WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONIP/C/27
6 December 2002
(02-6790)
ANNUAL REPORT (2002) OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRIPS
I. GENERAL
1. Since the period covered by its last report1, the Council for TRIPS has held five formal
meetings, on 27 and 28 November 2001, and 5-7 March, 25-27 June, 17-19 September, and 25-27 and29 November 2002.  The fifth meeting was suspended on 29 November 2002, and the Council will
reconvene in December 2002 to continue its work on agenda items "Paragraph 6 of the Doha
Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health" and "Implementation of Article 66.2".  The
minutes of these meetings are to be found in documents IP/C/M/34, 35, 36, Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1,
37, Add.1 and Add.1/Corr.1, and 38.
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2. The two first meetings referred to above were chaired by Ambassador Boniface Chidyausiku
(Zimbabwe) and the subsequent meetings by Ambassador Eduardo Pérez Motta (Mexico).
3. The meetings of the Council were open to all WTO Members, other governments with
observer status in WTO bodies and certain international intergovernmental organizations granted
observer status in the Council.  The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International
Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Union for th e Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV),
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the United Nations (UN), the
United Nations Conference on Trade and Devel opment (UNCTAD), the World Bank, the World
Customs Organization (WCO) and the World Inte llectual Property Organization (WIPO) enjoy
regular observer status in the TRIPS Council.  The World Health Organization (WHO) has ad hocobserver status in the Council.  At its meeting in March 2002, the Council agreed to a request from the
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) for observer status during the Council's
discussions on the TRIPS Agreement and public health at that and future meetings.  Decisions on
requests for observer status from 15 Organizations are pending.
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4. The agenda for the meeting held in November 2001 was limited to the items concerning
notifications under provisions of the TRIPS Agreement and review of national implementing
legislation, in view of the need for delegations to have more time to consider the implications of the
outcome of the Ministerial Conference held in Doha, Qatar in November 2001 for the other agenda
items to which the Council had agreed, at its previous meeting, to revert to at that meeting.  At its
meeting of 1 February 2002, the Trade Negotiations Committee agreed that negotiations on the
establishment of a multilateral system of notification and registration of geographical indications for
wines and spirits under the Agreement would take place in Special Sessions of the TRIPS Council,
while other issues in paragraphs 18 and 19 of th e Doha Ministerial Declaration (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/1)
relating to TRIPS will be addressed in regular meetings of the TRIPS Council on a priority basis.
This report is prepared on the basis of the structure of the agenda that the Council used at each of its
meetings in 2002, with the understanding that the Council would ensure that all mandates relevant to
                                                     
1 Document IP/C/23.
2 Document IP/C/M/38 to be circulated.
3 The Organizations in question are listed in document IP/C/W/52/Rev.10.IP/C/27
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each agenda item would be met within the specified time-frames.4  These agenda items are mandated
by the TRIPS Agreement in combination with the results of the Doha Ministerial Conference.
II. NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE AGREEMENT
5. At its meeting in November 1995, the Council adopted procedures for notification of laws and
regulations under Article 63.2.  These procedures require that, as of the time that a Member is obligedto start applying a provision of the TRIPS Agreement, the corresponding laws and regulations shall be
notified without delay (IP/C/2).  To date, 120  Members have made such notifications under
Article 63.2 with respect to all or part of their implementing legislation relating to all provisions of the
Agreement.
5  At that meeting, the Council also agreed that Members would provide responses to a
checklist of issues on enforcement (IP/C/5).  To date, 96 Members have notified responses.6  In
addition, a number of Members have notified amendments to laws and regulations they had notified
earlier.7
6. Article 69 of the TRIPS Agreement requires Members to establish and notify contact points
for the purposes of cooperating with each other with a view to eliminating international trade in goods
infringing intellectual property rights.  Procedures for such notifications were agreed by the Council
in September 1995.  To date, 117 Members have notified contact points.8  In addition, during the
reporting period, the Council has received a notification from Chinese Taipei under Articles 1.3 and3.1 of the Agreement.
