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ANNEX B
(a) The level below which imports or ports of tile products may not bu restrained under the provisions of article 3 shall be the level of actual imports or exports of such products during the twelve-month period turninating two months or, where data are not available, three onthis preceding the month in which the request for consultation is made, or, where applicable, the date of institution of such domestic proc.die relating to market disruption in textiles as may be required by mtioni legislation, or two months or, where data are not Available, three months prior to the month in which the request for consultation is made as a result of such denstic procedure, whichever period is the later
(b) Where a restraint on the yearly level of exports or imports exists between participating countries concerned, whether provided for under Article 2, 3 or 4, · covering the twelve-month period referred to in paragraph (a), the level belov which imports of textile products cluting mrhot disruption may not be restraîncă under the provisions of Articls 3 shall be the level provided for in the restrud ni in Jiou of the level of etul ports or corts during the twelve-month period referred to in paragraph (:).
Where the twelv-month period referred to in paragraph (a) overlaps in part with the period covered by the restraint, the level shall be:
(i) the level provided for in the restraint, or the level of actual imports or experts, whichever is higher, except in case of overshipment, for the months where the poriod covered by the restraint and the twelve-month period referred to in paragraph (a) overlap; and
(ii) the level of actual imports or exports for the nonths where no overlay
occurs.
(c) If the period referred to in paragraph: (a) is specially adverso for a particular exporting country due to abnor:v] circumstances, the past performance of imports from that country over a period of years should be taken into account.
(a) hero imports or exports of textile products subject to restraints were nil or negligible during the twelve-month period referred to in paragraph (1), 1 rozsonabl... ing ort level to take account of future possibilities of the sporting country shall be establish.d through consultation between the participating countries concerned.
2. Should the restraint mensurts zemin in force for another twelve-month period. the level for that period sill not be lower thin the level specified for the preceding twolvc-month period, inercised by not less than 6 per cent for products under restraint. in roti na rosca where there are clear grounds for holding that the sitution of in ritet disruption vill recur if the abov., growth rate is