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" (b) Assist, in the period until December 31, 1951, by measures not involving substantial departure from the provisions of Article XIII, another country whose economy has been disrupted by war. "4. A contracting party applying import restrictions under Article XII shall not be precluded by Articles XI to XV, inclusive, of this Agreement from applying measures to direct its exports in such a manner as to increase its earnings of currencies which it can use without deviation from the provisions of Article XIII. "5. A contracting party shall not be precluded by Articles XI to XV, inclusive, of this Agreement from applying quantitative restrictions " (a) Having equivalent effect to exchange restrictions authorized under Section 3 (b) of Article VII of the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund; or " (b) Under the preferential arrangements provided for in Annex A of this Agreement, pending the outcome of the negotiations referred to therein." 11. On and after January 1, 1949, the Interpretative Notes toArticle XIV in Annex I of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade shall read as follows : " ad Article XIV " Paragraph 1 (g) " The provisions of paragraph 1 (g) shall not authorize the CONTRACTING PARTIES to require that the procedure of consultation be followed for individual transactions unless the transaction is of so large a scope as to constitute an act of general policy. In that event, the CONTRACTING PARTIES shall, if the contracting party so requests, consider the transaction, not individually, but in relation to the contracting party's policy regarding imports of the product in question taken as a whole. " Paragraph 2 " One of the situations contemplated in paragraph 2 is that of a contracting party holding balances acquired as a result of current transactions which it finds itself unable to use without a measure of discrimination." 111. On and after January 1, 1949, the following Annex shall be added to the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade :