on 10 December 1992.The Mission of the Republic of Hungary wishes to confirm to the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Protocol, the Government of the Republic of Hungary is prepared to allow the provisions of the Protocol to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. This is on the understanding that either party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the Protocol provided that 120 day's notice is given.The Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the European Communities avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Directorate-General for External Relations the assurance of its highest consideration.
shall also be applied as of the above date.The Directorate-General for External Relations avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Agreed Minute N° 3 In the context of the Protocol between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Hungary on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 10 December 1992, the Parties agreed that Hungary shall endeavour not to deprive certain regions of the Community which have traditionally had relatively small shares of Community quotas of imports of products serving as inputs for their processing industry.The Community and the Republic of Hungary further agree to hold consultations, should the need arise, in order to avert any problems which might occur in this repect.For the Government of the Republic of HungaryFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute N° 4 In the context of the Protocol between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Hungary on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 10 December 1992, the Republic of Hungary agreed that, from the date of the request for and pending the consultations referred to in Article 12 (3), it shall cooperate by not issuing export licences that would further aggravate the problems resulting from the regional concentration of direct imports into the Community.For the Government of the Republic of HungaryFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute N° 5 In the context of the Protocol between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Hungary on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 10 December 1992, the Parties agreed that all references in the Protocol to the period of application of the Protocol or to the period at the end of which all quantitative restrictions shall be abolished, are understood to mean a five-year period starting from 1 January 1993 unless the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations are concluded and their results enter into force in 1992. In this case the periods referred to above shall be equal to half the period for the integration of textile and clothing products into the GATT as decided in those negotiations, but it shall in any case not be shorter than five years starting from 1 January 1993.For the Government of the Republic of HungaryFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute N° 6 In the context of the Protocol between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Hungary on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled in Brussels on 10 December 1992, the Parties agreed that carry-over to the corresponding quantitative limit for 1993 of amounts not used during 1992 under the Agreement on trade in textile products initialled in Brussels on 11 July 1986, as amended by the Protocol initialled on 24 September 1991, is authorized up to 9 % of the corresponding quantitative limits for 1992.For the Government of the Republic of HungaryFor the Council of the European CommunitiesAgreed Minute N° 7 In the context of the Protocol between the European Economic Community and the Republic of Hungary on trade in textile and clothing products, initialled on 10 December 1992, the Parties agreed that Hungary would furnish the Community with fifteen copies containing photographs of the products listed in the Annex to Appendix C of the Protocol, for identification and verification purposes.For the Government of the Republic of HungaryFor the Council of the European CommunitiesDeclaration of the Community The Community declares that the implementation by Hungary of the Community combined nomenclature, for classification purposes, shall be an issue taken into account during the consultations foreseen in Article 1 (3) of the Protocol.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 Hungary to the European Communities and has the honour to refer to the Protocol on textile products between the Republic of Hungary and the Community initialled on 10 December 1992.The Directorate-General wishes to inform the Mission of the Republic of Hungary that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Protocol, the Community is prepared to allow the provisions of the Protocol to apply de facto from 1 January 1993. This is on the understanding that either party may at any time terminate this de facto application of the Protocol provided that 120 days' notice is given.The Directorate-General for External Relations would be grateful if the Mission would confirm its agreement to the foregoing.The Directorate-General for External Relations avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Mission of the Republic of Hungary to the European Communities the assurance of its highest consideration.Exchange of Notes The Mission of the Republic of Hungary 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 Director General's Note of . . . regarding the Protocol on textile products between the Republic of Hungary and the Community initialled on 10 December 1992.The Mission of the Republic of Hungary wishes to confirm to the Directorate-General that whilst awaiting the completion of the necessary procedures for the conclusion and the coming into force of the Protocol, the Government of the Republic of Hungary is prepared to allow the provisions of the Protocol to apply de facto from 1 a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in his possession. The duplicate of any such certificate or licence so issued shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata` or 'duplicate`.2. The duplicate shall bear the date of the original export licence or certificate of origin.TITLE V PROVISIONS CONCERNING COMMUNITY EXPORTS TO HUNGARYArticle 17Should it be necessary, either Party may request consultations in accordance with Article 14 of the Protocol, in order to establish specific administrative provisions concerning Community exports to Hungary.Such provisions shall afford the same or equivalent degree of protection to Community exporters as is provided for Hungarian exporters under this Protocol.TITLE VI ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATIONArticle 18The Community and Hungary shall cooperate fully in the implementation of the provisions of this Protocol. To this end, contacts and exchanges of views, including on technical matters, shall be facilitated by both Parties.Article 19In order to ensure the correct application of this Appendix, the Community and Hungary offer mutual assistance for the checking of the authenticity and the veracity of export licences and certificates of origin issued or of any declarations made within the terms of this Appendix.Article 20Hungary shall transmit to the Commission of the European Communities the names and addresses of the authorities competent to issue and verify the export licences and the certificates of origin, together with specimens of the stamps used by these authorities and specimen signatures of officials responsible for signing the export licences.Article 211. Subsequent verification of certificates of origin or export licences shall be carried out at random, or whenever the competent Community authorities have reasonable doubt as to the authenticity of the certificate or licence or as to the accuracy of the information regarding the true origin of the products in question.2. In such cases, the competent authorities in the Community shall return the certificate of origin or the export licence or a copy thereof to the competent Hungarian authority, giving, where appropriate, the reasons of form or substance which justify an enquiry. If the invoice has been submitted, such invoice or a copy thereof shall be attached to the certificate or to the licence or their copies. The authorities shall also forward any information that has been obtained suggesting that the particulars given on the said certificate or licence are inaccurate.3. The provisions of paragraph 1 above shall also apply to subsequent verifications of the declarations of origin provided for in Article 2 of this Appendix.4. The results of the subsequent verifications carried out in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2 above shall be communicated to the competent authorities of the Community within three months at the latest.The information communicated shall indicate whether the disputed certificate, licence or declaration, applies to the goods actually exported and whether these goods are eligible for export under the arrangements established by this Protocol. The information shall also include, at the request of the Community, copies of all the documentation necessary to fully determine the facts, and in particular the true origin of the goods.Should such verifications reveal systematic irregularities in the use of declarations of origin, the Community may subject imports of the products in question to the provisions of Article 2 (1) of this Appendix.5. For the purpose of subsequent verification of certificates of origin, copies of the certificates as well as any export documents referring to them shall be kept for at least three years by the competent Hungarian authorities.6. Recourse to the random verification procedure specified in this Article must not constitute an obstacle to the release for home use of the products in question.Article 221. Where the verification procedure referred to in Article 21 or where information available to the competent authorities of te Community or of Hungary indicates or appears to indicate that the provisions of this Protocol are being circumvented or infringed, the two Parties shall cooperate closely and with the appropriate urgency in order to prevent any such circumvention or infringement.2. To this end, the competent authorities of Hungary shall, on their own initiative or at the request of the Community, carry out appropriate inquiries, or arrange for such inquiries to be carried out, concerning operations which are, or appear to the Community to be, in circumvention or infringement of this Protocol. Hungary shall communicate the results of these inquiries to the Community, including any other pertinent information enabling the cause of the circumvention or infringement, including the true origin of the goods, to be determined.3. By agreement between the Community and Hungary, officials designated by the Community may be present at the inquiries referred to in paragraph 2 above.4. In pursuance of the cooperation referred to in paragraph 1 above, the competent authorities of the Community and Hungary shall exchange any information considered by either Party to be of use in preventing circumvention or infringement of the provisions of this Protocol. These exchanges may include information on the production of textiles products in Hungary and on the trade in the type of products covered by this Protocol between Hungary and third countries, particularly where the Community has reasonable grounds to consider that the products in question may be in transit across the territory of Hungary prior to their importation into the Community. This information may include at the request of the Community copies of all available relevant into the Community of textile products subject to quantitative limits shall be subject to the presentation of an import authorization or document.Article 121. The competent authorities of the Community shall issue the import authorization or document referred to in Article 11 above, automatically within a maximum of five working days of the presentation by the importer of the original of the corresponding export licence.2. The import authorizations shall be valid for six months from the date of their issue for imports throughout the customs territory to which the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community is applied. However, where the Community has recourse to the provisions of Articles 7 and 8 in accordance with the provisions of Agreed Minute N° 1, or to Agreed Minute N° 2, the products covered by the import licences can only be put into free circulation in the region(s) of the Community indicated in those licences.3. The competent authorities of the Community shall cancel the authorization or import document already issued whenever the corresponding export licence has been withdrawn.However, if the competent authorities of the Community are notified of the withdrawal or the cancellation of the export licence only after the importation of the products into the Community, the relevant quantities shall be set off against the quantitative limits established for the category and the quota year concerned.Article 131. If the competent authorities of the Community find that the total quantities covered by export licences issued by Hungary for a particular category in any year exceed the quantitative limit established for that category established in Annex II for that category as may be modified in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol, or any quantitative limit established in accordance with Article 8 of this Protocol, the said authorities may suspend the further issue of import authorizations or documents. In this event, the competent authorities of the Community shall immediately inform the authorities of Hungary and the special consultation procedure set out in Article 14 of this Protocol shall be initiated forthwith.2. Exports of products of Hungarian origin subject to quantitative limits or a surveillance system not covered by Hungarian export licences issued in accordance with the 31. 12. 