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In March, 1952, and in each year thereafter, any contracting party still entitled to take action under the provisions of subparagraph (c) or of Annex J shall consult the CONTRACTING PARTIES as to any deviations from Article XIII still in force pursuant to such provisions and as to its continued resort to such provisions. After March 1, 1952, any action under Annex J going beyond the maintenance in force of deviations on which such consultation has taken place and which the CONTRACTING PARTIES have not found unjustifiable, or their adaptation to changing circumstances, shall be subject to any limitations of a general character which the CONTRACTING PARTIES may prescribe in the light of the contracting party's circumstances. " (h) The CONTRACTING PARTIES may, if they deem such action necessary in exceptional circumstances, make representations to any contracting party entitled to take action under the provisions of subparagraph (c) that conditions are favourable for the termination of any particular deviation from the provisions of Article XIII, or for the general abandonment of deviations, under the provisions of that subparagraph. After March 1, 1952, the CONTRACTING PARTIES may make such representations, in exceptional circumstances, to any contracting party entitled to take action under Annex J. The contracting party shall be given a suitable time to reply to such representations. If the CONTRACTING PARTIES find that the contracting party persists in unjustifiable deviation from the provisions of Article XIII, the contracting party shall, within sixty days, limit or terminate such deviations as the CONTRACTING PARTIES may specify. " 2. Whether or not its transitional period arrangements have terminated pursuant to paragraph 1 (/), a contracting party which is applying import restrictions under Article XII may, with the consent of the CONTRACTING PARTIES, temporarily deviate from the provisions of Article XIII in respect of a small part of its external trade where the benefits to the contracting party or contracting parties concerned substantially outweigh any injury which may result to the trade of other contracting parties. " 3. The provisions of Article XIII shall not preclude restrictions in accordance with the provisions of Article XII which either " (a) Are applied , against imports from other countries, but not as among themselves, by a group of territories having a common quota in the International Monetary Fund, on condition that such restrictions are in all other respects consistent with the provisions of Article XIII, or