— the Contracting Parties shall enter into consultations within one month of notification of the request at the latest, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually Article 22 acceptable conclusion within one further month at the latest, 1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of— the period of one month referred to above for the purpose the month following the date of its signature . It shall be of reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable applicable until 31 December 1992. conclusion may be extended by common accord . 2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January2. The Community may request consultations in 1990 .accordance with paragraph 1 when it ascertains that during aparticular year of application of the Agreement difficulties 3. Either Contracting Party may at any time proposearise in the Community or one of its regions due to a sharp modifications to this Agreement or denounce it, providedand substantial increase, by comparison to the preceding that at least six months' notice is given. In that event, theyear, in imports of a given category of group 1 subject to the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period ofquantitative limits set out in Annex II . notice .3. At the request of either of the Contracting Parties , 4. The Contracting Parties agree to enter intoconsultations shall be held on any problems arising from the consultations not later than six months before the expirationapplication of this Agreement . Any consultations held under of the present agreement with a view to possibly concluding athis Article shall take place in a spirit of cooperation and with new Agreement.a desire to reconcile the differences between the ContractingParties .