IP/C/W/676  
 
2 March 2021  
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Council for Trade -Related Aspects of  
Intellectual Property Rights  Original: English  
 
ANNUAL  REPORT ON NOTIFICATIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION FLOWS  
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT  
 
Contents  
1   INTRODUCTION  ................................ ................................ ................................ ..........  2 
2   E-TRIPS  ................................ ................................ ................................ .......................  3 
3   TRANSPARENCY MECHANISMS  ................................ ................................ ....................  3 
3.1   NOTIFICATIONS UNDER ARTICLE 63.2  ................................ ................................ .........  3 
3.1.1   Laws and regulations  ................................ ................................ ...............................  3 
3.1.2   Year in review: 2020  ................................ ................................ ...............................  8 
3.1.3   Responses to the checklist on enforcement  ................................ ................................  10 
3.2   NOTIFICATIONS OF CONTACT POINTS UNDER ARTICLE 69  ................................ .............  11 
3.3   AD HOC NOTIFICATIONS FROM MEMBERS AVAILING THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN OPTIONS 
UNDER THE TRIPS AGREEMENT  ................................ ................................ .........................  12 
3.3.1   Articles 1.3 and 3.1  ................................ ................................ ................................  12 
3.3.2   Article 4(d)  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........  12 
3.3.3   Other notification requirements under the Berne Convention and the Rome Convention 
incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement  ................................ .............................  12 
3.4   NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FOR MEMBERS MAKING USE OF THE ADDITIONAL 
FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH  ................................ ......................  13 
3.5   REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS AGREED TO BY THE 
TRIPS COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTICLES 66.2 AND 67  ................................ .................  14 
3.5.1   Reports under Article 66.2  ................................ ................................ ......................  14 
3.5.2   Reports under Article 67  ................................ ................................ .........................  16 
3.5.3   Contact points for technical cooperation under Article 67  ................................ .............  18 
3.6   CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION FLOWS  ................................ ................................ ....... 18 
3.6.1   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of the Section on 
geographical indications under Article 24.2  ................................ ................................ ..........  18 
3.6.2   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of Article 27.3(b)  ........  19 
ANNEX  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...........................  20 
Table A.1: Notifications of laws a nd regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by Member, identifying the 
most recent (Latest) and total count (No.) of notifications received, 1995 -2020 ........................  20 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without 
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  Table A.2: Responses to the checklist on enforcement under Article 63.2  ................................ . 25 
Table A.3: Contact point sub missions under Articles 69 and 67, ................................ ..............  27 
Table A.4: Notifications under Articles 1.3 and 3.1  ................................ ................................  30 
Table A.5: Notifications under Article 4(d)  ................................ ................................ ...........  31 
Table A.6: Other notifications made pursuant to requirements under the Berne Convention and the 
Rome Convention incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement  ................................ ... 31 
Table A.7: Notifications by Members making use of the additional flexibilities relating to TRIPS and 
public health  ................................ ................................ ................................ ...................  31 
Table A.8: Reports submitted by Members under Articles 66.2 and 67  ................................ ..... 31 
Table A.9: R esponses provided in the context of reviews under Articles 24.2 and 27.3(b), ..........  33 
 