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III. REVIEW OF NATIONAL LAWS AND REGULATIONS
7. On 1 January 2000, the transitional periods of Article 65.2 and 65.3 expired and obligations
entered into effect for a large number of Members who had been availing themselves of these general
transitional periods.  The Council scheduled its reviews of these Members' national implementing
legislation in 2000 and 2001;  some reviews were postponed until the first half of 2002.  The Council
has also taken up reviews of new WTO Members soon after their accession.  During the reporting
period, the Council initiated reviews of the foll owing Members' national implementing legislation:
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Cuba, Gabon, Ghana, India, Lithuania,
Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Swaziland, Thailand, Tunisia, Uruguay and Zimbabwe(November 2001);  Moldova and Nigeria (March 2002);  Qatar and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
(June 2002);  and China and Chinese Taipei (September 2002).
8. During the reporting period, the Council comple ted its reviews of the following Members'
legislation:  Argentina, Bahrain, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Dominica, the Dominican Republic,
Georgia, Honduras, Jamaica, Kuwait, Morocco, Nicaragua, Papua New Guinea and Paraguay
                                                     
4 At its meeting in November 2002, the Council could not reach agreement on how to report, in
accordance with paragraph 12 of the Doha Ministerial D eclaration, to the TNC on its work on outstanding
implementation issues.
5 In addition, a number of other Members have made notifications relating specifically to the
implementation of Articles 3, 4 and 5 of the Agreement, or concerning the implementation of Article 70.8 and,in some cases, Article 70.9 of the Agreement.
6 A table attached to document JOB(02)/162, dated 15 November 2002, sets out the status, as of
14 November 2002, of notifications of national laws and regulations received under Article 63.2 of the TRIPSAgreement from Members whose transitional period under Article 65.2 or 65.3 expired on 1 January 2000 orwho have acceded to the WTO after that date.
7 Notifications laws and regulations are being circulated in the IP/N/1/COUNTRY/- series of
documents, and responses to the checklist of issues on enforcement in the IP/N/6/COUNTRY/- series of
documents.
8 These contact points are contained in document IP/N/3/Rev.6 and addenda.
9 Circulation of notifications under these provisions takes place in the IP/N/2/COUNTRY/- series of
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(November 2001); Botswana, Côte d'Ivoire and Li thuania (March 2002); Albania, Antigua and
Barbuda, Barbados, Brunei Darussalam, Gabon, Ghana,  Namibia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Tunisia, the
United Arab Emirates and Uruguay (June 2002);  Malaysia and Oman (September 2002);  and
Chinese Taipei, Guyana and India (November 2002).10
9. At its meeting of 17-19 September 2002, the Council took up the review under the transitional
review of the implementation by China of its WTO commitments, pursuant to Section 18 of the
Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic  of China (WT/L/432) in combination with its
normal review of China's TRIPS implementing legislation.11
IV. THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
A. PARAGRAPH 6 OF THE DOHA DECLARATION ON THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
10. The Council discussed, at its formal meetings and in a number of informal meetings in 2002,
the implementation of paragraph 6 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and PublicHealth (WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2), which instructs th e Council to find an expeditions solution to
difficulties that Members with insufficient or no manufacturing capacities may face in making
effective use of compulsory licensing.  For the March meeting, papers were provided by the European
Communities and their member States (IP/C/W/339) and the United States (IP/C/W/340).  For the
June meeting, proposals for possible solutions we re submitted by the African Group (IP/C/W/351),
the European Communities and their member States (IP/C/W/352), the United Arab Emirates
(IP/C/W/354), Bolivia, Brazil, Cuba, China, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Indonesia,
Pakistan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vene zuela (IP/C/W/355), and the United States
(IP/C/W/358).  For the September meeting, the Council received a non-paper from Switzerland
(JOB(02)/109).  Prior to the November meeting, non-papers were submitted by South Africa(JOB(02)/156) and the European Communities  and their member States (JOB(02)/157).
