market specified by the Community to one-twelfth of the5. The limits introduced under paragraph 2 or paragraph level of exports reached during the preceding calendar4 may in no case be lower than the level of imports of year .products in that category originating in the Philippines in1980 . 3. A quantitative limit modified as a result of the application of paragraph 1 in any year preceding the final6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the agreement year shall be subject to a growth rate so as toCommunity on a regional basis in accordance with the ensure that the level of the quantitative limit set out inprovisions of Protocol C. Annex II for the final agreement year is regained in that year .7. The annual growth rate for the quantitative limitsintroduced under this Article shall be determined in 4. Should the Parties be unable in the course ofaccordance with the provisions of Protocol D. consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 17 , the Philippines undertakes , if8. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the so requested by the Community :percentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as aresult of a fall in total imports into the Community , and not — to suspend wholly or in part , the provisions of Article 7 inas a result of an increase in exports of products originating in respect of the Community or any of its regions for thethe Philippines . category concerned , or — to modify the quantitative limit set out in Annex II for the9. In the event of the provisions of paragraph 2 , 3 or 4 category concerned so as to restrain exports to thebeing applied , the Philippines undertakes to issue export Community or any of its regions to 125% of imports