 
1  INTRODUCTION  
1.1.  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 country Members and invited Members to respond to checklists 
of questions in furtherance of the Council's mandated review s of certain provisions in the 
Agreement.1 Together, these transparency mechanis ms comprise the primary means by which 
Members keep the Council apprised of their TRIPS -related laws, regulations, programmes, practices, 
and contact points.  
1.2.  In 2009, the then-Chair of the General Council invite d WTO Councils and Committees, including 
the TRIPS Council, to consult on ways to imp rove the timeliness and completeness of notifications 
and other information flows on trade measure s falling within their respective areas of responsibility.  
At the Council's request, the Secretariat set in motion an effort to improve the visibility and 
user-friendliness of the  TRIPS  notification system . This effort culminated in the  2019 launch of the 
e-TRIPS information s ystem  (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.  
1.3.  This note capitali zes upon this new resource by present ing and summariz ing submission rates 
and identifying trends from 1995 to 2020 for each of the primary TRIPS transparency mechanisms .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 relating to intellectual 
property enforcement  and systems of protection for geographical indications  (GIs), biotechnology 
inventions and plant varieties.  
1.4.  However,  not all Members have kept  up with the ir continuing notification obligations  or 
supported the Council's monitoring function by providing update s to initial submissions . For example, 
despite evidence of substantial domestic legislative activity in the intellectual property arena  over 
the past 15 years , 40% of developed and developing country Members have not notified the Council 
of any new or amended laws or regulations since 2005.  Only a handful of Members have submitted 
new or updated i nformation in relation to TRIPS -mandated reviews  during the same period, and the 
majority of Members' contact point submissi ons are over 10 years old. The wealth of information 
that Members laboured to provide at the turn of the century now risks becoming outdated.  
1.5.  With respect to developed country Members' annual reporting obligations, the number of 
reports received in any gi ven year under each mechanism has fluctuated, with few discernible trends. 
 
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 annually, with subsequent reports focusing on 
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  The number of annual reports on incentives to enterprises and institutions for the purpose of 
promoting and encouraging technology transfer to least-developed country Members appear s to be 
somewhat stabler than the number of annual reports received on technical cooperation activities.  
1.6.  The year 2020 was typical with respect to the rate at which Members submitted TRIPS -related 
information to the  Council.  Twenty -one Members notified a law or regulation , nine Members notified 
new or updated contact points, and no Members updated or submitted new information in relation 
to their IP enforcement practices or the Council's ongoing reviews . The number of developed country 
Member reports received in 2020 was consistent with figures from previous years.  
2  E-TRIPS  
2.1.  The e -TRIPS information system was developed  to enhance the transparency of TRIPS -related 
information and simplify its submission to the Council. Composed of two linke d platforms, the 
Submission System3 provides an online avenue for  making submissions , while the Gateway4 
aggregates and facilitates online access to, and analysis of , the documents and data underlying 
these submissions . Both platforms are available in English, French, and Spanish.  
2.2.  The e-TRIPS Submission System has become the primary means by which Members and 
observers submit notifications, responses to checklists of questions, and reports . Between the launch 
of the Subm ission System in March 2019 and the end of 2020, 63% of the 49 Members who  
submitted a notification, responses to a checklist, or report  did so through the Submission System . 
During the same period, 79% of such submissions were received through the Submiss ion System, 
including 87% of notifications of laws and regulations under  Article 63.2  of the TRIPS Agreement.  
2.3.  The e -TRIPS Gateway , in turn , has become a frequently consulted publicly available  resource 
for TRIPS -related information.  Between February and December 2020, the Gateway received nearly 
10,000 unique visitors, and an average of almost 1,000  page views per day.  
2.4.  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 TRIPS Council.  
3  TRANSPARENCY MECHANISMS  
3.1  NOTIFICATION S UNDER ARTICLE 63.2  
3.1.1   Laws and regulations  
3.1.  Article 63.2 of the TRIPS Agreement , in conjunction with Article 63.1,  requires Members to 
notify the ir 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 without 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   A historical perspective: 1995 to 2020  
3.2.  From 1995 to 2020 , Members made 5,401 notifications pertaining to 4,087 distinct laws  or 
regulations  (see Figure 1). The number of yearly notifications peaked in 1996 and 2000 , 
correspond ing with the end of transitional arrangements set forth in Article  65 of the TRIPS 
Agreement for developed country Members  (1996) , developing country Members (2000), and 
 
3 e-TRIPS Submission System: https://nss.wto.org/tripsmembers  (restricted access). TRIPS Council 
delegates may request access credentials at e-trips@wto.org .  
4 e-TRIPS Gateway: https://e -trips.wto.org .  
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 sub mitted to the WTO through the e-TRIPS Submission System  are 
automatically also transmitted to WIPO. Members may also use the WIPO -WTO Common Por tal to make a 
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  Members transforming from a centrally -planned  to a market economy ( 2000)  (see Figure 2). 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 and regulations under 
Article 63.2.6 
Figure 1: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2, 1995 -2020  
 
