or carryover of portions of specific quantitative limits from one year to another;(b) consider the scope for reallocating portions of any specific quantitative limits not used in one region of the Community to another region.4. However the Community may automatically carry out the flexibilities in the sense of paragraph 3 up to the following extent:(a) transfer between categories up to 20 % of the share established for the category to which the transfer is made;(b) carryover of specific quantitative limits from one year to another up to 10,5 % of the share for the year of actual utilization;(c) advance use of specific quantitative limits from one year to another up to 7,5 % of the share for the year of actual utilization.5. The Community shall inform Singapore of any measures taken pursuant to the preceding paragraphs.6. Debiting against a specific quantitative limit referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by the competent authorities of the Community at the time of issuing the prior authorization provided for by the Community Regulation on economic outward processing, Regulation (EEC) N° 636/82. A specific quantitative limit shall be debited for the year in which a prior authorization is issued.7. A certificate of origin shall be issued for all products covered by the present Protocol by Singapore in accordance with the provisions of Protocol A of the Agreement, bearing a reference to the prior authorization referred to in Paragraph 6 as evidence that the processing operation described in the prior authorization has been carried out in Singapore.8. The Community shall provide Singapore with the names, addresses and the specimens of stamps used by the competent authorities of the Community for the issue of the prior authorizations referred to in paragraph 6.9. Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraphs 1 to 8 above Singapore and the Community will continue to consult together to seek a mutually acceptable means to enable both parties to take advantage of the OPT provisions in the Agreement with a view to effective development of trade in textiles between Singapore and the Community.Annex to Protocol EOPT QUANTITATIVE LIMITSFor pratical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I are given in the present Annex in abbreviated form.>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PROTOCOL F The Community and Singapore agree that if the Multifibre Arrangement is extended for a period going beyond 31 December 1990 then the present Agreement will be automatically prolonged for a further period of one year up to 31 December 1991 in accordance with the economic and technical terms of the existing Agreement, with the adaptations strictly necessary for the application of the Agreement for the fifth year.Exchange of Notes The Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities presents its compliments to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Agreement on trade in textile products between Singapore and the Community initialled on 28 June 1986.The Mission wishes to inform the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Government of the Republic of Singapore is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1987 if the Community is disposed to do likewise.The Mission would be grateful if the Community would confirm its agreement to the foregoing.The Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Exchange of Notes The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities presents its compliments to the Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Note of Singapore regarding the Agreement on trade in textile products between Singapore and the Community initialled on 28 June 1986.The Directorate-General wishes to confirm that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Agreement, the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the Agreement to apply de facto from 1 January 1987.The Directorate-General for External Relations of the Commission of the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of Singapore to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Informação relativa ao Acordo entre a Comunidade e Singapura sobre o comércio de produtos têxteis Nos termos do artigo 2g. da decisão do Conselho de 11 de Dezembro de 1986 relativa à aplicação provisória do Acordo com Singapura sobre o comércio de produtos têxteis, a Comissão comunicou ao Conselho o acordo formulado a este respeito por aquele país parceiro, em 31 de Dezembro de 1986.