OF PRODUCTS WITH QUANTITATIVE LIMITSSection IExportationArticle 5The competent authorities of India shall issue an export certificate in respect of all consignments from India of textile products referred to in Annex II, up to the relevant quantitative limits as may be modified by Articles 7, 13 and 14 of the Agreement and of textile products subject to any definitive or provisional quantitative limits established as a result of the application of Article 8 of the Agreement.Article 61. The export certificate shall conform to the model annexed to this Protocol. It must certify inter alia that thequantity of the product in question has been set off against the quantitative limit prescribed for the category of the product in question.2. Each export certificate shall only cover one of the categories of products listed in Annex II to this Agreement. It may be used for one or more consignments of the products in question.3. Where the conversion rate provided for in Annex II is applied the following note must be inserted in box 9 of the export licence: 'conversion rate for garments of a commercial size not exceeding 130 cm is to be applied'.Article 7The competent Community authorities must be notified forthwith of the withdrawal or alteration of any export certificate already issued.Article 81. Exports shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the year in which shipment of the goods has been effected, even if the export certificate is issued after such shipment.2. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1, shipment of the goods is considered to have taken place on the date of their loading on to the exporting aircraft, vehicle or vessel.Article 9The presentation of an export certificate, pursuant to Article 11, shall be effected not later than 31 March of the year following that in which the goods covered by the certificate have been shipped.Section I IImportationArticle 10Importation into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to the presentation of an import authorization or document.Article 111. The competent Community authorities shall issue the import authorization or document referred to in Article 10 automatically within five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export certificate.The import authorization or document shall be valid for six months.2. The competent Community authorities shall cancel the already issued import authorization or document if the corresponding export certificate has been withdrawn.However, if the competent Community authorities are notified about the withdrawal or cancellation of the export certificate only after the products have been imported into the Community, the quantities involved shall be set off against the quantitative limit for the category and the quota year in question.Article 121. If the competent Community authorities find that the total quantities covered by export certificates issued by India for a particular category in any Agreement year exceed the quantitative limit established in Annex II for that category, as may be modified by Articles 7, 13 and 14 of the Agreement, or any definitive or provisional limit established under Article 8 of the Agreement, the said authorities may suspend the further issue of import authorizations or documents. In this event, the competent Community authorities shall immediately inform the authorities of India and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 16 of the Agreement shall be initiated forthwith.2. Exports of products of Indian origin subject to quantitative limits not covered by Indian export certificates issued in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol may be refused the issue of import authorizations or documents by the competent Community authorities.However, if the import of such products is allowed into the Community by the competent Community authorities, the quantities involved shall not be set off against the appropriate quantitative limits set out in Annex II or established as a result of the application of Article 8 of the Agreement, without the express agreement of India, save as provided for in Article 11 of the Agreement.TITLE IVFORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONSArticle 131. The export certificate and the certificate of origin may comprise additional copies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English or French. If they are completed by hand, entries must be in ink and in block capitals. Where the export certificate and the certificate of origin are issued at the same time, the certificate of origin may be a carbon copy of the export certificate.These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used must be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m$. Each part shall have a printed guilloche-pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye.If the documents have several copies only the top copy which is the original shall be printed with the guilloche-pattern background. This copy shall be clearly marked as 'original' and the other copies as 'copy'. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities in the Community as being valid for the purposes of export to the Community in accordance with the arrangements established by this Agreement.2. Each export certificate and certificate of origin shall bear a serial number, whether or