 
3.3.  Since 2005, the yearly number  of notifications has stabilized somewhat , ranging  from a low of 
39 in 2006 to a high of 238 in 2013 . Some of the yearly variation s during this period have been  
influenced  by bulk notifications made by (a) newly acceded  WTO Member s; and ( b) Members 
catching up on past-due notification s that accumulated over a number of years . 
3.4.  As time has passe d, 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 notified laws or regulations. However, 
despite the ongoing nature of the obligation under Article 63.2  and Membe rs' continuously evolving 
IP systems,  notifications of subsequent legislative activity have been fewer than would be expected.  
Figure 2: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by level of 
development, 1995 -2020 
 
 
6 The LDC transition period under Article 66.1 has been extended by the TRIPS Council twice, following 
successive requests by LDC Members. See documents IP/C/40  and IP/C/64 . The current transition period is set 
to expire on 1 July 2021. The Council is currently considering a request for a further extension. See document 
IP/C/W/668 . 
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  3.5.  Figure 3 shows that, since 2005, the number of Members who have notified a law or regulation 
under Article 63.2 in any given year has also stabilized , ranging from a low of 9 in 2007 to the recent 
high of 21 in 2020. Although the composition of the group of notifying Members shifts each year, 
there is a core group of ten Members, led by Japan, as shown in Figure 4, who have consistently 
notified new or amended law s or regulation s to the Council on a nearly annual or biennial basis.  
Figure 3: Number of Members having notified a law or regulation pursuant to 
Article  63.2, 1995 -2020  
 
 
Figure 4: Members having made the most annual  notifications of one or more laws or 
regulations pursuant to Article 63.2, 2005 -2020  (number of years)  
 
 
3.6.  Figure 5 offers a snapshot of Members' notifications of laws and regulations over time, by 
development status. Despite the extended  Article 66.1 LDC transition period s, 29% of LDC Members 
have notified a  law or regulation  since 1995 . Unsurprisingly, 100% of developed country Members 
and nearly 100% of developing country Members have notified a law or regulation since their 
transition periods ended in 1996 and 2000, resp ectively . Although WTO Trade Policy Reviews have 
shown that Members' IP systems have evolved considerably since then, far fewer Members have 
kept the Council apprised of changes to their  laws and regulations . 45% of developed country 
Members7 and 38% of d eveloping country Members have not made a notification in the past f ifteen  
years . 
 
7 Counting the European Union and each of its member States individually, and attributing the 
notifications of each only to the submitter.  
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  Figure 5: Percentage of Members having submitted one or more notifications of a law or 
regulation pursuant to Article 63.2, and cumulative number of no tifications, during 
specified periods, by development status  
 
 
3.7.  Since 2005, 84 Members (51%) have submitted a total of 1,805 notifications.  
3.8.  Figure 6 graphically presents the number of submissions, Members' relative participation , and 
the average number of notifications per notifying Member, by region.  
Figure 6: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2  by region, 
2005 -2020  
 
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.  
 
