by the corresponding import licences can only be put into free circulation in the region(s) of the Community indicated in those licences.`2.11. The second and fifth indents of Article 12 (2) of Protocol A are replaced by the following: '- two letters identifying in the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows: . . .`, '- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of customs clearance.`2.12. Agreed Minute No 1 set out in Appendix 2 to this letter shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 2.13. Agreed Minute No 2 set out in Appendix 3 to this letter shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 2.14. Agreed Minute No 3 set out in Appendix 4 to this letter shall form an integral part of the Agreement. 2.15. Agreed Minute No 4 set out in Appendix 5 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. For the Councilof the European CommunitiesAppendix 1 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 2 Agreed Minute N° 1In 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 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 of 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 Communities 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 No 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,