IP/C/W/709  
 
12 April 2024 
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights   
 
 
ANNUAL REPORT ON NOTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FLOWS  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT  
 
 
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Contents  
1   INTRODUCTION  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........  3 
2   E-TRIPS  ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................  4 
3   TRANSPARENCY MECHANISMS  ................................ ................................ ....................  5 
3.1   NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2  ................................ ................................ .........  5 
3.1.1   Laws and regulations  ................................ ................................ ...............................  5 
3.1.2   Responses to the checklist on enforcement  ................................ ................................  13 
3.2   NOTIFICATIONS OF CONTACT POINTS UNDER ARTICLE 69  ................................ .............  14 
3.3   AD HOC NOTIFICATIONS FROM MEMBERS AVAILING THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN  
OPTIONS UNDER THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  ................................ ................................ ............  15 
3.3.1   Articles 1.3 and 3.1  ................................ ................................ ................................  16 
3.3.2   Article 4(d)  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........  16 
3.3.3   Other notification requirements under the Berne Convention and the Rome Convention 
incorporated by reference into the  TRIPS Agreement  ................................ .............................  16 
3.4   TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS MAKING USE OF THE ADDITIONAL 
FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH  ................................ ......................  17 
3.4.1   Special compulsory licensing system  ................................ ................................ .........  17 
3.4.2   TRIPS Decision on COVID -19 Vaccines  ................................ ................................ ...... 18 
3.5   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPED MEMBERS AGREED TO BY THE TRIPS  
COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTICLES 66.2 AND 67  ................................ ..........................  18 
3.5.1   Reports under Article 66.2  ................................ ................................ ......................  18 
3.5.2   Reports under Article 67  ................................ ................................ .........................  21 
3.5.3   Contact points for technical cooperation under Article 67  ................................ .............  23 
3.6   CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION FLOWS  ................................ ................................ ....... 24 
3.6.1   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of the Section on 
geographical indications under Article 24.2  ................................ ................................ ..........  24 
3.6.2   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of Article 27.3(b)  ........  25 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat 's own responsibility and is without 
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  ANNEX  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  27 
Table A.1: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by Member, identifying  
the most recent (Latest) an d total count (No.) of notifications received, 1995 -2023 ...................  27 
Table A.2: Responses to the checklist  on enforcement under Article 63.2  ................................ . 33 
Table A.3: Contact point submissions under Articles 69 and 67, ................................ ..............  35 
Table A.4: Notifications under Articles 1.3 and 3.1  ................................ ................................  38 
Table A.5: Notifications under Article 4(d)  ................................ ................................ ...........  39 
Table A.6: Other notifications made pursuant to requirements under the Berne Convention  
and the Rome Convention incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement  ........................  40 
Table A.7: Notifications by Members making use of the special compulsory licensing system  ....... 40 
Table A.8: Communications by Members pursuant to paragraph 5 of the TRIPS COVID -19  
Vaccines Decision  ................................ ................................ ................................ ............  40 
Table A.9: Reports submitted by Members under Articles 66.2 and 67  ................................ ..... 41 
Table A.10: Responses provided in the context of reviews under Articles 24.2 and 27.3(b), ........  42 
 
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  1  INTRODUCTION  
1.  The TRIPS Agreement established a number of notification requirements to facilitate the TRIPS 
Council 's efforts to monitor the operation of the Agreement and promote awareness of Members ' 
policies on intellectual property (IP) protection. The Council subsequently established reporting 
requirements for developed Members and invited Members to respond to checklists of questions in 
furtherance of the Council 's man dated reviews of certain provisions in the Agreement.1 Together, 
these transparency mechanisms comprise the primary means by which Members keep the Council 
apprised of their TRIPS -related laws, regulations, programmes, practices, and contact points.  
2.  In 20 09, the then -Chair of the General Council invited WTO Councils and Committees, including 
the Council  for TRIPS , to consult on ways to improve the timeliness and completeness of notifications 
and other information flows on trade measures falling within thei r respective areas of responsibility. 
At the Council 's request, the Secretariat endeavoured to improve the visibility and user friendliness 
of the TRIPS notification system, through an extended process of dialogue with Members and regular 
updates to the Co uncil. This process culminated in the 2019 launch of the e -TRIPS information 
system ( see section 2  ). With this new online tool, Members and the general public gained on 
demand access to extensive data  on Members ' TRIPS -related notifications, reports, and information 
relating to reviews, dating back to 1995. It also streamlines and simplifies the means for Members 
to check on the status of their own notifications and reports, and to update and add to th em as 
necessary.  
3.  As with the first t hree notes in this series, this fourth annual note capitalizes upon the information 
available through e -TRIPS to present and summarize submission rates and identify trends since 
1995 for each of the primary TRIPS transp arency mechanisms, with a particular focus on the prior 
year's submissions.2 It shows that Members exerted significant efforts to submit initial notifications 
of laws, regulations and contact points, as well as information regarding domestic practices rel ating 
to intellectual property enforcement and systems of protection for geographical indications (GIs), 
biotechnology inventions and plant varieties.  
4.  Although Member participation and the  number of notifications submitted annually have 
increased in recent years, not all Members have kept up with their continuing notification obligations 
or maintained their contributions to the Council 's monitoring function by providing updates to initial 
submissions. For example, despite ev idence of substantial domestic legislative activity in the 
intellectual property arena over the past 15 years, one-third of developed and developing Members 
have not notified the Council of any new or amended laws or regulations since 200 8. Among 
Members w ho have submitted contact points, over 6 0% have not been updated in over a decade, 
and over half of Members ' submissions of information in relation to TRIPS -mandated reviews date 
back to the 1990s. The wealth of information that Members laboured to provide  at the turn of the 
century now risks becoming outdated.  
5.  With respect to developed Members ' annual reporting obligations, the number of reports received 
in any given year under each mechanism has fluctuated, with few discernible trends. In recent years, 
the number of developed Members submitting reports in any given year seems to have stabilized 
from between 13 to 16.  
6.  In 2023, Members submitted more notifications than in any other year since 2002. 
Members also largely sustained the higher rate of particip ation observed in 2022, with 27  
Members (1 6.5% of all WTO Members) having notified at least one IP law or regulation  
in 2023 , nearly a quarter  of them after a decade or more of inactivity. Also in 2023, The 
Gambia became the first LDC Member to submit resp onses to the checklist of issues on 
enforcement. Botswana also submitted initial responses to the checklist, and Austria 
updated its prior responses. Eight Members notified contact points for cooperation on IP 
enforcement,  and three developed Members updat ed contact points for technical 
cooperation . Developed Members submitted reports on incentives for technology transfer 
 
1 Additional information regarding TRIPS transparency mechanisms is available on the WTO website. 
Guide to the TRIPS Agreement, Appendix 1: Guide to Transparency Under TRIPS, available at: 
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/ta_modules_e.htm . Technical Cooperation Handbook on 
Notification Requirements, Agreement on Trade -Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, available at:  
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/trips_e/ip_handbook_on_notifications_e.pdf . 
2 Resources permitting, this note will be updated ann ually.  IP/C/W/709  
 
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  to LDCs under Article 66.2 and reports on technical and financial cooperation in favour of 
developing and LDC Members under Article 67 at roughly the same rate as in 2022 . 
7.  No notifications were received under the special compulsory licensing system in 202 3, 
and no communications were received p ursuant to paragraph 5 of the Ministerial Decision 
on the TRIPS Agreement adopted at the 12th Ministerial Conference. No Members shared 
new or updated information regarding their domestic framework for protecting 
biotechnology inventions and new plant vari eties pursuant to the review of the provisions 
of Article 27.3(b) , or new or updated information in the context of the Council 's review 
under Article 24.2 of TRIPS provisions on geographical indications (GIs).  
2  E-TRIPS  
8.  The e -TRIPS information system was dev eloped to enhance the transparency of TRIPS -related 
information and simplify its submission to the Council. Composed of two linked platforms, the 
Submission System3 provides an online avenue for making submissions, while the Gateway4 
aggregates and facil itates online access to, and analysis of, the documents and data underlying 
these submissions. Both platforms are available in English, French, and Spanish.  
9.  The e -TRIPS Submission System has become the primary means by which Members and 
observers submit no tifications, responses to checklists of questions, and reports. Since its March 
2019 launch, both the percentage of submitting Members using the tool and the 
percentage of total submissions made through the tool have steadily increased  each year , 
reaching 95% and 98%, respectively, in 2023. Notably, since 2022 all reports, except for 
those of one Member, have been submitted through the Submission System.  Figure 1 
shows the trajectory of overall annual usage since 2019.  
Figure 1: e-TRIPS Submission System usage, 2019 -2023 
 
 
10.  The e-TRIPS Gateway , in turn, has become a frequently consulted publicly available resource 
for TRIPS-related information. The number of unique visitors to the site peaked in 2022 , but 
each visitor used the site  more intensively  in 2023. In 202 3, the Gateway generated an 
average of over 4,000 page views per day, more than double the 202 2 rate, which had 
itself doubled the 2021  rate.  
11.  The Secretariat is available to answer questions and conduct in -person and virtual training 
sessions for Members and observers interested in learning more about e -TRIPS and the transparency 
requirements of the TRI PS Council.  
 
3 e-TRIPS Submission System: https://nss.wto.org/tripsmembers  (restricted access). Council for TRIPS 
delegates may request access credentials at e-trips@wto.org . 
4 e-TRIPS Gateway: https://e -trips.wto.org . 
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  3  TRANSPARENCY MECHANISMS  
3.1  NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2  
3.1.1   Laws and regulations  
12.  Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement, in conjunction with Article 63.1, requires Members to 
notify their domestic laws and regulations pertaining to the availability, scope, acquisition, 
enforcement and prevention of the abuse of intellectual property rights to the Council.5 Once a 
Member is obliged to apply a provision of the TRIPS Agreement, the corresponding laws and 
regulations must be notified withou t delay (normally within 30 days). Any subsequent amendments 
to notified laws and regulations or new laws and regulations must also be notified without delay after 
their entry into force.  
3.1.1.1   An historical perspective: 1995 to 202 3 
13.  From 1995 to 202 3, Members m ade 6,123 notifications pertaining to 4, 320 distinct laws or 
regulations (see  Figure 2). The number of yearly notifications peaked in 1996 and 2000, 
corresponding with the end of transitional arrangements set forth in Article 65 of the 
TRIPS  Agreement for developed Members (199 6), developing Members (2000), and Members 
transforming from a centrally -planned to a market economy (2000) (see Figure 3). Upon the 
conclusion of each  transition period, Article 63.2 came into effect for a new group of Members, 
triggering waves of notifications of legislation. LDC Members availing themselves of the transition 
period under Article 66.1 are not yet obliged to notify their domestic laws an d regulations under 
Article 63.2.6 
Figure 2: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2, 1995 -2023 
 
 
14.  Since 2005, the yearly number of notifications has stabilized somewhat, ranging from a low of 
39 in 2006 to a high of 314 in 2023. Some of the yearly variations during this period have been 
influenced by bulk notifications made by (a) newly acceded WTO Mem bers; and (b) Members 
catching up on past -due notifications that accumulated over a number of years. For example, from 
 
