may be carried out for the quota year in which the request to open consultations in accordance with paragraph 2 was made, 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 (1) of the Agreement, 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 Macao origin. Article 12 1. Macao shall endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products subject to quantitative limits are spaced out as evenly as possible over an Agreement year, due account being taken, in particular, of seasonal factors. 2. Should there be an excessive concentration of imports on any product within a category subject to quantitative limits under this Agreement, the Community may request consultations in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 16 of this Agreement with a view to remedying this situation. Article 13 1. For the purpose of the administration of this Agreement, the limits referred to in Article 3 are broken down by the Community into shares for each of its Member States. 2. Portions of the quantitative limits established in Annex II not used in one Member State of the Community may be reallocated to another Member State 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 Macao. In the event of agreement on such reallocation, the flexibility provisions set out in Article 6 shall continue to be applicable to the levels of the original allocation. If, in the course of the application of the Agreement, Macao finds that the breakdown of a limit established in Annex II causes particular difficulties, it may request the opening of consultations in accordance with the provisions of Article 16 with a view to reaching a mutually satisfactory solution. 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 1 above are inadequate to cover those requirements, authorize the importation of amounts greater than those stipulated in Annex II. Article 14 Should recourse be had to the denunciation provisions of Article 18 paragraph 4, the quantitative limits established in Annex II shall be adapted on a pro rata basis. Article 15 Macao and the Community undertake to refrain from discrimination in the allocation of export licences and import documents respectively. Article 16 1. The special consultation procedures referred to in this Agreement other than those referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall be governed by the following rules: - any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the other Party, - the request for consultations shall be followed within a reasonable period (and in any case not later than 15 days following the notification) by a statement setting out the reasons and circumstances which, in the opinion of the requesting Party, justify the submission of such a request, - the Parties shall enter into consultations within one month at the latest of notification of the request, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within one further month at the latest. 2. The special consultation procedures referred to in Article 8 of the Agreement shall be governed by the following rules: - any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the other Party, together with a statement setting out the reasons and circumstances which, in the opinion of the requesting Party, justify the submission of such a request, - the Parties shall enter into consultations within 15 days at the latest of notification of the request, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within a further 15 days at the latest. 3. If necessary, at the request of either of the Parties and in conformity with the provisions of the Geneva Arrangement, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this Agreement. Any consultations held under this Article shall be approached by both Parties in a spirit of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the difference between them. Article 17 This Agreement shall apply to the territories within which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty on the one hand, and to the territory of Macao on the other hand. Article 18 1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Contracting Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. It shall be applicable until 31 December 1986. 2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1983. 3. Either Party may at any time propose modifications to the Agreement. 4. Either Party may at any time denounce this Agreement provided that at least 90 days'notice is given.