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 theEuropean 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 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 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. This is on the understanding that either party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the extended Agreement provided that days' 120 notice is given. The Directorate-General for External Relations would be grateful if the Special Representative would confirm his Agreement to the foregoing. 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. Letter N° 2 Sir, I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of . . . which reads as follows: 'Sir, 1. I have the honour to refer to the consultations held on 28 to 30 October 1992 between our respective delegations for the purpose of amending the Agreement on trade in textile products between the European Economic Community and Hong Kong, applied since 1 January 1987, as extended by the exchange of letters applied since 1 January 1992 (hereinafter "the Agreement"). 2. As a result of these consultations, both Parties agreed to amend the following provisions of the Agreement: 2.1. Annex II which sets out the quantitative restrictions for exports from Hong Kong to the European Economic Community is replaced for the period 1 January 1993 to 31 December 1994 by Appendix 1 to this letter. 2.2. Article 7 (5) (c), (7) and 9 of the Agreement are deleted. Consequently, the reference to paragraphs 9 and 7 in paragraphs 5 (d) and 10 are also deleted. 2.3. At the end of Article 8 (2) the following is added: "This information shall, for all categories of products, be transmitted before the end second month following the quarter to which the statistics relate". 2.4. Article 8 (3) is replaced by the following: "The information referred to in paragraph 1 shall, for all categories of products, be forwarded before the end of the month following the month to which the statistics relate."2.5. Article 11 (1) and (2) are replaced by the following: "1. The quantitative limits established under this Agreement on imports into the Community of textile products of Hong Kong origin will not be broken down by the Community into regional shares. 2. The Parties shall cooperate in order to prevent sudden and prejudicial changes in traditional trade flows resulting in regional concentration of direct imports into the Community. 3. Hong Kong shall monitor its exports of products under restraint into the Community. Should a sudden and prejudicial change in traditional trade flows arise, the Community will be entitled to request consultations in order to find a satisfactory solution to those problems. Such consultations must be held within 15 working days of their being requested by the Community, and in accordance with Article 14