Mission of the People's Republic of China wishes to confirm to the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the extended Agreement, China 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 120 days' notice is given.The Directorate-General for External Relations would be grateful if the Mission would confirm its Agreement to the foregoing.The Mission of the People's Republic of China to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Directorate-General for External Relations the assurance of its highest consideration.Appendix 8 Joint declaration on the Berlin FairIn the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, applied since 1 January 1989, and further extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992, the two Parties agreed that the following Berlin Fair quantities, that were included in the German regional quotas for 1992:Category:1 // 317 tonnes2 // 1 338 tonnes2 (a) // 159 tonnes3 // 196 tonnes3 (a) // 27 tonnes4 // 2 061 (1 000 pieces)5 // 705 (1 000 pieces)6 // 1 689 (1 000 pieces)7 // 302 (1 000 pieces)8 // 992 (1 000 pieces)9 // 294 tonnes10 // 2 215 (1 000 pairs)12 // 843 (1 000 pairs)13 // 3 192 (1 000 pieces)19 // 5 431 (1 000 pieces)20/39 // 372 tonnes21 // 964 (1 000 pieces)22 // 332 tonnes24 // 1 138 (1 000 pieces)32 // 184 tonnes37 // 567 tonnes37 (a) // 158 tonnesare made available for the years 1993, 1994, 1995 on the understanding that such quantities may be used exclusively at European fairs and that they take definitively care of China's interests regarding any future allocation of quantities for fairs that could be decided by the Community.Flexibilities provided for in Article 5 of the Agreement will apply to the above categories.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAppendix 9 Agreed Minute N° 5In the context of the settlement of the overshipment, which occurred in 1992 concerning the sublimit for cashmere pullovers in category 5, China undertakes to ensure improved regular supplies of cashmere raw materials in terms of qualities and prices to European producers of cashmere made-up products.The actual implementation of this undertaking as well as active action by China to combat fraud and transhipments of cashmere products will be taken into account by the European Community in defining the calendar and modalities for the resorption of quantities overshipped in 1992.As a first step in the resorption of the 1992 overshipments, whose magnitude will be determined on the basis of Community import statistics for 1992, an annual deduction of 45 000 pieces has been agreed for the years 1993, 1994 and 1995.Consultations will be held at the request of either party to review trade developments on this subject.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAppendix 10 Agreed Minute N° 6In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, applied since 1 January 1989, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992, the Parties agreed that by derogation to the provisions of Article 4 (1) of the Agreement, the quantitative limits provided for in Annex III in respect of products of category 33 cover all imports including products declared to be for re-export outside the Community. Exports of these products will consequently be subject to the normal double-checking system.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAppendix 11 Agreed Minute N° 7In the context of the Agreement between the European Economic Community and the People's Republic of China on trade in textile and clothing products, applied since 1 January 1989, as extended by the exchange of letters initialled on 8 December 1992, China undertakes to limit its exports to the European Community of surgical dressing (CN code 3005 90 31) to the following quantities:1993 // 3 200 tonnes1994 // 3 360 tonnes1995 // 3 528 tonnes.Exports of these products will be made subject to normal double-checking system provisions of the Agreement.For the Government of the People's Republic of ChinaFor the Council of the European Communities