11. The Council requested the Secretariat to prepare, for the June meeting, background notes
providing available information on the existence of patents in regard to diseases referred to in the
Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (IP/C/W/348) and on manufacturing capacity
for medicines (IP/C/W/345).  To facilitate a more systematic discussion, the Secretariat was asked toprepare a thematic compilation of the five written proposals that had been received on the
implementation of paragraph 6 (IP/C/W/363 and Corr.1 ).  The Council also requested the Secretariat
to provide information on the procedural requirements of each proposed legal mechanism and
experience with the use of that mechanism (IP/C/W/363/Add.1).  At its meeting in September, the
Council had before it an informal Secretariat note (JOB(02)/102), which updated the thematic
compilation, in the light of the comments made at the Council's informal meeting held on 24-25 July.
At that meeting, the Council requested the Secretariat to prepare a list of all waivers that had beengranted in the WTO and describe the procedures invoked in their adoption (IP/C/W/387).  At the
Council's informal meeting held on 10 November 2002, the Secretariat was requested to prepare a
note setting out provisions of the TRIPS Agreement relevant to the proposals that had been made for
safeguards against the diversion of products supplied under a paragraph 6 system (JOB(02)/172).
12. The Council suspended its end of year meeting on 29 November 2002, so as to be able to
reconvene at short notice with a view to making a recommendation to the General Council within the
deadline set at Doha.
                                                     
10 A table attached to document JOB(02)/160, dated 12 November 2002, lists those Members whose
reviews were initiated at the Council's meetings in April, June and November 2001, and March and June 2002
but which had not yet been completed at the Council's meeting in September 2002 or earlier. All reviews of
legislation initiated in the year 2000 have been completed.
11 The Council's report to the General Council on "Transitional Review under Section 18 of the
Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China" has been circulated in document IP/C/26.IP/C/27
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B. EXTENSION OF THE TRANSITION PERIOD PROVIDED FOR IN PARAGRAPH 7 OF THE DOHA
DECLARATION ON THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND PUBLIC HEALTH
13. At its meeting in June 2002, the Council adopted a decision on the "Extension of the
Transition Period under Article 66.1 of the TRIPS Agreement for Least-Developed Country Members
for Certain Obligations with Respect to Pharmaceutical Products" (IP/C/25).  This Decision giveseffect to the extension of the transition period for LDCs until 1 January 2016 in the respects referred
to in paragraph 7 of the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.
14. The Council also approved a draft waiver in respect of the obligations of LDC Members
under Article 70.9 of the TRIPS Agreement until 1 January 2016, and agreed to forward it to the
General Council for adoption.  The draft waiver was designed to supplement the decision on the
extension of transition periods by waiving the obligations of LDC Members relating to the grant of
exclusive marketing rights under Article 70.9 for the same period.  The draft waiver was adopted bythe General Council on 8 July 2002 (WT/L/478).
V. ISSUES RELATED TO THE EXTENSION OF THE PROTECTION OF
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 23 TO
PRODUCTS OTHER THAN WINES AND SPIRITS
15. Paragraph 18 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration provides that "issues related to the
extension of the protection of geographical indications provided for in Article 23 to products other
than wines and spirits will be addressed in the Council for TRIPS pursuant to paragraph 12 of this
Declaration".  The Council had an extensive exch ange of views on this matter at its meetings in
March and June.  In order to facilitate a more systematic discussion, the Chair prepared for the
September meeting a checklist of issues taking into consideration the points raised in the discussionsat the Council's previous meetings and info rmal consultations and recent communications
(JOB(02)/117).  At the September meeting, the Council's discussion focused on the first set of issues
identified in the checklist ("the legal issues relating to the differences between the general protection
for geographical indications provided for in the TRIPS Agreement and the additional protection for
geographical indications for wines and spirits").  At an informal meeting held on 10 November 2002,the Council continued its discussion on the first set of issues, and started its discussion of the second
set of issues ("broader policy issues such as the impact on producers and consumers of any extended
protection").  At its meeting in November, the Council continued its discussion on the second set of
issues and took up the third one ("the administrative costs and burdens of the procedures associated
with any extended protection and any other impacts on governments").
