to in Article 2 are broken down by the Community into shares for each of its Member States. 2. Portions of the quantitative limits established inAnnex II not used in a Member State of the Community may be allocated to another Member State in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community. The Community undertakes to examine with care and to reply within four weeks to any request made by Bulgaria for such reallocation. In the event of any reallocation the flexibility provisions set out in Article 4 shall continue to be applicable to the levels of the original allocation. 3. After the first of June of each year of application of the Agreement, Bulgaria may transfer, subject to prior notification to the Community, unused quantities within the regional quota-shares of a Community quantitative limit, set out in Annex II, to the quota-shares of the same limit of other regions of the Community provided that the regional quota-share from which the transfer is made is utilized by less than 80 %, and up to the amount of the following percentages of the quota-share to which the transfer is made: 2 % in the first year of application of the Agreement, 4 % in the second year of application of the Agreement, 8 % in the third year of application of the Agreement, 12 % in the fourth year of application of the Agreement. 4. Should it appear in any given region of the Community that additional supplies are required, the Community may, where measures taken pursuant to paragraph 1 above are inadequate to cover those requirements, authorize the importation of amounts greater than those stipulated in Annex II. Article 141. The special consultation procedures referred to in this Agreement other than those referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be governed by the following rules: - any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the other Party, - where appropriate, the request for consultations shall be followed within a reasonable period (and in any case not later than 15 days following the notification) by a report setting out the circumstances which, in the opinion of the requesting Party, justify the submission of such a request, - the Parties shall enter into consultations within one month of notification of the request at the latest, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within one further month at the latest, - the period of one month referred to above for the purpose of reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion may be extended by common accord. 2. The Community may request consultations in accordance with paragraph 1 when it ascertains that during a particular year of application of the Agreement difficulties arise in the Community or one of its regions due to a sharp and substantial increase, by comparison to the preceding year, in imports of a given category of Group 1 subject to the quantitative limits set out in Annex II. 3. At the request of either of the Parties, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this Agreement. Any consultations held under this Article shall take place in a spirit of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the differences between the two Parties. Article 151. Bulgaria and the Community undertake to refrain from discrimination in the allocation of export licences and import authorizations or documents referred to in Protocol Aand B. 2. In implementing this Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall take care to maintain the traditional commercial practices and trade flows between the Community and Bulgaria. 3. Should either Party find that the application of this Agreement is disturbing existing commercial relations between importers in the Community and suppliers in Bulgaria consultations shall be started promptly, in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 14, with a view to remedying this situation. Article 16This Agreement shall apply, on the one hand, to the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of the People's Republic of Bulgaria. Article 171. This Agreement enters into force on the first day of the month following its signature. It shall be applicable until31 December 1990. 2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1987. 3. Either Party may at any time propose amendments to this Agreement. 4. Either Party may at any time denounce this Agreement, provided that at least 90 days' notice is given. In the latter event the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period of notice. 5. The Annexes and Protocols, as, well as Exchanges of Letters, Agreed Minute and Joint Declarations attached to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof. Article 18This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Greek, Spanish, Portuguese and Bulgarian languages, each of those texts being equally authentic. SPA:L333UMBE01.95FF: