Ireland 1 %, United Kingdom 23,5% , Greece 2 %. PROTOCOL D The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under Article 8 of the Agreement shall be determined as follows : for products in categories falling within Group I , II , III , the growth rate shall be fixed by agreement between Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 17 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 Malaysia . ---pagebreak--- N ? L 293 / 270 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias 16 . 10 . 86 Joint declaration concerning batik fabrics and products thereof A. The Community and Malaysia agree that handicraft batik is produced by a traditional process by which colours and shades are added to a bleached or white fabric . The process is carried out by hand in three stages namely : ( a ) waxing ( application of wax by hand to the fabric); ( b ) dyeing / painting ( application of colour either by the traditional cottage method of dyeing or by hand painting); ( c) de-waxing ( boiling the fabric to remove the wax). The three stages of the process are repeated on the fabric for each of the colours or shades of the design . B. The Parties hereby further agree to the following arrangements : 1. The competent Community authorities will accept as traditional folklore handicraft textile