5 The WTO cooperates with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to support Members ' 
efforts to satisfy overlapping notification obligations. To that end, notifications of laws and regulations pursuant 
to Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement submitted to the WTO through the e-TRIPS Submission System  are 
automatically also transmitted to WIPO. Members may also use the WIPO -WTO Common Portal  to make a 
single submission to both organizations.  
6 The LDC transition period under Article 66.1 has been extended by the TRIPS Council three times , 
following successive requests by LDC Members. See documents IP/C/40 , IP/C/64 , and IP/C/88 . The current 
transition period is set to expire on 1 July 2034.  
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  2020 to 2021, the United Kingdom alone accounted for 61% of notifications.  In 2023, Ireland 
accounted for 39% of notifications.  
15.  As time h as passed, the yearly composition of the notifications has predictably shifted from 
"first" (i.e. initial) notifications of a law or regulation to the WTO, to notifications of amendments or 
revisions, or replacements or consolidations, of previously notifi ed laws or regulations. However, 
despite the ongoing nature of the obligation under Article 63.2 and Members ' continuously evolving 
IP systems, notifications of subsequent legislative activity have been fewer than would be expected.  
Figure 3: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by level of 
development, 1995 -2023 
 
 
16.  Figure 4 shows that from 2005 to 2021, the number of Members who notified a law or regulation 
under Article 63.2 in any given year stabilized, ranging from 9 (2007) to 21 (2020) , with an average 
of 14.5 . However,  annual Member engagement increased by 88% over the previous year 
in 2022 , and remained nearly twice as high as the 2005 -2021 average in 2023.  From 2022 
to 2023, 17 Members (10%) broke an extended period of dormancy and notified their first 
IP law or regulation to the Council in a decade or more .  
Figure 4: Number of Members having notified a law or regulation pursuant to Article  63.2, 
1995 -2023 
 
 
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  17.  Although the composition of the group of notifying Members shifts annually, there is a core 
group of twelve  Members, led by Japan, who have consistently notified new or amended laws or 
regulations to the Council on a nearly annual or biennial basis since 2 005. See  Figure 5. 
Figure 5: Members having made the most annual notifications of one or more laws or 
regulations pursuant to Article 63.2, 2005 -2023 (number of years)  
 
 
 
18.  Figure 6 offers a snapshot of Members ' notifications of laws and regulations over time, by 
development status. Despite the extended Article 66.1 LDC transition periods, 31% of LDC Members 
have notifie d a law or regulation since 1995 (no change over 202 2). Unsurprisingly, 100% of 
developed Members and nearly 100% of developing Members have notified a law or regulation since 
their transition periods ended in 1996 and 2000, respectively. Moving towards th e present, the gap 
between the percentage of developed and developing Members that have submitted more recent 
Article 63.2 notifications has grown. 72% of developed Members have submitted a notification in the 
past 5 years, compared with 3 1% of developing Members. Although there are more than twice as 
many developing Members, developed Members have submitted more than twice as many 
notifications in the past five years.  
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  Figure 6: Percentage of Members having submitted one or more not ifications of a law or 
regulation pursuant to Article 63.2, and cumulative number of notifications, during 
specified periods, by development status  
 
 
19.  WTO Trade Policy Reviews have shown that Members ' IP systems have evolved considerably 
since Members made  their initial notifications over twenty years ago. Although the number of 
Members submitting Article 63.2 notifications reached an 18 -year high in 2022, and in 
2023 remained significantly higher than the post -2005 annual average, there are still a 
substantial number of Members – 35 developing Members (3 9%, +1% over 202 2) and 1 0 
developed Members ( 26%, -7% over 202 2) – that have not notified a new or amended IP 
law or regulation to the Council in the past 15 years.  
20.  Since 2005, 9 8 Members ( 60%, +3% over 202 2) have submitted a total of 2, 527 (+14% over  
2022) notifications. Figure 7 graphically presents the number of submissions, Mem bers' relative 
participation, and the average number of notifications per notifying Member, by region. It provides 
a rough snapshot of the rate at which Members have updated their initial pre -2005 notifications of 
laws and regulations. It does not, however, adj ust for the following factors: (1) initial notifications 
made by developing Members who acceded since 2005, which have had a positive effect on 
engagement for the Commonwealth of Independent States, Oceania, Other Europe, and the 
Middle  East; (2) the numbe r of Members subject to Article 63.2 in a region, which influences the 
absolute number of notifications made, and thus the size of a region 's bubble; and (3) the proportion 
of LDC Members in a region, which has a downward effect on the percentage of Member s having 
submitted a notification and the absolute number of notifications made, particularly in Africa. The 
notifications of an individual Member can also heavily influence a region 's total number of 
notifications and average number of notifications, and thus the size of a region 's bubble and its 
position along the Y -axis. Precise information regarding individual Members ' notifications of laws and 
regulations is available in Table A.1 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway,  
https://e -trips.wto.org/En/TypesOfDocuments/LawArticle632Notifications . 
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  Figure 7: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant  to Article 63.2 by region, 
2005 -2023 
 
Note:  The size of each bubble reflects the number of notifications received.  
* Counting the European Union and each of its member States individually, and attributing the 
notifications of each only to the submitter.  
21.  Certain trends nevertheless emerge from  Figure 7. It is evident that the three -Member region 
of North America has significantly contributed to the notifications that have been submitted to the 
Council since 2005. Each Member has submitted an average of 5 2 notifications (+1 over 202 2) since 
2005. Members in the Caribbean and Central and South America, have, conversely, been less active 
in updat ing their initial notifications , although efforts by Chile and Costa Rica to update their 
notifications in 2023 increased the size and position along the y -axis of the Central and 
South America bubble.  Certain member States of the European Union also made an effort 
to update their initial notifications in 2022  and 2023 , and consequently the European 
Union 's bubble has increased in size and moved both up and to the right . European Members 
outside of the European Union ( "Other Europe ") have still submitted th e most notifications overall 
and have the highest average number of notifications per Member ( 67) – statistics which were 
heavily influenced by the 226 notifications submitted by the United Kingdom from 2020 to 2021. 
The relatively low level of notifications from Africa may be partly attributed to the greater number 
of LDCs in that region, which may have availed themselves of the Article 66.1 transition period.  
22.  It is also possible to map notified laws and regulations by IP subject matter. Figure 8 shows the 
number of notifications falling into ten different IP subject areas. Some laws and regulations pertain 
to multiple subjects, and thus were counted more than once. Overall, 2 4% of notified laws and 
regulations relate to patents (including plant v arieties), 2 2% to copyright and related rights, 1 5% 
to trademarks, 1 4% to enforcement, 1 1% to geographical indications, and 1 0% or fewer to each of 
the following: industrial designs, industrial property (general), undisclosed information, and layout 
design s (topographies) of integrated circuits. 11% of notified laws and regulations relate to other 
subjects.  
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  Figure 8: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by subject matter, 
1995 -2023 
 
 
23.  The annual rate at which notifications were made by subject matter generally track s the rate at 
which notifications were made overall, although a few subject -specific trends are discernible in  Figure 
9. When developed Members made their initial notifications of laws and regulations from 1995 to 
1997, the greatest number of notified laws related to patents. In 2000, upon the expiration of the 
transition period for developi ng Members, more notified laws related to copyright than to patents. 
Developing Members also notified fewer laws pertaining to geographical indications than were 
notified by developed Members from 1995 to 1997.  
24.  Since Members settled into a lower -level rate  of notifications in 2005, individual Members have 
generated visible peaks in certain subject area notifications. A spike in patent law notifications in 
2008 is primarily attributable to the accession of Ukraine. A jump in notifications related to 
undisclo sed information in 2018 reflects an initiative by the United States to notify State legislation 
on the topic. And an increase in industrial design and trademark notifications in 2020, and patent , 
copyright, and enforcement notifications in 2021, resulted f rom the United Kingdom 's efforts to bring 
its notifications up to date by notifying historical and current legislation on these matters.   
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  Figure 9: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by subject matter 
and year, 1995 -2023 
 
 
3.1.1.2   Year in review: 202 3 
25.  In 202 3, 27 Members notified 314 laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2. More 
notifications were submitted in 2023 than in any other year since 2002 (when Members were still 
undertaking to make their initial notifications ). Although three fewer Members notified in 2023 than 
in 2022, Members generally sustained a markedly higher  level of engagement , as compared with 
the 2005 -2021 average of 14.5 submitting Members per year. As in 2022, in 2023 a significant 
portion of submitting Members – one-quarter – broke extended periods of inactivity by submitting 
their first Article 63.2 no tification in a decade or more.  
26.  Figure 10 plots each Member having notified in 2023 on a map, while Figure 11 groups notifying 
Members by region. Figure 12 shows the number of notifications made per 2023 notifying Member.  
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  Figure 10: World map identifying Members having notified a law or regulation pursuant 
to Article 63.2 in 202 3 
 
Note:  Created using MapChart.net under Creative Commons Attribution -Share Alike 4.0 Internat ional 
licence . 
27.  As shown in Figure 10 and Figure 11, most Members having notified a law or regulation in 202 3 
are located i n Europe (European Union, 10; Other Europe, 6), followed by Asia (4). No notifications 
were submitted in 2023 from Members located in the Caribbean or Members which consider 
themselves part of the Commonwealth of Independent States .  
28.  In 202 3, 139 more noti fications were received compared to 2022, which can be attributed to 
the large number of submissions made by Ireland (122), Chile (40) and Costa Rica (35). These three 
Members alone were responsible for over 60% of 2023 notifications. They were followed by  Türkiye 
(19), the Republic of Korea ( 14) and the United Kingdom ( 12). Two LDC Members submitted 
notifications. Burkina Faso notified four copyright laws, and The Gambia notified its Intellectual 
Property Bill and associated regulations.  
Figure 11: Members having notified a law or regulation pursuant to Article 63.2 in 202 3, 
by region  
 
* Counting the European Union as one and each notifying member State individually.  
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  Figure 12: Notifications of l aws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 in 202 3, by 
Member  
 
 
29.  As shown in  Figure 13, the most frequently notified subject areas in 202 3 were copyright and 
related rights ( 30%), patents ( 25%), trademarks ( 18%), industrial designs (1 0%), geographical 
indications ( 9%) and enforcement ( 9%). 6% or fewer notifications  pertained to industrial property 
general ly (6%), layout -designs (topographies ) of integrated circuits ( 3%) or undisclosed information 
(2%). 6% pertained to other subject areas.  These statistics were predictably influenced by the 
notifications of Ireland, Chile, and Costa Rica, which submitted high volumes of copyright -related 
laws and regulations. The United Kingdom alone submitted over one -third of all notifications on 
geographical indications.  
Figure 13: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 in 202 3, by 
subject matter  
 
 
3.1.2   Responses to the checklist on enforcement  
30.  Members determined that notifying laws and regulations may not, alone, ensure full 
transparency as to how Members have given effect to the detailed enforcement provisions in Part  III 
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  of the TRIPS Agreement. For exa mple, Members with a common law tradition may not codify this 
area of law, but rely upon case law to guide their practices. Consequently, the Council adopted a 
"Checklist of Issues on Enforcement "7, which Members must respond to in addition to submitting 
texts of laws and regulations. Responses are to be submitted by each Member with their initial 
notifications of laws and regulations under Article 63.2, and should be subsequently updated or 
revised as needed. LDC Members availing themselves of the transit ion period under Article 66.1 are 
not yet obliged to respond to the checklist on enforcement.  
Figure 14: Responses to the checklist on enforcement, 1996 -2023 
 
 
31.  Figure 14 illustrates the pattern of responses to the checklist on enforcement. It shows an initial 
spike in first notifications by developed Members from 1996 to 1997, and by developing Members 
from 2000 to 2002. Since t hen, some additional initial notifications have been received, mostly by 
acceding Members, and increasingly, by Members amending and updating earlier responses.  
32.  114 Members, comprising 100% of developed Members and 8 2% of developing Members, have 
submitted responses to the checklist on enforcement. 7 4% of these responses, however, are over 
twenty years old (i.e. predate 200 4). Two Members submitted initial responses in 2023, 
Botswana and The Gambia. The Gambia 's responses were  the first to be submitted by an 
LDC. 18 Members have submitted a total of 2 3 updates to their initial responses, including Austria, 
which updated its previous responses  in 202 3. An overview of r esponses by Member is available 
in Table A.2 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway,  https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/TypesOfDocuments/ChecklistOnIssuesNotifi cations . 
3.2  NOTIFICATIONS OF CONTACT POINTS UNDER ARTICLE 69  
33.  Article 69 of the TRIPS Agreement provides that Members agree to cooperate with each other 
with a view to eliminating international trade in goods infringing IP rights and that, for this purpose, 
they shall establish and notify contact points in their administrations and be ready to exchange 
information on trade in infringing goods. The Council agreed in 1995 to invite each Member to notify 
informati on relating to their contact points, initially by 1 January 1996, with subsequent changes to 
the information to be notified promptly.  
 