16. At its meeting in March, the Council received a non-paper from Sri Lanka (JOB(02)/32).  At
its meeting in June, it received a submission from Bulgaria, Cuba, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, theEuropean Communities and their member States, Georgia, Hungary, Iceland, India, Kenya,
Liechtenstein, Malta, Mauritius, Pakistan, Romania, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand and
Turkey (IP/C/W/353).  At its meeting in September, the Council had before it a communication from
Australia, Canada, Guatemala, New Zealand, Paraguay, the Philippines and the United States
(document IP/C/W/360), and a subsequent communication from Argentina, Australia, Canada, Chile,Chinese Taipei, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, New Zealand, Paraguay, the
Philippines and the United States (IP/C/W/386).  At its November meeting, the Council received two
papers, one from Bulgaria, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, the European Communities, Georgia,
Hungary, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Malta, Mauritius, Pakistan, Romania, the Slovak
Republic, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Thailand and Turkey (JOB(02)/194), and another fromArgentina, Australia, Canada, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, New Zealand, Panama and the Un ited States (IP/C/W/395).
17. At its September meeting, the Council requested the Secretariat to prepare a compilation of
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submissions prepared for it, including the points made at the informal meeting of 10 November, in
relation to the first set of issues.  At its meeting in November, the Council requested the Secretariat to
cover in its compilation also the points made in relation to the second and third sets of issues.
VI. REVIEW OF THE PROVISIONS OF  ARTICLE 27.3(B);  RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE TRIPS AGREEMENT AND THE CONVENTION ONBIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY;  AND PROTECTION OF TRADITIONAL
KNOWLEDGE AND FOLKLORE
18. Article 27.3(b) provides that its provisions shall be reviewed four years after the date of entry
into force of the WTO Agreement.  In paragraph 19 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration, Ministers
instructed the Council "in pursuing its work prog ramme including under the review of Article 27.3(b),
the review of the implementation of the TRIPS Ag reement under Article 71.1 and the work foreseen
pursuant to paragraph 12 of this Declaration, to examine, inter alia , the relationship between the
TRIPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity, the protection of traditional
knowledge and folklore, and other relevant new developments raised by Members pursuant to
Article 71.1.  In undertaking this work, the TRIPS Council shall be guided by the objectives and
principles set out in Articles 7 and 8 of the TRIPS Agreement and shall take fully into account the
development dimension."
19. The Council discussed the three agenda items, namely;  the "Review of the provisions of
Article 27.3(b)";  "Relationship between the TR IPS Agreement and the Convention on Biological
Diversity";  and "Protection of traditional knowledge and folklore" at its meetings in 2002.  The
Council's work on these items also covered the related outstanding implementation issues (tirets 88,
91 and 95, and the proposal by least-developed countries of 22 October 2001 relating to the patentingof living organisms).  The Council received two papers from the United States relating to the agenda
item on the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the CBD (IP/C/W/341 and 393), a paper
from Brazil, China, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, India, Pakistan, Peru, Thailand,
Venezuela, Zambia and Zimbabwe on "The Relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the
Convention on Biological Diversity and the Protec tion of Traditional Knowledge" (IP/C/W/356 and
Add.1), and "A concept paper" from the European Communities and their member States relating to
these three agenda items (IP/C/W/383).
20. The Secretariat prepared for the September meeting three notes, upon a request by the
Council, summarizing previous discussions and inputs in the Council relevant to these agenda items
(IP/C/W/369, 368 and 370, respectively).  The Secretariat was requested to periodically update these
summary notes, not after every meeting necessarily, but when significant new material would have
been presented.
21. The Council urged more Members to provide responses to the questionnaire on the
implementation of Article 27.3(b) and requested the Secretariat to update the synoptic table in its
summary note (IP/C/W/273) on the basis of new re sponses received from Members.  Additional
responses were received from Estonia;  Hong Kong, China;  Lithuania;  and Thailand
(IP/C/W/125/Add.20, 21, 23 and 22, respectively), and a supplement to information received earlierfrom the Czech Republic (IPC/W/125/Add.8/Suppl.1).