3.9.  Figure 6 provide s a rough snapshot of the rate at which Members have updated their initial 
pre-2005 notifications  of laws and regulations . It does not , however, adjust  for the following  factors: 
(1) initial notifications made by developing country Members who acceded since 2005, which have 
had a positive effect on engagement for the Commonwealth of Independent State s, Oceania, Other 
Europe, and the Middle East  during this period ; (2) the number of Members subject to Article 63.2 
in a region, which influences the absolute number of notificati ons 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 Members having submitted a notification, particularly in Africa . Precise 
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  information regarding notificatio ns of laws and regulations made by individual Members is available 
in Table A.1 of the Annex to this document.  
3.10.  Certain trends nevertheless emerge from Figure 6. It is evident that the three-Member region 
of North America  account s for a disproportionately large number of the notifications that have been 
made to the Council since 2005 . All three Members have submitted an average of 50 notifications 
each since 2005. Members in the Caribbean and Central and South America , as well as most member 
States of the European Union8, have, conversely, been less active  in updating their initial 
notifications .  
3.11.  It is also possible to map notified laws and regulations by IP subject matter.  Figure 7 shows 
the number of notifications fallin g into 10 different IP subject areas. Some laws and regulations 
pertain to multiple subjects, and thus were counted more than once. Overall, 24% of notified laws 
and regulations relate to patents (including plant varieties ), 21% to copyright and related ri ghts, 
15% to trademarks, 15% to enforcement, 11% to geographical indications, and 10% or fewer to 
each of the following: industrial designs, undisclosed information, industrial property (general), and 
layout -designs (topographies) of integrated circuits. 11% of notified laws and regulations relate to 
other subjects.  
Figure 7: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by subject 
matter, 1995 -2020  
 
 
3.12.  The annual rate at which notifications were made by subject  matter  generally track the rate  
at which notifications were made overall , although a few subject -specific trends  are discernibl e in 
Figure 8. When developed country Members made their initial notifications of laws and regulations 
from 1995 to 1997, the greatest number of notified laws related t o patent s. In 2000, upon the 
expiration of the transition period for developing country Members, more notified laws related to 
copyright than to patents. Developing country Members also notified  fewer laws pertaining to 
geographical indications than were notified by developed country Members from 1995 to 1997.  
3.13.  Since  a more stable lower -level rate of notifications began in 2005, individual Members have 
generated visible peaks in certain subject ar ea notification s. A spike in patent law notifications in 
2008 is primarily attributable to the accession of Ukraine. A jump in notifications related to 
undisclosed 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 resulted from 
the United Kingdom's efforts to bring their notifications up to date by notify ing historical and current 
legislation on these matters . 
 
8 The European Union itself has endeavoured to keep the Council up -to-date on its legislative measures 
pertaining to the TRIPS Agreement.  
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  Figure 8: Notifications of laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 by subject matter 
and year, 1995 -2020  
 
 
3.1.2   Year in review : 2020  
3.14.  In 2020, 21 Members notified  135 laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2. Of these, 
76 of the notifications were of historical United Kingdom legislation concerning trademarks and 
industrial designs. Figure 9 plots each Member  having notified on a map , while Figure 10 groups 
notifying Members by region. Figure 11 shows the number of notifications made per notifying 
Member . 
Figure 9: World map identifying Members having notified a law or regulation pursuant to  
Article 63.2  in 2020  
 
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  Figure 10: Members having notified a law or regulation pursuant to Article 63.2 in 2020, 
by region  
 
* Counting the European Union as one and each notifying  member State  individually . 
 
Figure 11: Notifications of  laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2  in 2020, by 
Member  
 
3.15.  As shown in Figure 10, most Members having notified a law or regulation in 2020 were from 
Asia (8), followed by the European Union (5 , including the European Union itself ). All three North 
American Members also submitted notifications . The United Kingdom alone notified 56% of the laws 
and regulations, followed by Japan  (7%). See Figure 11.  
3.16.  The most frequently notified subject are as in 2020 logically tracked the United Kingdom's 
notifications , which were dedicated to historical legislation pertaining to trademarks and industrial 
designs  (and occasionally also touched upon patent s). See Figure 12. Consequently 47% of the 
legislation notified in 2020 related to trademarks, 30% to industrial designs, 19% to patents, and 
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  10% to copyright and related rights. Fewer than 5% of the notified l aws and regulations related to 
each of the following: undisclose d information, geographical indications, enforcement, industrial 
property (general) , and layout -designs (topographies) of integrated circuits.  
Figure 12: Notifications o f laws and regulations pursuant to Article 63.2 in 2020, by 
subject matter  
 
3.1.3   Responses to the checklist on enforcement  
3.17.  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 
of the TRIPS Agreement.  For example, 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"9, 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 
notification s of laws and regulations under Article 63.2, and should be subsequently updated or 
revised as needed. LDC Members availing themselves of the transition period under Article 66.1 are 
not yet obliged to respond to the checklist on enforcement . 
Figure 13: Responses to the checklist on enforcement, 1996 -2020  
 
3.18.  Figure 13 illustrates the pattern of responses to the checklist on enforcement. It shows an 
initial spike in first notifications by developed country Members from 1996 to 1997, and by 
developing cou ntry Members from 2000 to 2002. Since then, some additional initial notifications 
have been made, mostly by acceding Members, and increasingly, by Members amending  and 
updating  earlier responses.  
 