7 Document IP/C/5 . 
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  Figure 15: Percentage of Members having notified a contact point under Article 69, by 
development  status8 
 
 
34.  Since 1995, 1 49, or 91% (+ 2% over 202 2) of all WTO Members have notified a contact point 
under Article 69. In 202 3, eight  Members notified contact points under Article 69 (compared 
to ten in 2022 and three  in 2021). Burkina Faso, the European Union, Hungary, France, 
the Republic of Moldova, Montenegro, and Türkiye updated earlier contact points, while 
The Gambia submitted its first Article 69 contact point notification . An overview of 
notifications by Member is available in Table A.3 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS 
Gateway,  https://e -trips.wto.org/En/Search/ContactPointForIpEnforcement . 
35.  Figure 15 identifies the percentage of Members having notified a contact point, by development 
status. Although LDC Members availing themselves of the Article 66.1 transition period  are not yet 
obliged to notify an enforcement contact point, 6 9% have done so ( +3% over  2022). 
36.  As shown in  Figure 16, 46% of Members have not updated their enforcement contact points 
since 2009 . 30% of Members have submitted  a new or updated an earlier contact point since 2015 .  
Figure 16: Date of Members ' most recent contact point notifications under Ar ticle 69  
 
3.3  AD HOC NOTIFICATIONS FROM MEMBERS AVAILING THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN 
OPTIONS UNDER THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  
37.  Members wishing to avail themselves of certain possibilities in the Agreement that relate to 
substantive rights and obligations or contain various  flexibilities must notify the Council. This section 
summarizes these possibilities and the related notifications received through 202 3. 
 
8 Counting the European Union as one Member and each EU member State individually.  
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  3.3.1   Articles 1.3 and 3.1  
38.  Article 1.3 of the TRIPS Agreement defines the persons that must be eligible for the protection 
to be made available by Members. It refers to the criteria for eligibility as laid down in the Paris 
Convention, the Berne Convention, the Rome Convention and the Washington Treaty for the relevant 
areas of IP. Certain exceptions to these criteria are allowe d on the condition that they are notified 
to the TRIPS Council, regardless of whether they have been separately notified under the Berne 
Convention or the Rome Convention.  
39.  Article 3.1 of the Agreement requires national treatment to be given to persons eli gible for 
protection under Article 1.3, subject to the exceptions allowed under the Conventions and Treaty 
mentioned above. Equally as under Article 1.3, certain exceptions under Article 3.1 are allowed on 
the condition that they are notified to the TRIPS Council.  
40.  Notification under Articles 1.3 and 3.1 is only required if a Member wishes to avail itself of one 
of the exceptions. Details regarding the 32 notifications received thus far under these provisions are 
available in Table A.4 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway,  https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/Search/IpN2s . All of them predate  2004, with the exception of a notification from 
the Russian Federation, received in 2012, the year of its accession to the WTO.  
3.3.2   Article 4(d)  
41.  Article 4 requires  Members to provide most -favoured -nation treatment to foreign IP right 
holders eligible for protection under Article 1.3. Article 4(d) permits an exception where the 
advantage in question derives from an international agreement related to the protection of  IP which 
entered into force prior to the entry into force of the WTO Agreement (1 January 1995). Members 
wishing to avail themselves of this exception must notify the agreement in question to the TRIPS 
Council. 33 Members have made notifications under thi s provision, all between 1996 and 1998. See 
Table A.5 in the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway, https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/Search/Article4ds , for details.  
3.3.3   Other notification requirements under the Berne Convention and the Rome 
Convention incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement  
42.  A number of notification provisions of the Berne and the Rome Conventions are incorporated by 
reference into the TRIPS Agreement. They include9: 
• Berne Convention, Articles 14bis(2)(c) and 14bis(3) : Members must notify the Council for 
TRIPS in certain circumstances where copyright -owning contributing authors and directors 
of films are not presumed under domestic law to have consented to particular exploitations 
of their work.  
• Berne Convention, Article 15(4) : Members must notify the Council if they have designated 
a competent authority to protect the interests of anonymous authors of unpublished works 
(i.e. folklore) presumed to have been created by a national of the notifying Member.  
• Berne Convention, Appendix Articles I, II(3)(b), IV(2), IV(4)(c)(iv), a nd V: Developing 
Members availing themselves of the option to issue a compulsory licence for a copyrighted 
work in certain circumstances must notify the Council.  
• Rome Convention, Article 17 : Members wishing to avail themselves of this exception to 
protecti on for producers of phonograms must notify the Council.  
• Rome Convention, Article 18 : Members having notified certain exceptions under the Rome 
Convention must further notify the withdrawal or modification of such exceptions.  
43.  A notification under any of the se provisions is only required if a Member chooses to avail itself 
of the option described in the indicated article. Through the end of 202 3, five notifications from three 
 
9 More information on these notification provisions can be found in the Guide to Transparency under 
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  Members have been received, all prior to 2000. See Table A.6 in the Annex to this document and 
the e-TRIPS Gateway, https://e -trips.wto.org/En/Search/IpN5s , for details.  
3.4  TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS MAKING USE OF THE ADDITIONAL 
FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH  
3.4.1   Special compulsory licensing system  
44.  Paragraph 6 of the 2001 Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health10 
recognized that Members with insufficient or no manufacturing capacities in the pharmaceutical 
sector could face difficulties in making effective use of compulsory licensing. Article 31(f) requires 
government authorizations to use the subject matter of a patent without the consent of the right 
holder be "predominantly for the supply of the domestic market ", thus limiting the potential supply 
of patented medicines produced under such authorizations for export to importing countries in need.  
45.  In response, th e 2003 General Council Decision on the Implementation of Paragraph 6 of the 
Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2003 Decision)11 waived under certain 
conditions (i) the obligation of exporting Members to ensure that compulsory licenc es are granted 
predominantly to supply the domestic market (Article 31(f)) and (ii) the obligation of importing 
Members to pay adequate remuneration to the right holder if a compulsory licence is granted 
(Article  31(h)). In 2017, the 2005 Protocol Amendin g the TRIPS Agreement (2005 Protocol)12 
entered into force and permanently incorporated the mechanism established under the 2003 
Decision into the TRIPS Agreement through a new Article 31 bis and Annex to the Agreement. The 
amended Agreement applies to thos e Members who have accepted the 2005 Protocol and will apply 
to observer governments which accede to the WTO. Other Members may continue to rely upon the 
2003 Decision.  
46.  This "special compulsory licensing system ", established by the 2003 Decision and incorp orated 
into the amended TRIPS Agreement, obliges Members wishing to avail themselves of the derogations 
to Articles 31(f) and 31(h) to notify the TRIPS Council as follows:  
• An importing Member , unless it is an LDC, must notify its general intent to use the system. 
This notification need only be made once and can be made at any time, together with a 
first notification of specific needs (see bullet below).  
• Each time an importing Member  wishes to use the system, it must inform the Council of:  
o the names and expe cted quantities of the needed product(s);  
o its insufficient, or lack of, manufacturing capacity and how this has been established 
(unless the Member is an LDC);  
o the grant, or impending grant, of a compulsory licence (if the product is patented in 
its territ ory). 
• An exporting Member  responding to a specific importing notification must inform the 
Council of its grant of a compulsory licence, the details and conditions attached to it, and 
the address of a website where information regarding the quantities being  shipped, their 
destination, and distinguishing features of the product will be posted prior to shipment.  
47.  These notifications are required for transparency purposes. Permission from the Council or any 
WTO body is not required to use the system. Additional information regarding these notifications, 
including model notifications, is available on the WTO website.13 
48.  Details regarding the notifications received under the special compulsory licensing system 
through the end of 202 3 are available in Table A.7 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS 
 
10 Document WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2 . 
11 Document WT/L/540  and WT/L/540/Corr.1 . 
12 Document WT/L/641 . 
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  Gateway,  https://e -trips.wto.org/En/TypesOfDocuments/Paragraph6System . No notifications 
were received in 202 3. 
3.4.2   TRIPS Decision on COVID -19 Vaccines  
49.  At the 12th Ministerial Conference, held in 2022, Members adopted a Ministerial Decision on the 
TRIPS Agreement14 (TRIPS Decision on COVID -19 Vaccines), which addresses the intellectual 
property dimension of the WTO response to the COVID -19 pandemic. The TRIPS Decision on 
COVID -19 Vaccines provides positive guidance on how to address potential IP obstacles to vaccine  
production and exportation that were identified by some Members, and streamlines and simplifies 
procedures in the light of the pandemic context. Among other things, the Decision:  
• confirms and clarifies the right of Members to override patent rights throug h direct 
government authorization;  
• provides for a waiver of the obligation under TRIPS Article 31(f) to ensure that government 
authorizations to use the subject matter of a patent for the production and supply of 
COVID -19 vaccines without the consent of th e right holder need not be granted with the 
limitation to predominantly supply the domestic market; and  
• clarifies that protection of clinical trial data under TRIPS Article 39.3 need not impede the 
government -authorized production and supply of COVID -19 va ccines.  
50.  Eligible Members may apply the provisions of the TRIPS COVID -19 Vaccines Decision until 
17 June 2027. Paragraph 5 requires Members to communicate any measure taken related to the 
implementation of the Decision to the TRIPS Council for transparency purposes. As with the special 
compulsory licensing system, permission from the Council or any other WTO body is not required.  
51.  Details regarding communications received through the end of 202 3 are available in Table A.8 
of the Annex to this document. No communications were received in 202 3. 
3.5  REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPED MEMBERS AGREED TO BY THE TRIPS 
COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTICLES 66.2 AND 67 
3.5.1   Reports under Article 66.2  
52.  Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement requires developed Members to provide incentives to 
enterprises and institutions in their territories for the purpose of promoting and encouraging 
technology transfer to LDC Members in order  to enable them to create a sound and viable 
technological base. Pursuant to a 2003 Council for TRIPS decision15 giving effect to a direction by 
the Ministerial Conference, developed Members are to submit annual reports on actions taken or 
planned in pursuance of their commitments under Article 66.2. Detailed reports are to be submitted 
every third year, and updates  each intervening year.  
53.  Figure 17 identifies the annual number of Members having reported programmes under 
Article  66.2 since the Council 's 2003 decisi on. Annual participation has fluctuated from 14 to 21, 
with an average of 1 6.8 Members reporting activities each year. During the 202 3 reporting cycle, 
16 developed Members reported programmes under Article 66.2  (see Table 1). 
 
14 Document WT/L/1141 . The TRIPS COVID -19 Vaccines Decision  complements the wider Ministerial 
Declaration on the WTO Response to the COVID -19 Pandemic and Preparedness for Future Pandemics , 
document WT/L/1142 . 
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  Figure 17: Number of Members having reported on programmes under Article 66.2, 
2003 -202316,17 
 
 
54.  Figure 18 presents the number of annual reports submitted by each developed Member from 
2003 to 202 3. Canada, the European Union, Japan, Norway, Switzerland and the United States have 
consistently submitted a report each year, and New Zealand and Sweden have reported activities in 
all but one year. Additional information regarding the reporting history of each developed Member 
under Article 66.2 is available in Table  A.9 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway , 
https://e -trips.wto.or g/En/TypesOfDocuments/ImplementationOfArticle662Notifications . 
 