22. The Council obtained updated information from the FAO, the CBD, UNCTAD, UPOV and
the World Bank on their activities in relation to these three agenda items (IP/C/W/347 and
Addenda 1-4, respectively).  In addition, the repr esentative of WIPO briefed the Council in July on
the work of the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources,Traditional Knowledge and Folklore held on 13-21 June 2002, and the representative of the FAO
made a presentation on the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
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VII. REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TRIPS AGREEMENT UNDER
ARTICLE 71
23. Article 71.1 requires the Council for TRIPS to review the implementation of the Agreement
after the end of the five-year transition period provided for in Article 65.2.  A substantial number of
suggestions for topics to be considered under Article 71.1 review had been made prior to the DohaMinisterial Conference, but some of them overlap with other items on the Council's post-Doha
agenda.  In considering how to best organize its work, the Council invited, at its March meeting,
Members to submit ideas for issues to be taken up under this agenda item by the June meeting,
without prejudice to the right of Members to submit ideas at a later stage.  To date, no suggestions
have been tabled by any Member.
VIII.  IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 66.2
24. Article 66.2 requires developed country Members to provide incentives to enterprises and
institutions in their territories for the purpose of promoting and encouraging technology transfer to
least-developed country Members in order to enable them to create a sound and viable technological
base.   Paragraph 11.2 of the Doha Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns
(WT/MIN(01)/17) reads as follows:  "Reaffirming that the provisions of Article 66.2 of the TRIPS
Agreement are mandatory, it is agreed that the TRIPS Council shall put in place a mechanism forensuring the monitoring and full implementation of the obligations in question.  To this end,
developed country Members shall submit prior to the end of 2002 detailed reports on the functioning
in practice of the incentives provided to their ente rprises for the transfer of technology in pursuance of
their commitments under Article 66.2.  These submissions shall be subject to a review in the TRIPS
Council and information shall be updated by Members annually."
25. Given the need for early action to implement th e Ministerial instruction to the Council to put
in place a mechanism for ensuring the monitoring and full implementation of Article 66.2, and in the
light of the suggestions and discussions in the Council and informal consultations, the Chair circulated
an informal note for the September meeting sugges ting elements that the Council could consider to
fulfil the instruction (JOB(02)/118).  In the light of further consultations, he circulated anotherinformal note (JOB(02)/195) containing a draft decision for the consideration of the Council.
26. The Council received two communications on this matter from the Least-Developed
Countries' Group, one for the June meeting (IP/C/ W/357) and another for the November meeting
(IP/C/W/390).
27. At its meeting in September, the Council requested developed country Members to make
information on their implementation of Article 66.2 available for the Council's meeting in November.
To date, such information has been received from Australia, Canada, the European Communities andtheir member States, Japan, New Zealand, Norway a nd Switzerland (being circulated as IP/C/W/388
and addenda).
28. At the Council's meeting in March, the representative of UNCTAD introduced a document
providing information on the outcome of UNCTAD's Expert Meeting on International Arrangements
for Transfer of Technology in June 2001 (document IP/C/W/332).
29. The Council suspended its meeting in November 2002, and agreed to revert to this item later
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IX. NON-VIOLATION AND SITUATION COMPLAINTS
30. Paragraph 11.1 of the Doha Decision on Implementation-Related Issues and Concerns
(WT/MIN(01)/17) reads as follows:  "The TRIPS Council is directed to continue its examination of
the scope and modalities for complaints of the types provided for under subparagraphs 1(b) and 1(c)
of Article XXIII of GATT 1994 and make recommendations to the Fifth Session of the MinisterialConference.  It is agreed that, in the meantime, Members will not initiate such complaints under the
TRIPS Agreement."  As requested by the Council at its meeting in March, the Chair circulated, prior
to the meeting in June, an annotated agenda aimed at suggesting a number of basic questions with a
view to providing some focus to the Council's discussion on this subject.  At its meeting in
September, the Council set its first meeting in 2003 as a target date for the submission of specific
proposals.
