provisions of Protocol B. unfavourable position as compared with a third country, it may request consultations with the USSR in accordance with2. The Community shall likewise transmit to the USSR the procedure specified in Article 18 with a view to takingauthorities precise statistical information on import appropriate action . ---pagebreak--- 30 . 12 . 89 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias N ? L 397 / 7­ Article 18 Article 201. The consultation procedures referred to in this As regards intellectual property , at the request of eitherAgreement other than those referred to in paragraph 2 of this Contracting Party, consultations shall be held in accordanceArticle , shall be governed by the following provisions: with the procedure laid down in Article 18 with a view to— as far as possible consultations shall be held periodically . finding an equitable solution to problems relating to the Specific additional consultations may also be held , protection of marks , designs or models of articles of apparel and textile products .— any request for consultations shall be notified in writing to the other Contracting Party ,— where appropriate, the request for consultations shall be Article 21 followed within a reasonable period (and in any case not later than 15 days following the notification) by a report This Agreement shall apply , on the one hand, to the setting out the circumstances which , in the opinion of the territories in which the Treaty establishing the European requesting Party, justify the submission of such a Economic Community is applied and under the conditions request , laid down in that Treaty and , on the other hand , to the territory of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics .— the Contracting Parties shall enter into consultations