16 Associating each report with the year of the invitation  made by the TRIPS Council to which it 
responds.  
17 Counting reports of the European Union individually, and each distinct identifiable contribution by an 
EU member State to an EU report individually; technical or financial contributions by individual EU member 
States to EU -wide programmes are not separately identified.  
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  Figure 18: Reports under Article 66.2 submitted by developed Members, 2003 -202318 
 
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  Table 1: Members having reported on programmes under Article 66.2 during the 202 3 
reporting cycle  
Australia  European Union  Japan  Sweden*  
Austria*  France * New Zealand  Switzerland  
Canada  Germany*  Norway  United Kingdom  
Czech Republic*  Ireland*  Spain*  United States  
* Provided a distinct identifiable contribution to the report of the European Union.  
3.5.2   Reports under Article 67  
55.  Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement requires developed Members to provide, on request and on 
mutually agreed terms and conditions, technical and financial cooperation in favour of developing 
and LDC Members. Developed Members have agreed to present descriptions of their relevant 
programmes and to update them annually, in order to make the information accessible and facilitate 
compliance monitoring.  Other Members engaging in relevant activities are also encouraged to report 
them to the Council. For the sake of transparency, a number of intergovernmental organizations 
(IGOs) have also presented, on the invitation of the Council, information on their a ctivities.  
56.  Figure 19 identifies the annual rate at which Members and IGOs have submitted reports since 
1995. Annual participation by Members has fluct uated from 13 to 28, with an average of 18 reports 
submitted per year. On three occasions, a developing Member has reported on its technical and 
financial cooperation activities (Morocco in 2001; Hong Kong, China in 2002; and Mexico in 2016).  
Figure 19: Number of Members and IGOs having reported on activities under Article 67, 
1995 -202319,20 
 
 
57.  Figure 20 presents the number of annual reports submitted by each developed Member from 
1995 to 202 3. The European Union, Germany, Japan and the United States have consistently 
submitted a report each year, and Spain, Switzerland and the United Kingdom submitted reports in 
all but one year. An overview of the reporting history under Article 67 of developed Members is 
 
18 Counting separately each distinct identifiable contribution of an EU member State to a report of the 
European Union and attributing it to the EU member State; technical or financial contri butions by individual EU 
member States to EU -wide programmes are not separately identified.  Activities of the United Kingdom were 
reported by the European Union through the 2019 reporting cycle.  
19 Associating each report with the year of the invitation mad e by the TRIPS Council to which it 
responds.  
20 Counting reports of the European Union individually, and each distinct identifiable contribution by an 
EU member State to an EU report individually; technical or financial contributions by individual EU member  
States to EU -wide programmes are not separately identified.  
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  available in Table A.9 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway,  https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/TypesOfDocuments/TechnicalCooperationActi vitiesNotifications . 
58.  During the 202 3 reporting cycle, 1 6 reports were submitted to the Council by 
developed Members, one more than in 202 2, and six by IGOs , the same number as in 2022  
(see Table 2). 
Figure 20: Reports under Article 67 submitted by developed Members, 1995 -202321 
 
 
21 Counting separately each distinct identifiable contribution of an EU member State to a report of the 
European Union and attributing it to the EU member State; technical or financial contributio ns by individual EU 
member States to EU -wide programmes are not separately identified.  Activities of the United Kingdom were 
reported by the European Union through the 2019 reporting cycle.  
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  Table 2: Members and IGOs having reported on activities under Article 67 in 202 3 
Members  Intergovernmental Organizations  
Australia  Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf  
Bulgaria*  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  
Canada  World Customs Organization  
European Union  World Health Organization  
France*  World Intellectual Property Organization  
Germany*  World Trade Organization  
Italy*    
Japan    
Lithuania*   
New Zealand    
Norway   
Spain*    
Sweden*    
Switzerland    
United Kingdom    
United States   
* Provided a distinct identifiable contribution to the report of the European Union.  
3.5.3   Contact points for technical cooperation under Article 67  
59.  The TRIPS Council agreed in 1996 that each developed Member should notify a contact point 
for technical cooperation on TRIPS, in particular to facilitate the exchange of information between 
donors and recipients of technical assistance. Developed Members w ere invited to notify contact 
points at the same time that they update information on their technical cooperation activities.  
60.  32 Members had notified contact points through the end of 202 3 (no change over 202 2), 
including 72% of developed Members22 and four other Members (Chile; Hong Kong, China; the 
Republic of Korea; and Macao, China). An overview of contact points submitted by individual 
Members is available in Table A.3 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway, https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/Reports/ContactPointsSubmission . 
61.  As shown in  Figure 21, 31% of developed Members have submitted initial or updated contact 
points  since 2010 , while 41% of developed Members ' contact points date to 2009 or earlier . In 
2023, three Members (+2 over 2022)  updated their contact point s: France, the United 
Kingdom, and the United States of America . 
 
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  Figure 21: Date of developed Members ' most recent submission of contact points for 
technical cooperation  
 
3.6  CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION FLOWS  
3.6.1   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of the Section on 
geographical indications under Article 24.2  
62.  Article 24.2 of the Agreem ent requires the TRIPS Council to review the provisions on 
geographical indications (GIs) in Section 3, Part II of the Agreement. In the context of this review, 
the Council invited Members under an obligation to apply the provisions of that Section to prov ide 
information on their national systems on GI protection by responding to a checklist of questions.23 
Council chairs have regularly invited Members to update responses where appropriate.  
63.  52 Members, comprising 35 developed Members and 18 developing Memb ers, have submitted 
responses to the checklist (no change from 202 2). 26 of the responses date back to 2004 or earlier, 
despite indications from WTO Trade Policy Reviews and Members ' notifications of laws and 
regulations under Article 63.2 that Members ' systems of GI protection have evolved considerably in 
the past 15 years. Since 2016, six Members have submitted initial or updated responses to the 
checklist: El Salvador, Mexico, Montenegro, Norway, Switzerland, and Ukraine. No new or updated 
responses were  submitted in 2023 . 
64.  Figure 22 presents the responses received through 202 3. An overview of responses by Member 
is available in Table A.10 of the Annex to this document and the e -TRIPS Gateway,  https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/TypesOfDocuments/InformationForReviewArticle242Notifications . 
 
23 Document s IP/C/13  and IP/C/13/Add.1 . 
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  Figure 22: Responses provided in the context  of the review of the provisions of the 
Section on geographical indications under Article 24.2, 1998 -2023 
 
 
3.6.2   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of Article 27.3(b)  
65.  The TRIPS Agreement requires Members to review Article 27.3(b), which relates to how 
Members protect biotechnology inventions and plant varieties. As part of this review, the Council for 
TRIPS invited Members under an obligation to apply Article 27.3(b) to  provide information on their 
domestic frameworks for protecting biotechnology inventions and new plant varieties. At the request 
of the Council, the Secretariat prepared an illustrative list of questions.24 The delegations of Canada, 
the European Union, J apan and the United States also proposed a list of questions to assist Members 
in preparing their contributions.25 
66.  Figure 23 presents the responses re ceived through 202 3. 28 Members, comprising 18 developed 
Members, nine developing Members, and one LDC, have submitted responses to either or both of 
the lists of questions (no change over 202 2). Mexico and Ukraine submitted responses in 2019, 
breaking a 14-year drought during which no submissions were made, followed by Saudi Arabia in 
2021. The remainder of the responses date to 2004 or earlier. No new submissions were made 
in 202 3. An overview  of responses by Member is available in Table  A.10 of the Annex to this 
document and the e -TRIPS Gateway,  https://e -
trips.wto.org/En/TypesOfDocuments/InformationForReviewArticle273Notifications . 
 
24 Document IP/C/W /122. 
25 Document IP/C/W/126 . 
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  Figure 23: Responses in the context of the review of the  provisions of Article 27.3(b), 
1999 -2023 
 
 
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The tables below provide Member -specific information relating to each of the transparency mechanisms discussed in this report.  
 
Table A.1: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by Member, identifying the most recent (Latest) and  total count (No.) of 
notifications received, 1995 -20231 
Member  Copyright 
and related 
rights  Patents 
(including 
plant 
variety 
protection)  Industrial 
designs  Trade -
marks  Geographi -
cal 
indications  Enforce -
ment  Industrial 
property 
(general)  Layout -
designs 
(topogra -
phies) of 
integrated 
circuits  Undisclos -
ed 
information  Other  Total  
Afghanistan   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Albania  2021 13 2002 8 2023 5 2023 6 2023 8 2002 2 2023 15 2023 10 2002 7 2005 1 2023 60 
Angola   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Antigua and 
Barbuda  2002 2  
0 2002 2 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1  
0  
0 2002 8 
Argentina  2002 18 2002 6  
0 2002 13 2002 10 2002 4 2002 23 2002 23 2002 11 2002 3 2002 79 
Armenia  2008 2  
0  
0 2008 2  
0 2003 1 2008 3 2008 3 2003 1 2003 1 2008 10 
Australia  2023 59 2019 8 2018 30 2019 17 2021 32 2007 6 2020 67 2020 55 2007 19 2018 24 2023 22
9 
Austria  2023 7 1997 6  
0  
0 2022 4 1996 4 2022 15 2022 5 1997 2 1996 6 2023 45 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  2014 5 2004 8  
0 2014 6 2014 9 2014 3 2022 14 2014 14 2014 8 2014 10 2022 55 
Bangladesh  2008 3  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2008 3 
Barbados  2011 10 2002 11 2001 1 2002 2 2011 5 2002 3 2011 10 2011 7  
0 2002 13 2011 49 
Belgium  1997 8 1997 11  
0 1997 11 1996 11 1996 1 1997 13 1996 9  
0 1996 1 1997 60 
Belize  2005 3  
0  
0  
0 2005 4 2003 3 2005 8 2005 5  
0 2005 2 2005 23 
Benin   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  2001 11  
0 2001 1 2001 2 2001 1  
0 2001 9 2001 2  
0 2001 1 2001 20 
Botswana  2013 3  
0  
0 2013 5 2013 5  
0 2013 5 2013 5 2013 1 2013 2 2013 8 
Brazil  2022 7 2022 19 2001 1 2000 2 2000 2  
0 2022 17 2000 2 2000 1  
0 2022 46 
Brunei 
Darussalam  2004 2 2004 1  
0  
0 2016 5 2004 1 2016 5 2004 3  
0 2016 1 2016 17 
Bulgaria  2022 15 2010 8 2022 1 2022 5 2022 5 2022 3 2022 11 2022 7 1998 1 2022 8 2022 53 
Burkina Faso  2023 11  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2023 11 
Burundi   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 2  
0  
0 2001 1 2001 3 
Cabo Verde  2013 2  
0 2010 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2013 2 
Cambodia   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Cameroon   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Canada  2023 19 2008 3  
0 2018 5 2019 6 1997 2 2023 29 2019 12 2008 10 2017 6 2023 86 
 
