in question make this necessary.5. The limits introduced under paragraph 2 or paragraph 4 may in no case be lower than the level of imports of products in that category originating in China in 1988.6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the Community on a regional basis in accordance with the provisions of Protocol C.7. The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits introduced under this Article shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Protocol D.8. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the percentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a result of a fall in total imports into the Community, and not as a result of an increase in exports of products originating in China.9. In the event of the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3 or 4 being applied, China undertakes to issue export certificates for products covered by contracts concluded before the introduction of the quantitative limit, up to the volume of the quantitative limit fixed.10. Up to the date of communication of the statistics referred to in Article 15 paragraph 6, the provisions of paragraph 2 of this Article shall apply on the basis of the annual statistics previously communicated by the Community.11. The provisions of this Agreement which concern exports of products subject to the quantitative limits established in Annex III shall also apply to products for which quantitative limits are introduced under this Article.Article 71. China and the Community agree to cooperate fully in preventing the circumvention of this Agreement by transhipment, re-routing or whatever other means.2. Where information available to the Community as a result of the investigations carried out in accordance with the procedures set out in Protocol A constitutes evidence that products of Chinese origin subject to quantitative limits established under this Agreement have been transhipped, re-routed or otherwise imported into the Community in circumvention of this Agreement, the Community may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the procedures described in Article 16, with a view to reaching agreement on an equivalent adjustment of the corresponding quantitative limits established under this Agreements.3. Pending the result of the consultations referred to in paragraph 2, China shall, as a precautionary measure, if so requested by the Community, make the necessary arrangements to ensure that adjustments of quantitative limits liable to be agreed following the consultations referred to in paragraph 2 may be carried out for the quota year in which the request to open consultations in accordance with paragraph 2 was made, or for the following year if the quota for the current year is exhausted, where clear evidence of circumvention is provided.4. Should the parties be unable in the course of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within the period specified in Article 16 paragraph 2, the Community shall have the right, where clear evidence of circumvention has been provided, to deduct from the quantitative limits established under this Agreement amounts equivalent to the products of Chinese origin.Article 81. China shall endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products covered by this Agreement are spaced out as evenly as possible over the year, due account being taken in particular of seasonal factors.2. Should there be an excessive concentration of imports of any products belonging to a category subject to quantitative limits under this Agreement, the Community may request consultations in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 16 with a view to remedying this situation.Article 9In the event of denunciation of this Agreement as provided for in Article 20 paragraph 3, the quantitative limits established in Annex III shall be reduced on a pro rata basis.Article 101. Portions of the quantitative limits established in Annex III not used in one region of the Community may be reallocated to another region in accordance with the procedures in force in the Community.The Community undertakes to examine with care and reply within four weeks to any request made for reallocation by China. In the event of agreement on such reallocation, the flexibility provisions set out in Article 5 shall continue to be applicable to the levels of the original allocation.2. After 1 June of each year of application of the Agreement, China may transfer, subject to prior notification to the Community, the unused quantities of the regional quota-shares of a Community quantitative limit, set out in Annex III, to the quota-shares of the same limit of other regions of the Community provided that the regional quota-share from which the transfer is made is utilized by less than 80 %, and up to the amount of the following percentages of the quota-share to which the transfer is made:- 4 % in the first year of application of the Agreement,- 8 % in the second year of application of the Agreement,- 16 % in the third year of application of the Agreement.The percentage in the fourth year of application of the Agreement shall be determined following consultations between the Parties.3. Should it appear in any given region of the Community that additional supplies are required, the Community may, where measures taken pursuant to paragraph 2 are inadequate to cover those requirements, authorize the importation of amounts greater than those stipulated in Annex III.Article 111. China undertakes to take such