the formula set out in paragraph 2 , or 106 % of the level ofimports reached during the calendar year preceding that in as well as the corresponding equitable and quantifiablewhich imports exceeded the level resulting from the compensation .application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 and gaverise to the request for consultations , whichever is the 2. The Community shall authorize the importation ofhigher . products of the said category shipped from Thailand before the date on which the request for consultations wasThe annual level so fixed shall be revised upwards after submitted .consultations in accordance with the procedure referred to inArticle 17 , with a view to fulfilling the conditions set out Pending a mutually satisfactory solution , Thailandin paragraph 2 , should the trend of total imports into undertakes for a period of one month from the date ofthe Community of the product in question make this notification of the request for consultations , to restrainnecessary . exports of the products in the category concerned to the Community or to the region or regions of the Community5. The limits introduced under paragraph 2 or para­ market specified by the Community to one-twelfth of thegraph 4 may in no case be lower than the level of imports of level of exports reached during the preceding calendarproducts in that category originating in Thailand in 1980 . year .6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the 3. A quantitative limit modified as a result of theCommunity on a regional basis in accordance with the application of paragraph 1 in any year preceding the finalprovisions of Protocol C. agreement year shall be subject to a growth rate so as to ensure that the level of the quantitative limit set out in7. The annual growth rate for the quantitative limits Annex II for the final agreement year is regained in thatintroduced under this Article shall be determined in year .accordance with the provisions of Protocol D.