1 The names of LDC Members appear in italics.   
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and related 
rights  Patents 
(including 
plant 
variety 
protection)  Industrial 
designs  Trade -
marks  Geographi -
cal 
indications  Enforce -
ment  Industrial 
property 
(general)  Layout -
designs 
(topogra -
phies) of 
integrated 
circuits  Undisclos -
ed 
information  Other  Total  
Central 
African 
Republic   
0  
0 2021 1 2021 1  
0  
0  
0 2021 1  
0  
0 2021 3 
Chad  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2000 1 2000 1 
Chile 2023 32 2023 12 2023 15 2023 7  
0 2009 1 2023 8 2023 6 2023 20 2023 7 2023 99 
China  2017 8 2004 4  
0 2002 1 2002 1 2003 3 2017 6 2020 7 2020 2 2002 1 2020 32 
Colombia  2018 12 2014 4 2018 6 2012 1  
0  
0 2014 10 2015 4 2012 2 2018 1 2018 34 
Congo  2002 2  
0 2002 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2002 3 
Costa Rica  2023 22 2023 11 2022 6 2023 5 2023 5 2023 2 2023 15 2023 4 2023 4 2023 4 2023 65 
Côte d 'Ivoire  2001 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1 
Croatia  2022 17 2016 21 2016 4 2018 11 2018 10 2018 8 2021 18 2021 10 2018 13 2016 50 2022 12
6 
Cuba  
0 2004 5 2019 4 2004 2 2019 2 2019 2 2019 9 2001 2 2019 1 2012 1 2019 26 
Cyprus  2000 8 2000 13  
0 2000 6 2000 3 2000 2 2000 10 2000 9 2000 3 2000 8 2000 49 
Czech 
Republic  2023 11 2011 13 2011 3 2023 5 2005 4 2001 2 2011 9 2020 7 2020 1 1996 2 2023 49 
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Denmark  2015 7 2015 10 1999 2  
0 2022 6 2022 6 2022 50 2022 13 2022 3 2022 14 2022 92 
Djibouti   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Dominica  2001 1  
0  
0 2001 1 2001 1 2001 1 2001 2 2001 1  
0  
0 2001 7 
Dominican 
Republic  2002 2  
0 2002 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 1996 1 2002 5 
Ecuador  2017 16 1998 3 2017 7  
0  
0  
0 2017 10 1998 2  
0 2017 11 2017 43 
Egypt   
0  
0 2004 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2000 3 2004 4 
El Salvador  2000 8 2000 5 2004 11 2000 1  
0  
0 2000 1 2000 2 2000 1  
0 2004 20 
Estonia  2004 9 2004 16 2023 2 2023 4 2023 8 2023 4 2023 30 2023 13 2000 10 2004 8 2023 90 
Eswatini  2004 3 2004 1  
0  
0 2004 1  
0 2004 2 2004 1  
0  
0 2004 7 
European 
Union  2019 20 2017 9  
0 2022 32 2013 5 1996 8 2019 17 2020 25 2017 7 1996 4 2022 11
7 
Fiji 2016 4  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2016 3 2016 3  
0  
0 2016 10 
Finland  2019 16 2019 25 2019 4 2018 3 2018 8 2018 7 2019 35 2019 15 2019 10 2019 23 2019 13
8 
France  2022 11 2022 5 1997 2 1996 19 2022 1 1996 1 2022 17 2022 4 2022 1 2022 4 2022 56 
Gabon  2002 1  
0 2002 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2002 1 
The Gambia  2023 3 2023 2 2023 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2023 3 
Georgia  2011 10 2011 8 2011 1 2013 7 2011 7 2011 4 2011 12 2011 8 2011 4 2011 4 2013 42 
Germany  2004 14 1996 12 2004 8 2004 1 2023 12 2004 11 2009 25 2023 17 2004 6 2004 8 2023 91 
Ghana  2002 1 2002 5  
0  
0 2002 2  
0 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1  
0 2002 11 
Greece  2023 17 2023 6  
0 1997 18
2 2023 5 2023 3 2023 35 2023 3  
0 2023 4 2023 24
7 
Grenada  2002 2  
0 2002 3  
0 2002 1  
0 2002 2  
0  
0  
0 2002 8  
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and related 
rights  Patents 
(including 
plant 
variety 
protection)  Industrial 
designs  Trade -
marks  Geographi -
cal 
indications  Enforce -
ment  Industrial 
property 
(general)  Layout -
designs 
(topogra -
phies) of 
integrated 
circuits  Undisclos -
ed 
information  Other  Total  
Guatemala  2022 13 2000 9 2004 6  
0  
0  
0 2000 1 2000 2 2000 1 2004 6 2022 33 
Guinea   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Guinea -
Bissau   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Guyana  2002 2  
0  
0  
0 2002 1  
0 2002 1 2002 1  
0  
0 2002 4 
Haiti 1999 3  
0 1999 2 1999 1 1999 2  
0 1999 2 1999 3  
0  
0 1999 10 
Honduras  2002 2 2002 9 2002 2  
0  
0  
0 2002 2 2002 1  
0  
0 2002 13 
Hong Kong, 
China  2023 25 2000 30 2023 2 2004 4 2023 17 2017 9 2020 24 2020 25 2000 3 2000 3 2023 13
0 
Hungary  2004 5 1998 9 1998 2 2004 2 1997 3 1996 1 2020 5 2019 5  
0  
0 2020 29 
Iceland  1997 22 1996 7  
0  
0 1996 5 1997 2 1997 12 1998 11  
0 1996 11 1998 65 
India 2001 2  
0  
0 2003 2 2001 1 2003 2 2005 7 2003 2  
0  
0 2005 16 
Indonesia  2000 20 2000 7 2000 1 2000 1  
0  
0 2000 15 2000 6 2000 1 1996 1 2000 50 
Ireland  2023 66 2023 23  
0 2023 4 2023 30 2023 4 2023 71 2023 38 1996 1 2023 8 2023 21
0 
Israel  2013 11  
0 2000 2 2000 3 2021 3 2000 2 2021 6 2021 6  
0  
0 2021 30 
Italy 1997 30 2022 12 2023 8 1997 11 2022 9 1996 2 2022 15 2022 12 2020 1 2022 16 2023 10
4 
Jamaica  2002 2  
0 2002 1 2005 2  
0 2002 1  
0 2002 1  
0 2007 3 2007 10 
Japan  2022 11 2015 52 2004 4 2019 7 2023 26 1996 2 2023 38 2023 26 2021 14 2016 80 2023 18
2 
Jordan  2004 4 2004 9  
0 2000 1 2000 1 2000 1 2013 3 2001 3 2000 1 2001 1 2013 23 
Kazakhstan  2016 14  
0 2016 12 2016 3  
0 2016 1 2016 2 2016 4 2016 1 2016 31 2016 34 
Kenya  2002 2  
0  
0 2002 1 2002 2 2002 1 2002 4 2001 1  
0  
0 2002 9 
Korea, 
Republic of  2023 11 2021 19  
0 2023 13 2023 10 2023 6 2023 18 2023 12 2023 13 2021 8 2023 10
4 
Kuwait, the 
State of  2004 3  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 1997 2 2004 5 
Kyrgyz 
Republic  2020 31 2006 12 2019 6 2008 9 2008 7 2018 10 2020 34 2018 19 1999 1 2020 12 2020 10
6 
Lao People 's 
Democratic 
Republic   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Latvia  2022 4 1999 7 2022 4 2022 2 2022 3 2022 2 2022 3 2023 3  
0 2022 3 2023 31 
Lesotho   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Liberia   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Liechtenstein  2004 6 1999 16 1999 1 1999 12 1996 4 1996 4 1996 9 1996 8 1996 5 1996 1 2004 36 
Lithuania  2001 5 2001 11 2022 2 2001 2 2022 5 2022 4 2022 11 2022 12  
0  
0 2022 44 
Luxembourg  2004 9  
0  
0  
0 1997 5 1997 1 1998 25 1997 4  
0 1997 1 2004 44 
Macao, China  2014 7 2004 11  
0 2000 2  
0  
0  
0 1998 3 2000 2  
0 2014 19 
Madagascar  2016 5 2011 4 2016 3  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2016 1 2016 8 
Malawi   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Malaysia  2001 3  
0  
0 2013 3 2013 4 2001 1 2006 4 2001 7  
0 2001 1 2013 23  
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Maldives  2011 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2011 1 
Mali  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Malta  2000 1 2000 1  
0  
0 2000 1  
0 2000 3 2000 3  
0  
0 2000 7 
Mauritania   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Mauritius  2019 3 2008 2 2003 2 2003 2 2008 4 2003 2 2008 4 2008 4  
0  
0 2019 15 
Mexico  2020 14 2020 7 2020 21 2020 10  
0  
0 2000 2 2013 1  
0 2016 3 2020 53 
Moldova, 
Republic of  2023 13 2013 12 2018 7 2022 6 2016 8 2013 5 2022 21 2016 12 2022 4 2018 27 2023 10
4 
Mongolia  1998 9 1998 1 1998 3  
0  
0  
0 1998 4 1998 3 1998 1 1998 4 1998 16 
Montenegro  2022 3 2013 1  
0 2013 3 2016 3 2016 2 2022 3 2023 5 2022 2 2013 10 2023 34 
Morocco  2008 5 2008 10 2008 4 2008 9 2008 4 2008 4 2003 20 2008 5 2008 7 2008 7 2008 53 
Mozambique   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Myanmar   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2020 1  
0  
0  
0 2020 1 
Namibia   
0  
0 2001 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1 
Nepal   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Netherlands  1996 19 1997 8  
0  
0 1997 5 1997 2 2004 6 1997 6  
0  
0 2004 46 
New Zealand  2021 25  
0 2004 6 2021 7 2021 9 2004 3 2021 39 2021 23 1996 3 2021 3 2021 10
4 
Nicaragua  2013 16  
0 2013 7  
0 2008 4 2008 2 2013 9 2013 4  
0  
0 2013 34 
Niger   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Nigeria  2001 5  
0  
0  
0 2001 4  
0 2001 4 2001 2  
0 1996 1 2001 13 
North 
Macedonia  2016 2 2016 2 2016 4  
0  
0 2003 1  
0  
0  
0  
0 2016 9 
Norway  2004 3 2015 2 2019 4 2015 2 2019 9 1996 2 2019 17 2019 11  
0 2015 2 2019 50 
Oman  2011 2  
0  
0 2011 3 2001 1 2001 1 2011 3 2011 2 2011 2  
0 2011 9 
Pakistan  2002 2 2002 5  
0 2020 1 2002 2 2002 1 2002 2 2004 2  
0 2002 1 2020 15 
Panama  2004 4 2004 5 2014 6  
0  
0  
0 2014 4 2014 1  
0 2004 4 2014 23 
Papua New 
Guinea  2005 1  
0  
0  
0 2005 2  
0 2005 2 2005 2  
0 1998 1 2005 6 
Paraguay  2000 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2000 4 2000 2  
0 1995 1 2000 9 
Peru 2015 7 2010 3 2010 6  
0  
0  
0 2010 5  
0 2010 3 2010 5 2015 30 
Philippines  2003 19 2003 19 2009 3 2001 8 2003 18 2003 16 2003 19 2003 18 2003 15 2001 2 2009 48 
Poland  1998 5 2000 4 2001 2 1996 1 1996 1 1996 3 1996 6 1996 1 2000 1 2000 3 2001 21 
Portugal  2023 23 1999 9 2023 3 1998 2 1998 2 1997 1 1999 8 1998 2  
0  
0 2023 44 
Qatar  2002 1  
0  
0 2002 1 2002 1 2006 1 2002 1 2002 1 2006 1 1999 1 2006 6 
Romania  1998 1 2004 15  
0 1998 2 1999 2 1999 3 1999 7 1999 5  
0 1998 1 2004 31 
Russian 
Federation  2015 15 2015 13  
0 2019 6 2022 8 2022 5 2022 15 2012 12 2012 3 2015 10 2022 57 
Rwanda   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis  2016 1  
0  
0  
0  
0 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1  
0  
0 2016 4 
Saint Lucia  2001 4 2004 5  
0 2004 2 2004 2 2004 2 2004 1 2004 2 2001 1  
0 2004 19  
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Saint Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines  2015 3 2015 3  
0 2015 2 2015 3 2015 2 2015 2 2015 5  
0 2015 2 2015 21 
Samoa   
0  
0 2019 3  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2019 3 
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  2022 7 2023 5  
0 2006 1 2006 2 2006 1 2022 3 2023 6 2006 1 2022 7 2023 28 
Senegal  1997 1  
0 1997 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 1997 1 
Seychelles  2016 1 2016 5  
0 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2022 4 2022 11 
Sierra Leone   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Singapore  2010 18  
0 2009 2 2000 1 2009 3 2000 1 2009 9 2009 9 2009 3  
0 2010 45 
Slovak 
Republic  2011 3 2011 7 2011 6 2011 5 2011 3 2011 3 2011 9 2011 7  
0 1996 6 2011 41 
Slovenia  2023 9 2021 12  
0 2021 3 2021 8 2008 4 2023 8 2023 8 2021 4 2021 1 2023 38 
Solomon 
Islands   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
South Africa  2004 6  
0  
0 2004 7 2004 3 1996 1 2004 6 2004 5  
0 1996 1 2004 22 
Spain  2004 21 2004 7 2004 15 1996 20 2004 1 1996 2 2004 16 2004 5  
0 2004 6 2004 92 
Sri Lanka  2010 3  
0 2010 2  
0 2001 1 2001 1  
0 2001 1  
0  
0 2010 4 
Suriname   
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1  
0 2001 1 2001 1  
0  
0 2001 1 
Sweden  2021 22 1996 1  
0 1997 1 2021 7 2021 5 2021 19 2021 12 1996 1 2004 5 2021 71 
Switzerland  2022 13 2022 36 2022 2 2022 48 2022 13 2017 6 2022 28 2022 23 2022 29 2017 34 2022 18
3 
Chinese 
Taipei  2022 36 2014 14 2002 1 2002 4 2020 2 2014 5 2023 36 2020 17 2020 3 2018 5 2023 11
6 
Tajikistan  2015 1  
0  
0 2014 1 2014 1 2014 1 2014 1 2014 1 2015 1 2015 2 2015 9 
Tanzania   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Thailand  2020 4 2022 1 2003 1  
0  
0 2003 1 2010 12 2020 3 2020 3 2022 1 2022 25 
Togo  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Tonga  2022 2 2009 1  
0 2022 3 2022 5 2022 3 2022 5 2022 5 2022 4 2022 3 2022 17 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  2000 2 2022 9  
0 2000 3 2000 2 2000 2 2000 3 2022 10 2000 1  
0 2022 30 
Tunisia  2010 1 2003 3  
0 2008 2 2003 3 2003 3 2004 9 2008 4  
0  
0 2010 25 
Turkey  2023 11 2023 13 2023 4 2023 4 2023 4 2023 4 2023 13 2023 7 2000 4 2023 9 2023 62 
Uganda  2000 2  
0  
0  
0 2000 2  
0 2000 4 2000 2  
0  
0 2000 7 
Ukraine  2023 23 2023 11 2022 1 2023 21 2023 23 2023 17 2023 55 2023 27 2008 7 2023 6 2023 95 
United Arab 
Emirates  2004 1  
0 2022 1  
0  
0  
0 1997 1  
0  
0  
0 2022 3 
United 
Kingdom  2022 128 2021 62  
0 2023 19 2021 69 2021 14 2021 81 2023 75 2004 14  
0 2023 34
2 
United States 
of America  2019 8 2012 9 2004 3 2012 3 2013 10 1997 2 2020 17 2022 8 2018 56 1997 1 2022 10
6 
Uruguay  2004 17 2012 7 2015 9  
0  
0  
0 2012 5 2012 4 2002 1 2012 7 2015 45 
Vanuatu  2014 2  
0  
0 2014 1 2014 2 2014 1 2014 3 2014 5 2014 1 2014 1 2014 16  
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Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  2001 12  
0 2001 6 2001 4 2001 4 2001 4 2001 7 2001 6 2001 4 2001 14 2001 37 
Viet Nam  2021 18 2021 21 2021 14 2021 13 2021 11 2021 11 2021 12 2021 13 2013 12 2021 22 2021 49 
Yemen   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Zambia   
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Zimbabwe  2002 3 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1 2002 2 2002 1 2002 3 2002 2  
0  
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  Table A. 2: Responses to the checklist on 
enforcement under Article 63.22 
Member  Most 
recent  Document Symbol  
Afghanistan      
Albania  18/04/2001  IP/N/6/ALB/1   
Angola      
Antigua and 
Barbuda  28/11/2001  IP/N/6/ATG/1   
Argentina  04/12/2002  IP/N/6/ARG/1   
Armenia  04/06/2004  IP/N/6/ARM/1   
Australia  16/09/1997  IP/N/6/AUS/1   
Austria  23/01/2023  IP/N/6/AUT/2   
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  21/06/2001  IP/N/6/BHR/1   
Bangladesh      
Barbados  06/07/2001  IP/N/6/BRB/1   
Belgium  30/04/1997  IP/N/6/BEL/1/Rev.1   
Belize  06/06/2000  IP/N/6/BLZ/1   
Benin      
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  11/04/2001  IP/N/6/BOL/1   
Botswana  09/02/2023  IP/N/6/BWA/1   
Brazil  24/03/2000  IP/N/6/BRA/1   
Brunei 
Darussalam  27/11/2001  IP/N/6/BRN/1   
Bulgaria  31/03/2004  IP/N/6/BGR/1/Add.1   
Burkina Faso      
Burundi      
Cabo Verde      
Cambodia      
Cameroon      
Canada  18/02/1997  IP/N/6/CAN/1   
Central 
African 
Republic      
Chad     
Chile 03/05/2000  IP/N/6/CHL/1   
China  19/07/2002  IP/N/6/CHN/1   
Colombia  24/11/2000  IP/N/6/COL/1/Add.1   
Congo      
Costa Rica  20/03/2001  IP/N/6/CRI/1   
Côte d 'Ivoire  18/07/2001  IP/N/6/CIV/1   
Croatia  29/10/2002  IP/N/6/HRV/1/Rev.1   
Cuba 20/11/2001  IP/N/6/CUB/1   
Cyprus  03/05/2000  IP/N/6/CYP/1   
Czech 
Republic  16/09/1997  IP/N/6/CZE/1   
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo      
Denmark  07/03/1997  IP/N/6/DNK/1   
Djibouti      
Dominica  30/05/2001  IP/N/6/DMA/1   
Dominican 
Republic  21/06/2001  IP/N/6/DOM/1   
Ecuador  27/11/1998  IP/N/6/ECU/1   
Egypt      
El Salvador  21/12/2022  IP/N/6/SLV/2   
Estonia  21/03/2000  IP/N/6/EST/1   
Eswatini  20/07/2007  IP/N/6/SWZ/1   
European 
Union  10/07/2019  IP/N/6/EU/1   
Fiji 05/10/2001  IP/N/6 /FJI/1   
Finland  24/01/2018  IP/N/6/FIN/2   
 