9 Document IP/C/5 . 
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  3.19.  112 Members, comprising 100% of developed country Members a nd 81% of developing 
country Members, have submitted responses to the checklist on enforcement. Among them, 16 have 
updated their initial responses. 77% of Members who have submitted responses have not updated 
them since 2002. The most rec ent updates were received from the European Union and Kazakhstan 
in 2019. No responses were received in 2020. A n overview of responses by Member is available in 
Table A.2 of the Annex t o this document.  
3.2  NOTIFICATIONS OF CONTACT POINTS UNDER ARTICLE 69  
3.20.  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 
information relating to their contact points, ini tially by 1 January 1996, with subsequent changes to 
the information to be notified promptly.  
3.21.  Since 1995, 145 (88%) of all WTO  Members have notified a contact point under Article 69. 
An overview of notifications by Member is available in Table A.3 of the Annex to this document.  
Figure 14 identifies the percentage of Members having noti fied 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, 66% have done so . 
Figure 14: Percentage of Members having notified a  contact point under Article 69, by 
development status10 
 
 
3.22.  As shown in Figure 15, 59% of Members' enforcement contact points were notified over 10 
years ago and have not been updated  since. 29% of Members made their initial notification or 
updated a  previous notification in the past 10 years.  
Figure 15: Date of Members' most recent contact point notifications under Article 69 
 
 
10 Counting the European Union as one Member and each EU member State individually.  
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  3.23.  In 2020, eight Members notified new or updated enforcement contact points under Article 69: 
Albania, Belize, India, Qatar, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Slovenia, Tonga, and Viet Nam.   
3.3  AD HOC NOTIFICATIONS FROM MEMBERS AVAILING THEMSELVES OF CERTAIN 
OPTIONS  UNDER THE TRI PS AGREEMENT  
3.24.  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 relat ed notifications received through 2020 . 
3.3.1   Articles 1.3 and 3.1  
3.25.  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 allowed 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.  
3.26.  Article 3.1 of the Agreement requires national treatment to be given to persons eligible for 
protection un der 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.  
3.27.  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 . All of them pre-date 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)  
3.28.  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 this provision, all between  1996 and 1998.  See 
Table A.5 in the Annex to this document for details.  
3.3.3   Other notification requirements under the Berne C onvention and the Rome 
Convention incorporated by reference into the TRIPS Agreement  
3.29.  A number of notification provisions of the Berne and the Rome Conventions are incorporated 
by reference into the TRIPS Agreement . They include:11 
• Berne Convention , Article s 14bis(2)(c) and 14 bis(3): Members must notify the Council i n 
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 author s of unpublished work s 
(i.e. folklore) presumed to have been created by a national  of the notifying M ember.  
• Berne Convention, Appendix  Articles I, II(3)(b) , IV(2), IV(4)(c)(iv), and V : Developing 
country 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 
protection for producers of phonograms must notify the Council.  
 
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  • Rome Convention, Article 18 : Members having notified certain exceptions under the Rom e 
Convention must further notify the withdrawal or modification of such  exception s. 
 
