In the context of the Agreement in the form of a Memorandum of Understanding on trade in textile and clothing products between the European Community and the Federative Republic of Brazil and the Agreed Minute thereto initialled in Brasilia on 8 August 2002, and more particularly with reference to the possible reintroduction of quotas in the event of a failure by Brazil to fulfil the obligations referred to in paragraphs 2 and 5 in the same way as Brazil retains the right to suspend the application of its commitments on paragraphs 2 and 5, should the European Community re-apply quotas in a manner consistent with its obligations under this Memorandum of Understanding or fail to fulfil any of the obligations contained in paragraph 5, the Parties declare that the commitments entered into concerning non-tariff barriers are bilateral commitments entered into between the Parties independently of any multilateral commitments also applicable to the Parties.
V smislu besedila Sporazuma v obliki memoranduma o soglasju o trgovini s tekstilnimi izdelki in oblačili med Evropsko skupnostjo in Federativno republiko Brazilijo in potrjenega zapisnika k Sporazumu, parafiranem v Brasilii dne 8. avgusta 2002, in zlasti v zvezi z morebitno ponovno uvedbo kvot, če Brazilija ne bi izpolnila obveznosti, omenjenih v odstavkih 2 in 5, na enak način kakor Brazilija obdrži pravico, da opusti izvajanje svojih obvez iz odstavkov 2 in 5, če Evropska skupnost ponovno uvede kvote na način, ki je skladen z njenimi obveznostmi po tem memorandumu o soglasju, ali ne izpolni kakšne obveznosti iz odstavka 5, pogodbenici izjavljata, da so obveze, ki jih sprejemata glede netarifnih ovir, dvostranske obveze, ki jih pogodbenici sprejemata neodvisno od večstranskih obvez, ki prav tako veljajo za pogodbenici.