2 The names of LDC Members appear in italics.  Member  Most 
recent  Document Symbol  
France  15/10/1997  IP/N/6/FRA/1   
Gabon  03/10/2017  IP/N/6/GAB/1   
The Gambia  22/02/2023  IP/N/6/GMB/1   
Georgia  15/03/2002  IP/N/6/GEO/1   
Germany  07/05/1997  IP/N/6/DEU/1   
Ghana  04/12/2001  IP/N/6/GHA/1   
Greece  12/11/1997  IP/N/6/GRC/1/Add.2   
Grenada      
Guatemala  10/11/2000  IP/N/6/GTM/1   
Guinea      
Guinea -
Bissau      
Guyana      
Haiti     
Honduras  03/05/2001  IP/N/6/HND/1   
Hong Kong, 
China  10/02/2000  IP/N/6/HKG/1   
Hungary  16/09/1997  IP/N/6/HUN/1   
Iceland  04/12/1997  IP/N/6/ISL/1/Corr.1   
India 29/11/2001  IP/N/6/IND/1   
Indonesia  25/04/2000  IP/N/6/IDN/1/Rev.1   
Ireland  30/04/1997  IP/N/6/IRL/1/Add.1   
Israel  20/04/2000  IP/N/6/ISR/1   
Italy 03/09/1996  IP/N/6/ITA/1   
Jamaica  08/10/2001  IP/N/6/JAM/1   
Japan  18/02/1997  IP/N/6/JPN/1   
Jordan  18/10/2000  IP/N/6/JOR/1   
Kazakhstan  05/07/2019  IP/N/6/KAZ/2   
Kenya      
Korea, 
Republic of  26/06/2000  IP/N/6/KOR/1/Corr.1   
Kuwait, the 
State of      
Kyrgyz 
Republic  05/07/1999  IP/N/6/KGZ/1   
Lao People 's 
Democratic 
Republic      
Latvia  11/06/1999  IP/N/6/LVA/1   
Lesotho      
Liberia      
Liechtenstein  18/02/1997  IP/N/6/LIE/1   
Lithuania  28/10/2001  IP/N/6/LTU/1   
Luxembourg  03/10/1997  IP/N/6/LUX/1   
Macao, 
China  01/05/2000  IP/N/6/MAC/1   
Madagascar      
Malawi      
Malaysia  03/12/2001  IP/N/6/MYS/1   
Maldives      
Mali     
Malta  11/05/2000  IP/N/6/MLT/1   
Mauritania      
Mauritius  15/01/2018  IP/N/6/MUS/1   
Mexico  30/03/2000  IP/N/6/MEX/1   
Moldova, 
Republic of  04/12/2013  IP/N/6/MDA/2   
Mongolia  09/11/1998  IP/N/6/MNG/1   
Montenegro  11/03/2013  IP/N/6/MNE/1   
Morocco  18/04/2001  IP/N/6/MAR/1   
Mozambique      
Myanmar      
Namibia  30/03/2001  IP/N/6/NAM/1   
Nepal      
Netherlands  31/01/1997  IP/N/6/NLD/1   
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  Member  Most 
recent  Document Symbol  
Nicaragua  17/01/2013  IP/N/6/NIC/1/Rev.1   
Niger      
Nigeria  28/11/2001  IP/N/6/NGA/1   
North 
Macedonia      
Norway  02/09/1996  IP/N/6/NOR/1   
Oman      
Pakistan  20/11/2001  IP/N/6/PAK/1   
Panama  21/07/1998  IP/N/6/PAN/1/Corr.1   
Papua New 
Guinea      
Paraguay  29/09/2000  IP/N/6/PRY/1   
Peru 16/08/2000  IP/N/6/PER/1   
Philippines  23/04/2001  IP/N/6/PHL/1   
Poland  29/06/2000  IP/N/6/POL/1/Add.1   
Portugal  09/11/1998  IP/N/6/PRT/1   
Qatar  24/06/2002  IP/N/6/QAT/1   
Romania  15/10/1997  IP/N/6/ROM/1   
Russian 
Federation  16/11/2012  IP/N/6/RUS/1   
Rwanda      
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis  21/12/2016  IP/N/6/KNA/1   
Saint Lucia  20/03/2001  IP/N/6/LCA/1   
Saint 
Vincent and 
the 
Grenadines  06/06/2011  IP/N/6/VCT/1   
Samoa  01/02/2019  IP/N/6/WSM/1   
Saudi 
Arabia, 
Kingdom of  12/02/2007  IP/N/6/SAU/1   
Senegal      
Seychelles  07/04/2016  IP/N/6/SYC/1   
Sierra Leone      
Singapore  03/03/2000  IP/N/6/SGP/1   
Slovak 
Republic  17/09/1997  IP/N/6/SVK/1   
Slovenia  27/07/2007  IP/N/6/SVN/1/Rev.1   
Solomon 
Islands      
South Africa  23/02/1998  IP/N/6/ZAF/1   
Spain  07/05/1997  IP/N/6/ESP/1   
Sri Lanka  15/01/2015  IP/N/6/LKA/1   
Suriname  15/03/2002  IP/N/6/SUR/1   
Sweden  13/09/1996  IP/N/6/SWE/1   
Switzerland  04/03/2022  IP/N/6/CHE/3   
Chinese 
Taipei  18/06/2002  IP/N/6/TPKM/1   
Tajikistan  27/10/2014  IP/N/6/TJK/1   
Tanzania      
Thailand  14/01/2015  IP/N/6/THA/1   
Togo     
Tonga      
Trinidad and 
Tobago  01/05/2000  IP/N/6/TTO/1   
Tunisia  03/03/2010  IP/N/6/TUN/1/Rev.1   
Turkey  17/05/2000  IP/N/6/TUR/1   
Uganda      
Ukraine  11/08/2008  IP/N/6/UKR/1   
United Arab 
Emirates      
United 
Kingdom  13/09/1996  IP/N/6/GBR/1   
United 
States of 
America  19/06/1997  IP/N/6/USA/1   
Uruguay  03/09/2012  IP/N/6/URY/1   Member  Most 
recent  Document Symbol  
Vanuatu      
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  09/04/2001  IP/N/6/VEN/1   
Viet Nam  01/02/2008  IP/N/6/VNM/1   
Yemen      
Zambia      
Zimbabwe      
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 Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Afghanistan  19/09/2019  IP/N/3/AFG/1       
Albania  18/09/2020  IP/N/3/ALB/1       
Angola  01/05/2019  IP/N/3/AGO/1       
Antigua and Barbuda          
Argentina  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Armenia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Australia  11/06/2013  IP/N/3/AUS/2   07/06/2013  IP/N/7/AUS/1   
Austria  23/09/2022  IP/N/3/AUT/1   29/09/2022  IP/N/7/AUT/1   
Bahrain, Kingdom of  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Bangladesh  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Barbados  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Belgium  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Belize  02/04/2020  IP/N/3/BLZ/1       
Benin  30/11/2016  IP/N/3/BEN/1       
Bolivia, Plurinational 
State of  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Botswana  09/06/2017  IP/N/3/BWA/3       
Brazil  23/02/2022  IP/N/3/BRA/1       
Brunei Darussalam  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Bulgaria  11/08/2022  IP/N/3/BGR/1       
Burkina Faso  23/06/2023  IP/N/3/BFA/1       
Burundi  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Cabo Verde  17/04/2013  IP/N/3/CPV/1       
Cambodia  24/05/2018  IP/N/3/KHM/1       
Cameroon          
Canada  07/11/2012  IP/N/3/CAN/1   07/11/2012  IP/N/7/CA N/1  
Central African 
Republic          
Chad pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Chile pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   02/04/2020  IP/N/ 7/CHL/2   
China  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Colombia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Congo  26/05/2014  IP/N/3/COG/1       
Costa Rica  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Côte d 'Ivoire  28/04/2022  IP/N/3/CIV/1       
Croatia  03/05/2013  IP/N/3/HRV/1/Rev.1       
Cuba pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Cyprus  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Czech Republic  22/04/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.1   17/02/2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3/Add.1   
Democratic Republic 
of the Congo  26/05/2014  IP/N/3/COG/1       
Denmark  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/ Rev.3   
Djibouti          
Dominica  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Dominican Republic  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Ecuador  22/04/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.1       
Egypt  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
El Salvador  05/12/2022  IP/N/3/SLV/1       
Estonia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Eswatini  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
European Union  25/01/2023  IP/N/3/EU/1   26/01/2011  IP/N/7/Rev.3/Add.2   
Fiji pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Finland  18/01/2018  IP/N/3/FIN/1   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
France  27/09/2023  IP/N/3/FRA/1   27/09/2023  IP/N/7/FRA/1   
Gabon  18/08/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.4       
The Gambia  15/02/2023  IP/N/3/GMB/1       
Georgia  07/11/2012  IP/N/3/GEO/1       
Germany  22/04/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.1   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Ghana  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Greece  12/09/2022  IP/N/3/GRC/1   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Grenada  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
 
