is disturbing existing commercial relations between importers in the Community and suppliers in Macao consultations shall be started promptly, in accordance with the procedure specified in Article 16 with a view to remedying this situation. Article 16 1. The special consultation procedures referred to in this Agreement 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 fifteen 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 Community may request consultations in accordance with paragraph 1 when it ascertains that during a particular year of application of the Agreement difficulties arise in the Community or one of its regions from a sharp and substantial increase, by comparison to the preceding year, in imports of a given category of Group I subject to the quantitative limits set out in Annex II. 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, on the one hand, to the territories within which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied and under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other hand, to the territory of Macao. SECTION II Transitional and final provisions Article 18 1. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date of its signature. It shall be applicable until 31 December 1990. 2. This Agreement shall apply with effect from 1 January 1987. 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. In that event, the Agreement shall come to an end on the expiry of the period of notice. 5. The Annexes, Protocols, Agreed Minutes, Joint Declarations and the Memorandum of Understanding to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof. Article 19 This Agreement shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese ans Spanish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic. ANNEX I LIST OF PRODUCTS 1. When the constitutive material of the products of categories 1 to 114 is not specifically mentioned these products are to be taken to be made exclusively of wool or of fine animal hair, of cotton or of man-made fibres. 2. Garments which are not recognizable as being garments for men or boys or as garments for women or girls are classified with the latter. 3. Where the expression "babies" garments' is used, this is meant also to cover girls' garments up to and including commercial size 86. GROUP I A >PIC FILE= "T0050007"> >PIC FILE= "T0050008"> GROUP I B >PIC FILE= "T0050009"> GROUP II A >PIC FILE= "T0050010"> GROUP II B >PIC FILE= "T0050011"> >PIC FILE= "T0050012"> >PIC FILE= "T0050013"> >PIC FILE= "T0050014"> GROUP III A >PIC FILE= "T0050015"> >PIC FILE= "T0050016"> >PIC FILE= "T0050017"> >PIC FILE= "T0050018"> GROUP III B >PIC FILE= "T0050019"> >PIC FILE= "T0050020"> >PIC FILE= "T0050021"> >PIC FILE= "T0050022"> ANNEX II For practical reasons the product descriptions used in Annex I are given in the present Annex in abbreviated form COMMUNITY LIMITS >PIC FILE= "T0050023"> >PIC FILE= "T0050024">