Economic Commumty Sir , I have the honour to refer to the Agreement initialled on 16 July 1982 between the European Economic Community and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on Trade in Textile Products . Following the negotiations for the said Agreement , the Community and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic, both Parties being GATT participants , also agreed on the following provisions concerning trade in certain products of flax or ramie . During the period of validity of the bilateral Agreement referred to above , the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic shall , for each calendar year , comply with the quantitative limits on exports of products of flax or ramie to the Community , in accordance with the annexed Tables I and II (I — description of products ; II — level of Czechoslovak exports ). These voluntary restraint measures and the administration thereof shall , by analogy , be subject to the same conditions as those applying to exports of products in Group III , covered by the Agreement between the Community and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic on Trade in Textile Products . The entry into force and duration of the arrangements provided for by the above clauses shall be the same as those of the Agreement . I should be obliged if you would confirm that the foregoing is in accordance with the conclusions reached following the negotiations on this question between the European Economic Community and the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and that this Exchange of Letters constitutes an agreement between the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and the European Economic Community . Please accept , Sir, the assurance of my highest consideration . For the European Economic Community ---pagebreak--- 29 . 8 . 86 Jornal Oficial das Comunidades Europeias N ? L 245 / 287 Sir , I have the honour to acknowledge receipt of your letter of today's date , which reads as follows : 'I have the honour to refer to the Agreement initialled on 16 July 1982 between the European