3 The names of LDC Members appear in italics.  
4 If a notification was received between 1995 and 2009, "pre-2010" has been provided in lieu of an 
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   Article 69  Article 67  
 Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Guatemala  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Guinea  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Guinea -Bissau          
Guyana  06/09/2016  IP/N/3/GUY/1       
Haiti pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Honduras  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Hong Kong, China  20/12/2012  IP/N/3/HKG/1   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Hungary  25/10/2023  IP/N/3/HUN/2       
Iceland  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
India 17/01/2020  IP/N/3/IND/1       
Indonesia  08/08/2019  IP/N/3/IDN/3       
Ireland  20/10/2022  IP/N/3/IRL/1   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Israel  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Italy pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Jamaica  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Japan  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   14/10/2014  IP/N/7/JPN/1   
Jordan  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Kazakhstan  03/09/2019  IP/N/3/KAZ/2       
Kenya  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Korea, Republic of  29/11/2019  IP/N/3/KOR/2   26/01/2011  IP/N/7/Rev.3/Add.2   
Kuwait, the State of  13/10/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.5       
Kyrgyz Republic  29/10/2019  IP/N/3/KGZ/3       
Lao People 's 
Democratic Republic          
Latvia  26/01/2011  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.6       
Lesotho  26/06/2013  IP/N/3/LSO/2       
Liberia  14/09/2017  IP/N/3/LBR/1       
Liechtenstein  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Lithuania  23/09/2022  IP/N/3/LTU/1       
Luxembourg  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Macao, China  14/01/2013  IP/N/3/MAC/1   12/03/2021  IP/N/7/MAC/3   
Madagascar  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Malawi  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Malaysia  01/08/2013  IP/N/3/MYS/1       
Maldives  22/07/2019  IP/N/3/MDV/1       
Mali pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Malta  19/08/2014  IP/N/3/MLT/1       
Mauritania          
Mauritius  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Mexico  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Moldova, Republic of  30/08/2023  IP/N/3/MDA/1       
Mongolia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Montenegro  22/03/2023  IP/N/3/MNE/2       
Morocco  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Mozambique  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Myanmar  21/03/2019  IP/N/3/MMR/2/Rev.1       
Namibia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Nepal  22/01/2015  IP/N/3/NPL/1       
Netherlands  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
New Zealand  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/ Rev.3   
Nicaragua  07/11/2012  IP/N/3/NIC/1       
Niger          
Nigeria  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
North Macedonia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Norway  07/11/2012  IP/N/3/NOR/2   07/11/2012  IP/N/7/NOR/1   
Oman  18/08/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.4       
Pakistan  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Panama  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Papua New Guinea          
Paraguay  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Peru pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Philippines  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Poland  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Portugal  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Qatar  20/03/2020  IP/N/3/QAT/1       
Romania  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Russian Federation  23/10/2012  IP/N/3/RUS/1   23/10/2012  IP/N/7/RU S/1  
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   Article 69  Article 67  
 Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Saint Kitts and Nevis  07/11/2016  IP/N/3/KNA/1       
Saint Lucia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Saint Vincent and the 
Grenadines  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Samoa  14/01/2019  IP/N/3/WSM/1       
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  30/04/2020  IP/N/3/SAU/1       
Senegal  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Seychelles  04/04/2016  IP/N/3/SYC/1       
Sierra Leone          
Singapore  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Slovak Republic  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Slovenia  02/10/2020  IP/N/3/SVN/1   pre-2010  IP/N/7/Rev. 3  
Solomon Islands          
South Africa  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.2/Add.2       
Spain  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/ Rev.3   
Sri Lanka  15/01/2015  IP/N/3/LKA/1       
Suriname  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Sweden  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   pre-2010  IP/N/7/ Rev.3   
Switzerland  04/02/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   17/02/2010  IP/N/7/Rev.3   
Chinese Taipei  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Tajikistan          
Tanzania          
Thailand  18/02/2014  IP/N/3/THA/1       
Togo 07/11/2012  IP/N/3/TGO/1       
Tonga  20/05/2021  IP/N/3/TON/4       
Trinidad and Tobago  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Tunisia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Türkiye  30/03/2023  IP/N/3/TUR/1       
Uganda  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Ukraine  22/06/2018  IP/N/3/UKR/3       
United Arab Emirates  14/01/2022  IP/N/3/ARE/1       
United Kingdom  22/01/2021  IP/N/3/GBR/1   04/07/2023  IP/N/7/GB R/2  
United States of 
America  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11   26/10/2023  IP/N/7/USA/2   
Uruguay  16/09/2021  IP/N/3/URY/1       
Vanuatu  09/12/2019  IP/N/3/VUT/1       
Venezuela, Bolivarian 
Republic of  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Viet Nam  15/10/2020  IP/N/3/VNM/1       
Yemen          
Zambia  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
Zimbabwe  pre-2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11       
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  Table A.4: Notifications under Articles 1.3 and 3.1  
Member  Most recent  Document Symbol  
Australia  12/07/1995  IP/N/2/AUS/1   
Austria  10/07/1995  IP/N/2/AUT/1   
Belgium  21/09/1995  IP/N/2/BEL/1   
Denmark  22/01/2003  IP/N/2/DNK/2   
Estonia  14/03/2000  IP/N/2/EST/1   
Finland  12/07/1995  IP/N/2/FIN/1   
France  19/07/1995  IP/N/2/FRA/1   
Germany  05/07/1995  IP/N/2/DEU/1   
Hong Kong, China  19/07/1995  IP/N/2/HKG/1   
Ireland  30/11/1995  IP/N/2/IRL/1   
Israel  22/03/2000  IP/N/2/ISR/1   
Italy 12/07/1995  IP/N/2/ITA/2   
Jamaica  29/07/1999  IP/N/2/JAM/1   
Japan  10/07/1995  IP/N/2/JPN/1   
Jordan  27/11/2000  IP/N/2/JOR/1   
Korea, Republic of  03/10/1995  IP/N/2/KOR/1   
New Zealand  14/09/1995  IP/N/2/NZL/1   
North Macedonia  11/12/2003  IP/N/2/MKD/1   
Norway  13/09/1995  IP/N/2/NOR/1   
Philippines  18/07/1995  IP/N/2/PHL/1   
Poland  31/01/1996  IP/N/2/POL/1   
Portugal  27/10/1995  IP/N/2/PRT/1/Corr.1   
Russian Federation  15/10/2012  IP/N/2/RUS/1   
Singapore  02/03/1998  IP/N/2/SGP/1   
Slovenia  13/09/1995  IP/N/2/SVN/1   
Spain  29/06/1995  IP/N/2/ESP/1   
Switzerland  29/06/1995  IP/N/2/CHE/1   
Chinese Taipei  05/07/2002  IP/N/2/TPKM/1   
Tunisia  14/07/1995  IP/N/2/TUN/1   
United Kingdom  29/06/1995  IP/N/2/GBR/1   
Zambia  23/06/2000  IP/N/2/ZMB/1   
Zimbabwe  20/02/1996  IP/N/2/ZWE/1   
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  Table A.5: Notifications under Article 4(d)  
Member  Most recent  Document Symbol  
Argentina  14/07/1998  IP/N/4/ARG/1   
Austria  29/01/1996  IP/N/4/AUT/1   
Belgium  19/02/1996  IP/N/4/BEL/1   
Bolivia, Plurinational State of  19/08/1997  IP/N/4/BOL/1   
Brazil  14/07/1998  IP/N/4/BRA/1   
Colombia  19/08/1997  IP/N/4/COL/1   
Cyprus  12/09/1996  IP/N/4/CYP/1   
Czech Republic  29/02/1996  IP/N/4/CZE/1   
Denmark  07/11/1997  IP/N/4/DNK/1/Rev.3   
Ecuador  19/08/1997  IP/N/4/ECU/1   
European Union  29/01/1996  IP/N/4/EEC/1   
France  17/11/1997  IP/N/4/FRA/1/Corr.1   
Germany  17/11/1997  IP/N/4/DEU/3   
Hungary  13/09/1996  IP/N/4/HUN/1   
Iceland  29/01/1996  IP/N/4/ISL/1   
Indonesia  28/03/1996  IP/N/4/IDN/1   
Italy 21/02/1996  IP/N/4/ITA/1   
Japan  29/02/1996  IP/N/4/JPN/1   
Liechtenstein  06/03/1996  IP/N/4/LIE/2   
Mexico  12/02/1996  IP/N/4/MEX/1   
Norway  29/01/1996  IP/N/4/NOR/1   
Paraguay  14/07/1998  IP/N/4/PRY/1   
Peru 19/08/1997  IP/N/4/PER/1   
Portugal  19/02/1996  IP/N/4/PRT/1   
Romania  18/09/1996  IP/N/4/ROM/1   
Slovak Republic  19/02/1997  IP/N/4/SVK/2/Corr.1   
Spain  06/05/1998  IP/N/4/ESP/1/Rev.1   
Sweden  05/02/1996  IP/N/4/SWE/1   
Switzerland  07/02/1996  IP/N/4/CHE/1   
United States of America  29/02/1996  IP/N/4/USA/1   
Uruguay  14/07/1998  IP/N/4/URY/1   
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of  19/08/1997  IP/N/4/VEN/2   
Zambia  07/11/1996  IP/N/4/ZMB/1   
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  Table A.6: Other notifications made pursuant to requirements under the Berne Convention 
and the Rome Convention incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement  
Member  Date  Document Symbol  Subject  
Panama  29/04/1998  IP/N/5/PAN/1   Article 14bis(2)(c) of the Berne Convention  
Panama  29/04/1998  IP/N/5/PAN/2   Articles II, III and IV(2) of the Appendix to the Berne 
Convention  
Portugal  26/03/1996  IP/N/5/PRT/1   Article 14bis(2)(c) of the Berne Convention  
Zambia  12/02/1999  IP/N/5/ZMB/1   Article 14bis(2)(c) of the Berne Convention  
Zambia  12/02/1999  IP/N/5/ZMB/2   Articles II and III of the Appendix to the Berne 
Convention  
 
