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I should be obliged if you would confirm the agreement of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to the above amendments. Should this be the case, this letter and its accompanying Annexes, together with your written confirmation shall constitute an Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the day on which the European Community and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam have notified each other that the internal procedures necessary to this end have been completed. In the meantime, the amendments to the Agreement shall be applied provisionally from 1 January 1998, subject to reciprocity.