fixed on a regional basis where imports of a given product into any region of the Community in relation to the amounts determined in accordance with paragraph 2 of the said Article 8 exceed the following regional percentage:Germany // 25,5 %Benelux // 9,5 %France // 16,5 %Italy // 13,5 %Denmark // 2,7 %Ireland // 0,8 %United Kingdom // 21,0 %Greece // 1,5 %Spain // 7,5 %Portugal // 1,5 %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 the Parties in accordance with the consultation procedure established in Article 16 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 Pakistan.PROTOCOL E Re-imports in the sense of Article 4 paragraph 2 of this Agreement into the Community of products listed in the Annex to this Protocol shall be subject to the provisions of the Agreement except as specifically provided for by the particular provisions set out below:1. Only re-imports into the Community subject to the specific quantitative limits set out in the Annex to this Protocol, as may be modified by the application of paragraphs 2 and 3, shall be considered re-imports in the sense of Article 4, paragraph 2.2. Re-imports not covered by the Annex may be submitted to specific quantitative limits following consultations in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 16 of the Agreement, provided the products concerned are subject to the quantitative limits established under Annex II to the Agreement.3. The Community may, at its own discretion, and bearing in mind the interest of both parties, or in the framework of a request set out in Article 16 of the Agreement:(a) examine the possibilities of transfers between categories and advance use or carryover of portions of specific quantitative limits from one year to another;(b) consider the scope for reallocating portions of any specific quantitative limits not used in one region of the Community to another region.4. However, the Community may automatically carry out the flexibilities in the sense of paragraph 3 up to the following extent:(a) transfer between categories up to 20 % of the share established for the category to which the transfer is made;(b) carryover of specific quantitative limits from one year to another up to 10,5 % of the share for the year of actual utilization;(c) advance use of specific quantitative limits from one year to another up to 7,5 % of the share for the year of actual utilization.5. The Community shall inform Pakistan of any measures taken pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.6. Debiting against a specific quantitative limit referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by the competent authorities of the Community at the time of issuing the prior authorization provided for by the Community Regulation on economic outward processing, Regulation (EEC) N° 636/82. A specific quantitative limit shall be debited for the year in which a prior authorization is issued.7. A certificate of origin shall be issued for all products covered by the present Protocol by Pakistan in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A of the Agreement, bearing a reference to the prior authorization referred to in paragraph 6 as evidence that the processing operation described in the prior authorization has been carried out in Pakistan.8. The Community shall provide Pakistan with the names, addresses and the specimens of stamps used by the competent authorities of the Community for the issue of the prior authorizations referred to in paragraph 6.9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 8 above Pakistan and the Community will continue to consult together to seek a mutually acceptable means to enable both parties to take advantage of the OPT provisions in the Agreement with a view to effective development of trade in textiles between Pakistan and the Community.Annex to Protocol EOPT QUANTITATIVE LIMITSFor practical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I are given in the present Annex in abbreviated form>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Agreed Minute In the context of the Agreement between the Community and the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, initialled on 12 September 1986, it is agreed that carryover from the quantitative limits for the year 1986 of amounts not used during the year 1986 is authorized up to 7 % of the corresponding quantitative limits for 1987. Anticipation of a portion of quantitative limits for the year 1987 is authorized up to 5 % for any quantitative limit for the year 1986. Head of Delegation of the Islamic Republic of PakistanHead of Delegation of the European Economic CommunityAgreed Minute With reference to Article 14 (3) of the Agreement on trade in textiles between the European