92provisions of this Appendix may be refused an import authorization or document by the competent Community authorities.However, if the import of such products is allowed into the Community by the competent authorities of the Community, the quantities involved shall not be set off against the appropriate quantitative limits established in Annex II, or established by virtue of Article 8 of the Protocol, without the express agreement of the competent authorities of Hungary, save as provided for in Article 11 of the Protocol.TITLE IV FORM AND PRODUCTION OF EXPORT CERTIFICATES AND CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN, AND COMMON PROVISIONS CONCERNING EXPORTS TO THE COMMUNITYArticle 141. The export licence and the certificate of origin may comprise additional copies duly indicated as such. They shall be made out in English or French. If they are completed by hand, entries must be in ink and in block capitals.These documents shall measure 210 × 297 mm. The paper used shall be white writing paper, sized, not containing mechanical pulp, and weighing not less than 25 g/m2.If the documents have several copies only the top copy, which is te original, shall be printed with the guilloche pattern background. This copy shall be clearly marked as 'original` and the other copies as 'copies`. Only the original shall be accepted by the competent authorities of the Community as being valid for the control of export to the Community in accordance with the provisions of this Protocol.2. Each document shall bear a standardized serial number, whether or not printed, by which it can be identified.This number shall be composed of the following elements:- two letters identifying the exporting country as follows: HU,- two letters identifying intended member State of customs clearance as follows:BL = Benelux,DE = Federal Republic of Germany,DK = Denmark,EL = Greece,ES = Spain,FR = France,GB = United Kingdom,IE = Ireland,IT = Italy,PT = Portugal,- a one-digit number identifying quota year, corresponding to the last figure in the respective year, e.g. 7 for 1997,- a two-digit number from 01 to 99, indentifying the particular issuing office concerned in exporting country,- a five-digit number running consecutively from 00001 to 99999 allocated to the intended Member State of customs clearance.Article 15The export licence and the certificate of origin may be issued after the shipment of the products to which they relate. In such cases they must bear the endorsement 'délivré a posteriori` or the endorsement 'issued retrospectively`.Article 161. In the event of theft, loss or destruction of an export licence or a certificate of origin, the exporter may apply to the competent governmental authority which issued the document for a duplicate to be made out on the basis of the export documents in his possession. The duplicate of any such certificate or licence so issued shall bear the endorsement 'duplicata` or 'duplicate`.2. The duplicate shall bear the date of the original export licence or certificate of origin.TITLE V the request at the latest, with a view to reaching agreement or a mutually acceptable conclusion within one further month at the latest.2. If necessary, at the request of either of the Parties, consultations shall be held on any problems arising from the application of this Protocol. Any consultations held under this Article shall take place in a spirit of cooperation and with a desire to reconcile the differences between the Parties.Article 151. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for that purpose. This Protocol shall apply with effect from 1 January 1993. It shall expire at the end of the period referred to in Agreed Minute N° 5.2. Either Party may at any time propose consultations in accordance with Article 14, with a view to agreeing amendments to this Protocol.3. Either Party may, at any time, denounce this Protocol by notifying the other Party. This Protocol shall cease to apply six months after the date of such notification and the quantitative limits established under this Protocol shall be reduced proportionately.4. The Annexes, Appendices, Agreed Minutes and joint memoranda attached to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.5. This Protocol shall form a integral part of the Europe Agreement between the Community and Hungary, signed on 16 December 1991 and of the Interim Agreement signed between the Parties on the same date.Article 16This Protocol shall be drawn up in two copies in the Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Hungarian languages, each of those texts being equally authentic.ANNEX I A PRODUCTS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (1) 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 hair, of cotton or of man-made fibres.2. Garments which are not recognizable as being garments for men or boys or as being garments for women or girls are classified with the latter.3. Where the expression 'babies` garments' is used, this is meant to cover garments up to and including commercial size 86.>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>ANNEX I B Products referred to in Article 1 (1) >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>ANNEX II COMMUNITY QUANTITATIVE LIMITS FOR HUNGARY (The full product descriptions of the categories listed in this Annex are to be found in Annex I to the Protocol)>POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>ANNEX III HUNGARIAN CEILINGS ON COMMUNITY EXPORTSPART 1 (The full product descriptions are to be found in Annex III, Part 2, to the Protocol)COMMUNITY CEILINGS WITHIN THE HUNGARIAN GLOBAL QUOTAAmounts are given in millions of US dollars >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>PART 2 (List of products to annex III Part 1) >POSIÇÃO NUMA TABELA>Appendix A TITLE I CLASSIFICATIONArticle 11. The competent authorities of the Community undertake to inform Hungary of any changes in the combined nomenclature (CN) before the date of their entry into force in the Community.2. The competent authorities of the Community shall inform the competent authorities of Hungary of any decisions relating to he classification of products subject to the present Protocol, within one month of their adoption at the latest. Such communication shall include:(a) a description of the products concerned;(b) the relevant category, related CN codes;(c) the reasons which have led to the decision.3. Where a classification decision results in a change of classification practice or a change in category of any product subject to the present Protocol, the affected products shall follow the trade regime applicable to the practice or category they fall into after such change, as provided for in this Protocol. Any such decision shall enter into force 30 days after it has been notified to the other Party.The Contracting Parties agree to enter into consultation in accordance with the procedures described in Article 14 of the Protocol with a view to honouring the obligation under Article 2 (2) of the Protocol.Products shipped before the date of the application of the decision shall remain subject to the earlier classification practice, provided that the goods in question are presented for importation within 60 days of that date.4. In case of divergent opinions between Hungary and the competent Community authorities at the point of entry into the Community on