31. As requested by the Council, the Secretariat prepared for the June meeting a note
summarizing the points raised in the substantive discussion on this agenda item so far (IP/C/W/349).
At its meeting in September, the Council received a submission from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil,
Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Egypt, India, Kenya, Malaysia, Pakistan, Peru, Sri Lanka and Venezuela
on non-violation and situation complaints (IP/C/W/385).
X. ELECTRONIC COMMERCE
32. At each meeting of the TRIPS Council, the item  "Electronic commerce" was on the Council's
agenda.  At its meeting in March, the Secretariat was requested to update its factual background note
on intellectual property and electronic commerce circulated in document IP/C/W/128 in
February 1999.
XI. OTHER OUTSTANDING IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES (TIRETS 93 AND 94 AND
PROPOSAL BY LDCs ON THEIR TRANSITION PERIOD)
33. At each meeting of the TRIPS Council, the it em "Other outstanding implementation issues
(tirets 93 and 94 and proposal by LDCs on their transition period)" was on the Council's agenda.  At
its meeting in November, the Council received a communication from Cuba on these three issues
(IP/C/W/394).
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XII. REVIEW OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECTION ON
GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 24.2
34. At its meeting in March 2002, the Council urged those Members that had not provided
responses to the Checklist of Questions contained in  document IP/C/13 and Add. 1 to do so before the
June meeting, if possible.  Since then, further re sponses have been obtained from Cuba, Lithuania,
Morocco and Poland (circulated as addenda to document IP/C/W/117).  To date, the Council has
received responses to the Checklist from 43 Members.  These responses, except for the five mostrecent ones, have been summarized in a Secretariat note contained in document IP/C/W/253.
35. The European Communities and their member States submitted questions to Australia in
relation to its responses to the Checklist circulated in document IP/C/W/117/Add.19 (JOB(02)/97).
The Council received a communication from Canada providing information on the protection of
geographical indications in Canada (JOB(02)/119),  and a communication from Australia providing an
overview of the main features of its domestic regime for the protection of geographical indications
(IPC/W/392)
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XIII.  TECHNICAL COOPERATION AND CAPACITY-BUILDING
36. The Council has continued its work in this area on the basis of the procedures agreed at its
meeting in February 1996.  The Council agreed that this year developed country Members would
update the information on their technical and financial cooperation activities pursuant to Article 67 of
the Agreement in time for the Council's meeting in September.  Other Members who also madeavailable technical cooperation were encouraged to share information on these activities if they so
desired.  The Council received updated information on technical cooperation activities from the
following Members:  Australia;  Canada,;  the Czech Republic;  the European Communities and the
following members States:  Austria, Finland, Ge rmany, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the
United Kingdom;  Hong Kong, China;  Japan;  New Zealand;  Norway;  Switzerland;  and the United
States (being circulated in document IP/C/W/ 377 and addenda).  Updated information was also
received from a number of intergovernmental organizations observers to the Council, namely theFAO, IMF, OECD, UNCTAD, UPOV, WIPO and WHO,  (being circulated in document IP/C/W/376
and addenda), as well as the WTO Secretariat (IP/C/W/375).
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XIV. INFORMATION ON RELEVANT DEVELOPMENTS ELSEWHERE IN THE WTO
37. During the period under review, the Council was informed of actions relating to proceedings
in cases initiated under the Dispute Settlement Understanding relevant to the TRIPS Agreement(documents IP/D/16/Add.2;  WT/DS160/21;  WT /DS176/AB/R and WT/DS 176/R;  IP/D/18/Add.1
and IP/D/22/Add.1;  and IP/D/8 /Add.1 and IP/D/12/Add.1) as well as of other developments
elsewhere in the WTO relating to the TRIPS Agreement.
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13 Contact points in developed country Members' administrations which can be addressed by
developing countries seeking technical cooperation on TRIPS are contained in document IP/N/7/Rev.2 andaddenda. In addition, this document contains contact points for technical assistance on TRIPS notificationsbetween WTO Members notified by Members pursuant to paragraph 11 of document IP/C/W/241.