Table A.7: Notifications by Members making use of the special compulsory licensing 
system  
Member  Date  Document Symbol  Notification type  
Antigua and 
Barbuda  17/05/2021  IP/N/8/ATG/1   General notification of intent to use the system as an 
importer  
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  19/02/2021  IP/N/8/BOL/1   General notification of intent to use the system as an 
importer  
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  11/05/2021  IP/N/9/BOL/1   Specific notification - importing Member  
Rwanda  19/07/2007  IP/N/9/RWA/1   Specific notification - importing Member  
Canada  08/10/2007  IP/N/10/CAN/1   Specific notification - exporting Member  
 
Table A.8: Communications by Members pursuant to paragraph 5 of the TRIPS COVID -19 
Vaccines Decision  
Member  Date  Document Symbol  
   
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  Table A. 9: Reports submitted by Members under Articles 66.2 and 675 
  Article 66.2  Article 67  
Member  Most recent  Count6 Most recent  Count7 
Australia  2023 19 2023 26 
Austria  2023 16 2018 22 
Belgium  2014 8 2013 4 
Bulgaria   
0 2023 10 
Canada  2023 21 2023 25 
Croatia   
0 2017 4 
Cyprus   
0  
0 
Czech Republic  2023 14 2020 18 
Denmark  2018 12 2022 16 
Estonia  2017 3 2017 5 
European Union  2023 21 2023 29 
Finland  2022 19 2022 24 
France  2023 16 2023 24 
Germany  2023 17 2023 29 
Greece   
0  
0 
Hong Kong, China   
0 2002 1 
Hungary   
0 2015 8 
Iceland   
0  
0 
Ireland  2023 16  
0 
Italy 2018 2 2023 8 
Japan  2023 21 2023 29 
Latvia   
0 2016 1 
Liechtenstein   
0  
0 
Lithuania  2011 1 2023 7 
Luxembourg  2014 1  
0 
Malta   
0  
0 
Mexico    
2016 1 
Morocco   
0 2001 1 
Netherlands  2014 2 2018 7 
New Zealand  2023 20 2023 26 
Norway  2023 21 2023 24 
Poland   
0 2013 3 
Portugal   
0 2020 18 
Russian Federation   
0  
0 
Romania   
0 2016 4 
Slovak Republic  2017 10 2017 3 
Slovenia   
0 2014 6 
Spain  2023 13 2023 28 
Sweden  2023 20 2023 27 
Switzerland  2023 21 2023 28 
United Kingdom  2023 18 2023 28 
United States of America  2023 21 2023 29 
  
 
5 Counting separately each distinct identifiable contribution of an EU member State to a report of the 
European Union and attributing it to the EU member State; technical or financial contributions by individual EU 
member States to EU -wide programmes are not separately identified. EU member States whose separately 
identifiable contributions were incorporated in to the report of the European Union appear in italics. Activities of 
the United Kingdom were reported by the European Union through the 2019 reporting cycle.  
6 From 2003 to 202 3. 
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  Table A. 10: Responses provided in the context of reviews under Articles 24.2 and 
27.3(b)8,9 
 Member  Art. 24.2 (GIs)  Art. 27.3(b) (Biotech)   
Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Afghanistan          
Albania          
Angola          
Antigua and 
Barbuda          
Argentina          
Armenia          
Australia  09/07/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.19   16/03/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.13   
Austria*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of          
Bangladesh          
Barbados          
Belgium*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Belize          
Benin          
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of          
Botswana          
Brazil          
Brunei 
Darussalam          
Bulgaria  01/12/1998  IP/C/W/117/Add.2   03/02/1999  IP/C/W/125   
Burkina Faso          
Burundi          
Cabo Verde          
Cambodia          
Cameroon          
Canada  14/01/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.5   12/03/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.12   
Central African 
Republic          
Chad         
Chile         
China          
Colombia  29/05/2009  IP/C/W/117/A dd.32/Corr.2       
Congo          
Costa Rica          
Côte d 'Ivoire          
Croatia  07/09/2010  IP/C/W/117/Add.33       
Cuba 15/11/2002  IP/C/W/117/Add.26       
Cyprus          
Czech Republic  12/11/1998  IP/C/W/117   18/09/2001  IP/C/W/125/Add.8/Suppl.1   
Democratic 
Republic of the 
Congo          
Denmark*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Djibouti          
Dominica          
Dominican 
Republic          
Ecuador  16/02/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.9       
Egypt          
El Salvador  09/12/2016  IP/C/W/117/Add.34       
Estonia  10/07/2001  IP/C/W/117/Add.22   02/07/2001  IP/C/W/125/Add.20   
Eswatini          
European Union  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10   10/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.4   
Fiji         
Finland*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
France*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
 
8 The names of LDC Members appear in italics.  
9 Responses submitted by the European Community are indicated with an asterisk (*). On 
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   Member  Art. 24.2 (GIs)  Art. 27.3(b) (Biotech)   
Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Gabon          
The Gambia          
Georgia          
Germany*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Ghana          
Greece*  24/07/2000  IP/C/W/117 /Add.10/Suppl.2       
Grenada          
Guatemala          
Guinea          
Guinea -Bissau          
Guyana          
Haiti         
Honduras  18/05/2007  IP/C/W/117/Add.31       
Hong Kong, 
China  15/12/2000  IP/C/W/117/Add.21   10/07/2001  IP/C/W/125/Add.21   
Hungary  05/02/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.8   16/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.1   
Iceland  15/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.15/Suppl.1   17/07/2000  IP/C/W/125/Add.19   
India         
Indonesia          
Ireland*  24/07/2000  IP/C/W/117 /Add.10/Suppl.2       
Israel          
Italy*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Jamaica          
Japan  01/12/1998  IP/C/W/117/Add.1   12/03/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.7   
Jordan          
Kazakhstan          
Kenya          
Korea, Republic 
of 16/10/2000  IP/C/W/117/Add.20   16/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.9   
Kuwait, the 
State of          
Kyrgyz Republic          
Lao People 's 
Democratic 
Republic          
Latvia          
Lesotho          
Liberia          
Liechtenstein  15/04/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add .11/Rev.1       
Lithuania  10/09/2002  IP/C/W/117/Add.24   22/07/2002  IP/C/W/125/Add.23   
Luxembourg*  24/07/2000  IP/C/W/117/Add.10/Suppl.2       
Macao, China          
Madagascar          
Malawi          
Malaysia          
Maldives          
Mali         
Malta          
Mauritania          
Mauritius          
Mexico  01/06/2018  IP/C/W/117/Add .14/Rev.1   21/05/2019  IP/C/W/125/Add.25   
Moldova, 
Republic of  23/01/2004  IP/C/W/117/Add.29   26/01/2004  IP/C/W/125/Add.24   
Mongolia          
Montenegro  08/02/2019  IP/C/W/117/Add.36       
Morocco  16/09/2002  IP/C/W/117/Add.25   20/04/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.14   
Mozambique          
Myanmar          
Namibia          
Nepal          
Netherlands*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
New Zealand  10/02/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.12   12/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.2   
Nicaragua          
Niger          
Nigeria          
North 
Macedonia          
Norway  07/02/2019  IP/C/W/117/Add.7 /Rev.1   19/05/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.17   IP/C/W/709  
 
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   Member  Art. 24.2 (GIs)  Art. 27.3(b) (Biotech)   
Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Oman          
Pakistan          
Panama          
Papua New 
Guinea          
Paraguay          
Peru 14/02/2001  IP/C/W/117/Add .16/Rev.1       
Philippines          
Poland  05/06/2002  IP/C/W/117/Add.23   12/03/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.11   
Portugal*  28/06/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10/Suppl.1       
Qatar          
Romania  09/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.17   16/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.6   
Russian 
Federation          
Rwanda          
Saint Kitts and 
Nevis          
Saint Lucia          
Saint Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines          
Samoa          
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of      21/01/2021  IP/C/R/BT/SAU/1   
Senegal          
Seychelles          
Sierra Leone          
Singapore          
Slovak Republic  28/01/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.6   27/07/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.18   
Slovenia  05/02/2003  IP/C/W/117/Add.27   16/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.10   
Solomon Islands          
South Africa      25/05/1999  IP/C/W/125/A dd.16/Corr.1   
Spain*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Sri Lanka          
Suriname          
Sweden*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
Switzerland  01/03/2022  IP/C/R/GI/CHE/1   13/04/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.15   
Chinese Taipei  26/07/2004  IP/C/W/117/Add.30/Corr.1       
Tajikistan          
Tanzania          
Thailand      10/08/2001  IP/C/W/125/Add.22   
Togo         
Tonga          
Trinidad and 
Tobago          
Tunisia          
Turkey  05/02/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.4       
Uganda          
Ukraine  10/10/2018  IP/C/W/117/Add.35   15/07/2019  IP/C/W/125/Add.26   
United Arab 
Emirates          
United 
Kingdom*  26/03/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.10       
United States of 
America  01/12/1998  IP/C/W/117/Add.3   20/04/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.5   
Uruguay  16/09/2003  IP/C/W/117/Add.28       
Vanuatu          
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  15/04/1999  IP/C/W/117/Add.18       
Viet Nam          
Yemen          
Zambia      10/02/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.3   
Zimbabwe          
 
 
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