period specified in Article 18 (2 ), the Community shall havethe right to introduce a definitive quantitative limit at an 3. Pending the result of the consultations referred to inannual level not lower than the level resulting from the paragraph 2 , the USSR shall as a precautionary measure, ifapplication of the formula set out in paragraph 2 , or 106 % so requested by the Community , make the necessaryof the level of imports reached during the calendar year arrangements to ensure that adjustments of quantitativepreceding that in which imports exceeded the level resulting limits or consultation levels liable to be agreed following thefrom the application of the formula set out in paragraph 2 consultations referred to in paragraph 2 may be carried outand gave rise to the request for consultations , whichever is for the quota year in which the request to open consultationsthe higher. in accordance with paragraph 2 was made , or for the following year if the quota for the current year is exhausted ,The annual level so fixed shall be revised upwards after where clear evidence of circumvention is provided .consultations in accordance with the procedure referred to inArticle 18 , with a view to fulfilling the conditions set out 4. Should the Contracting Parties be unable in the coursein paragraph 2 , should the trend of total imports into of consultations to reach a satisfactory solution within thethe Community of the product in question make this period specified in Article 18 (2 ), the Community shall havenecessary . the right , where clear evidence of circumvention has been provided , to deduct from the quantitative limits or5. The limits introduced under paragraph 2 or 4 may in consultation levels established under this Agreementno case be lower than the level of imports of products in that amounts equivalent to the products of USSR origin .category originating in the USSR in 1989 .6. Quantitative limits may also be established by the Article 8Community on a regional basis in accordance with theprovisions of Protocol C. 1. The USSR shall endeavour to ensure that exports of textile products covered by this Agreement are spaced out as7. The provisions of this Article shall not apply where the evenly as possible over the year , due account being taken inpercentages specified in paragraph 2 have been reached as a particular of seasonal factors .