOL A Appendix 3 Agreed Minute N° 1In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bangladesh on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled on 17 December 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, Bangladesh shall be informed in advance of the relevant provisions of Protocol A to the Agreement to be applied, as appropriate. For the Governmentof the People's Republic of BangladeshFor the Councilof the European CommunitiesAppendix 4 Agreed Minute N° 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), Bangladesh 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 Bangladesh on the basis of export licences obtained before the date of formal notification to Bangladesh by the Community about the introduction of the above limits. The Community shall inform Bangladesh 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 People's Republic of BangladeshFor 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 People's Republic of Bangladesh to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products negotiated between the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Community applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 12 December 1991 and as further extended by the exchange of letters of 17 December 1992. The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh 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 17 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 Bangladesh to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration. Appendix 5 Agreed Minute N° 3In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of Bangladesh on trade in textile and clothing products, applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 15 December 1991 and further extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 17 December 1992, Bangladesh agreed that, form the date of request for and pending the consultations referred to in Article 12 (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 Governmentof the People's Republic of BangladeshFor the Councilof the European CommunitiesExchange of notes 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 Bangladesh to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products between the People's Republic of Bangladesh and the Community applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 12 December 1991 and as further extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 17 December 1992. The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the People's Republic of Bangladesh that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the extended Agreement, the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1993.