3.30.  A notification under any of these provisions is only required if a Member chooses to avail itself  
of the option described in the indicated article.  Through the end of 2020, five notifications from three 
Members have been received, all prior to 2000.  See Table A.6 in the Annex to this document  for 
details .  
3.4  NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS FO R MEMBERS MAKING USE OF THE ADDITIONAL 
FLEXIBILITIES RELATING TO TRIPS AND PUBLIC HEALTH  
3.31.  Paragraph 6 of the 2001 Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health12 
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 
production under a compulsory licence to be "predominantl y for the supply of the domestic market", 
thus limiting the potential supply of patented medicines produced under a compulsory licence for 
export to importing countries in need.  
3.32.  In response, the 2003 General Council Decision on the Implementation of Parag raph 6 of the 
Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health (2003 Decision)13 waived under certain 
conditions (i) the obligation of exporting Members to ensure that compulsory licences are granted 
predominantly to supply the domestic market (Ar ticle 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 Amending the TRIPS Agreement (2005 Protocol)14 entered into 
force and permanently incorporated the mechanism established under the 2003 Decision into the 
TRIPS Agreement through a new Article 31bis and Annex to the Agreement. The amended 
Agreement applies to those Members who have accepted the 2005 Protocol. Other Members ma y 
continue to rely upon the 2003 Decision.  
3.33.  This "special compulsory licensing system", established by the 2003 Decision and incorporated 
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 mu st inform the Council of:  
o the names and expected 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 licen ce (if the product is patented in 
its territory).  
• 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 wher e information regarding the quantities being shipped, their destination, 
and distinguishing features of the product will be posted prior to shipment.  
 
3.34.  These notifications are required for  transparency purposes . Permission from the Council or 
any WTO body i s not required to use the system. Additional information regarding these notifications, 
including model notifications, is available on the WTO website.15 
3.35.  Details regarding notifications received under the special compulsory licensing system 
through the end  of 2020  are available in Table A. 7 of the Annex to this document. Two such 
notifications have been received thus far. One was made by Rwanda in 2007 regarding its inte ntion 
to import a pharmaceutical product from Canada pursuant to the 2003 Decision. The second was 
the corresponding notification by Canada as an exporting Member . 
 
12 Document WT/MIN(01)/DEC/2 . 
13 Document WT/L/540  and WT/L/540/Corr.1 . 
14 Document WT/L/641 . 
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  3.5  REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR DEVELOPED COUNTRY MEMBERS AGREED TO BY 
THE TRIPS COUNCIL IN THE CONTEXT OF ARTICLES 66.2 AND 67  
3.5.1   Reports under Article 66.2  
3.36.  Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement requires developed country Members to provide 
incentives to enterprises and inst itutions 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 TRIPS Council decision16 giving effect to a direction by 
the Ministerial Conference , developed country Members are to submit  annua l 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 . 
3.37.  Figure 16 identifies the annual  number of Members having reported activities under 
Article  66.2 since the Council's 2003 decision. Annual participation has fluctuated  from 14 to 21, 
with an average of 17 Members reporting activities each year. 
Figure 16: Number of Members having reported on activities under Article 66.2, 
2003 -202017,18 
 
3.38.  Figure 17 presents the number of annual reports submitted by each developed country 
Member from 2003 to 2020. Canada, t he European Union, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, 
Switzerland, and the United States h ave consistently submitted a report each year, and Finland and 
Sweden have reported activi ties in all but one year.  Additional information regarding the reporting 
history of each developed country Member under Article 66.2 is available in Table A.8 of the Annex 
to this document.  
 
16 Document IP/C/28 . 
17 Associating each report with the year of the invitation made by the TRIPS Council to which it 
responds.  
18 Counting reports of the European Union individually, and each distinct identifiable contributi on 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 17: Reports under Article 66.2 submitted by developed country M embers, 
2003 -202019 
 
3.39.  During the 2020 reporting cycle, 14 developed country Members reported activities under 
Article 66.2. See Table 1. 
Table 1: Members having reported on activities under Article 66.2  in 2020  
Australia  European Union  Japan  Switzerland  
Austria*  Finland*  New Zealand  United Kingdom  
Canada  Germany*  Norway  United States  
Czech Republic*  Ireland*    
 
* Provided a distinct  identifiable contribution to the report of the European Union.  
 
