the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 3 November 1992, the Parties agreed that Article 7 of the Agreement does not preclude the Community, if the conditions are fulfilled, from applying the safeguard measures referred to in Article 7 for one or more of its regions in conformity with the principles of the internal market. In such an event, Hong Kong shall be informed in advance of the relevant provisions of Protocol A to the Agreement to be applied, as appropriate. For the Delegationof Hong KongFor the Delegation of theEuropean Economic Community Appendix 3 Agreed Minute N° 2Notwithstanding Article 11 (1) of the 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 the 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 11 (3) Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong on the basis of export licences obtained before the date of formal notification to Hong Kong by the Community about the introduction of the above limits. The Community shall inform Hong Kong 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 Delegationof Hong KongFor the Delegation of theEuropean Economic Community Note verbale The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communites presents its compliments to the Special Representative of Hong Kong to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products between Hong Kong and the Community applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 16 July 1991 and further extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 3 November 1992. The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Special Representative of Hong Kong that the Community has decided to apply, starting from 1 January 1993, the provisions of paragraph 1 of Agreed Minute N° 2 to the exchange of letters initialled on 3 November 1992. Consequently, the corresponding provisions of Articles 5 and 10 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 Special Representative of Hong Kong to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration. Appendix 4 Agreed Minute N° 3In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 3 November 1992, the Parties agreed that Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong 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. For the Delegationof Hong KongFor the Delegation of the European Economic Community Appendix 5 Agreed Minute N° 4In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong on trade in textile and clothing products, applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 16 July 1991 and further extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 3 November 1992, Hong Kong agreed that, from the date of request for and pending the consultations referred to in Article 11 (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 Delegationof Hong KongFor the Delegation of theEuropean Economic Community Exchange of notes The Special Representative of Hong Kong to the European Communities presents his compliments to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Directorate General's Note of 3 November 1992 regarding the Agreement on textile products between Hong Kong and the Community applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 16 July 1991 and further extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 3 November 1992. The Special Representative of Hong Kong 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, the Government of Hong Kong is prepared