of the Community indicated in those licences.`2.11. The second and fifth indents of Article 14 (2) of Protocol A are replaced by the following:'- two letters identifying the intended Member State of customs clearance as follows:BL = Benelux,DE = Germany,DG = Denmark,EL = Greece,ES = Spain,FR = France,GB = United Kingdom,IE = Ireland,IT = Italy,PT = Portugal`,'- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of customs clearance.`2.12. Paragraph 3 (b) of Protocol E to the Agreement is deleted.2.13. The Agreed Minute to the Agreement of 1989 concerning special flexibilities provisions for the Berlin Fair for Germany is deleted and replaced by the joint declaration set out in Appendix 8 to this letter.2.14. The Agreed Minute to the Agreement of 1989 concerning Article 10 (2) of the Agreement is replaced by Agreed Minute No 3 set out in Appendix 6 to this letter.2.15. All the Agreed Minutes and joint declarations annexed to this exchange of letters 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 1989, 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 Council of the European CommunitiesAppendix 1 (The contents of Appendix 1 are identical to those of Appendix 1 to the Agreement with Singapore; see pages 16 to 42)Appendix 2 ANNEX III(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 3 ANNEX TO PROTOCOL E(The product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Agreement)OPT QUOTAS>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Appendix 4 Agreed Minute N° 1In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled on 8 December 1992, the Parties agreed that Article 6 of the Agreement does not preclude the Community, if the conditions are fulfilled, from applying the safeguard measures for one or more of its regions in conformity with the principles of the internal market.In such an event, China shall be informed in advance of the relevant provisions of Protocol A to the Agreement to be applied, as appropriate.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European Communities Appendix 5 Agreed Minute N° 2Notwithstanding Article 8 (1) of this 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 this 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 8 (3), China 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 China on the basis of export licences obtained before the date of formal notification to China by the Community about the introduction of the above limits.The Community shall inform China 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 Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesNote verbale The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities presents its compliments to the Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on textile products negotiated between the People's Republic of China and the Community applied since 1 January 1989, as extended by the exchange of letters of 7 December 1992.The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the People's Republic of China 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 8 December 1992. Consequently, the corresponding provisions of Articles 7 and 12 of Protocol A to the Agreement shall also be applied as of the above