 
19 Counting separately each distinct identifiable contribution of an EU member St ate 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.  
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  3.5.2   Reports under Article 67  
3.40.  Article 67 of the TRIPS Agreement  requires developed country Members to provide , on request 
and on mutually agreed terms and conditions, technical and financial cooperation in favour of 
developing and LDC Members.  Developed country Members have agreed to present descriptions of 
their relevant programmes and to update th em 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 activities.  
3.41.  Figure 18 identifies the annual rate at which Members and IG Os have submitted reports since 
1995. Annual participation by Members has fluctuated from 13 to 28, with an average of 18.4 reports 
submitted per year . On two occasions, a developing country Member has reported on its technical 
and financial cooperation activities  (Morocco in 2001, and Hong Kong, China in 2002).   
Figure 18: Number of Members and IGOs having reported  on activities under Article 67 , 
1995 -202020,21 
 
3.42.  Figure 19 presents  the number of annual reports submitted by each developed country 
Member from 1995  to 2020. The European Union, Germany, Japan, and the United States have 
consistently submitted a repo rt 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 country Members is available in Table A.8 of the Annex to this document.  
 
20 Associating each report with the year of the invitat ion made by the TRIPS Council to which it 
responds.  
21 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 19: Reports under Article 67 submitted by developed country Members, 
1995 -202022 
 
3.43.  During the 2020 reporting cycle, 15 reports were submitted to the Council by developed 
country Members , and five by IGOs. See Table 2. 
Table 2: Members and IGOs having reported on activities under Article 67  in 2020 
Members  Intergovernmental Organization s 
Australia  Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf  
Canada  United Nations Conference on Trade and Development  
Czech Republic * World Health Organization  
European Union  World Intellectual Property Organization  
Finland * World Trade Organization  
France *  
Germany *  
Japan   
Lithuania *  
Norway   
 
22 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 cont ributions by individual EU 
member States to EU -wide programmes are not separately identified.  
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  Members  Intergovernmental Organization s 
Portugal *  
Spain *  
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  
3.44.  The TRIPS Council agreed in 1996 that each developed country 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 country Members were 
invited to notify contact points at the sa me time that they update information on their technical 
cooperation activities.  
3.45.  32 Members have notified contact points through the end of 2020 , including 71% of developed 
country Members23 and 5 other  Members  (Chile; Hong Kong, China; the Republic of Korea; Macao, 
China; and the Russian Federation) . An overview of contact points submitted  by individual Member s 
is available in Table A.3 of the Annex to th is document.  
3.46.  As shown in Figure 20, 55% of the contact points for technical cooperation submitted by 
developed country Members predate  2010. The most recent update by a developed country Member 
was submitted in 2014 by Japan. Macao, China updated its contact point for technical cooperation 
in 2018, and Chile updated its contact point for technical cooperation in 2019 and 2020.  
Figure 20: Date of developed country Members' most recent submission of contact points 
for technical cooperation  
 
3.6  CERTAIN OTHER INFORMATION FLOW S 
3.6.1   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of the Section on 
geographical indications under Art icle 24.2  
3.47.  Article 24.2 of the Agreement 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 th e provision s of that Section to provide 
information on their national systems on GI protection by responding to a checklist of questions.24 
Council chairs have regularly invited Members to update responses where appropriate.   
3.48.  52 Members, comprising 35 developed country Members  and 18 developing country Members , 
have submitted responses to the checklist. 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 
 
23 Counting the European Union as one Member and each EU member State individually.  
24 Document IP/C/13  and IP/C/13/Add.1 . 
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  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, 
Switzerland, Mexico, Ukraine, Montenegro, and Norwa y. No responses were submitted in 2020.  
3.49.  Figure 21 presents the responses received through 2020 . An overview of responses by 
Member is available in Table A.9 of the Annex to this document.  
Figure 21: Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of the Section 
on geographical indications under Article 24.2 , 1998 -2020  
 
 
3.6.2   Responses provided in the context of the review of the provisions of Article  27.3(b ) 
3.50.  The TRIPS Agreement requires Members to review Article 27.3(b), which relates to how 
Members protect biotechnology inventions and  plant varieties . As part o f this review, the TRIPS 
Council 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 variet ies. At the request 
of the Council, t he Secretariat prepared an illustrative list of questions25, and the delegations of 
Canada, the European Union, Japan and the United States also proposed a list of questions  to assist 
Members in preparing their contributions .26 
3.51.  Figure 22 presents the responses received t hrough 2020 . 27 Members, comprising 18 
developed country Members, eight developing country Members, and one LDC, have submitt ed 
responses to either or both of the  lists of questions . Mexico and Ukraine submitted their responses 
in 2019, breaking a 14-year drought during  which no submissions were made. The remainder of the 
responses date to 2004 or  earlier . An overview of responses by Member is available in Table A.9 of 
the Annex to this document.  
Figure 22: Responses in the context of the review of the provisions of Article  27.3(b), 
1999 -2020  
 
 
 
25 Document  IP/C/W/122 . 
26 Document IP/C/W/126 . 
 
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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 -20201 
Member  Copyright and 
related rights  Patents 
(including plant 
variety 
protection)  Industrial 
designs  Trademarks  Geographical 
indications  Enforcement  Industrial 
property 
(general)  Layout -designs 
(topographies) 
of integrated 
circuits  Undisclosed 
information  Other  Total  
  Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. 
Afghanistan  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0 
Albania  2005 11 2010 14 2010 7 2010 9 2010 5 2002 8 2002 1 2002 2 2002 7 2005 1 2010 50 
Angola  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Antigua and 
Barbuda  2002 2 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1   0 2002 2 2002 1  
0  
0 2002 8 
Argentina  2007 18 2002 23 2002 10 2002 23 2002 13 2002 6  
0 2002 4 2002 11 2002 3 2007 79 
Armenia  2008 2 2008 3  
0 2008 3 2008 2   0  
0 2003 1 2003 1 2003 1 2008 10 
Australia  2019 58 2020 67 2020 31 2020 55 2019 17 2019 8 2018 30 2007 6 2007 19 2018 24 2020 227 
Austria  1996 4 1999 14 1996 3 1996 4  
0 1997 6  
0 1996 4 1997 2 1996 6 1999 39 
Bahrain, 
Kingdom of  2014 5 2014 13 2014 9 2014 14 2014 6 2004 8  
0 2014 3 2014 8 2014 10 2014 54 
Bangladesh  2008 3  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2008 3 
Barbados  2011 10 2011 10 2011 5 2011 7 2002 2 2002 11 2001 1 2002 3  
0 2002 13 2011 49 
Belgium  1997 8 1997 13 1996 11 1996 9 1997 11 1997 11  
0 1996 1  
0 1996 1 1997 60 
Belize  2005 3 2005 8 2005 4 2005 5  
0   0  
0 2003 3  
0 2005 2 2005 23 
Benin  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Bolivia, 
Plurinational 
State of  2001 11 2001 9 2001 1 2001 2 2001 2   0 2001 1  
0  
0 2001 1 2001 20 
Botswana  2013 3 2013 5 2013 5 2013 5 2013 5   0  
0  
0 2013 1 2013 2 2013 8 
Brazil  2000 4 2019 14 2000 2 2000 2 2000 2 2000 18 2001 1  
0 2000 1  
0 2019 40 
Brunei 
Darussalam  2004 2 2016 5 2016 5 2004 3  
0 2004 1  
0 2004 1  
0 2016 1 2016 17 
Bulgaria  2010 11 2010 8 2010 3 2010 5 2010 3 2010 8  
0 2000 1 1998 1  
0 2010 34 
Burkina Faso  2004 7  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2004 7 
Burundi  0 0 2001 2  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1 2001 3 
Cabo Verde  2013 2  
0  
0  
0  
0   0 2010 1  
0  
0  
0 2013 2 
Cambodia  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Cameroon  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Canada  2019 18 2020 27 2019 6 2019 12 2018 5 2008 3  
0 1997 2 2008 10 2017 6 2020 74 
Central 
African 
Republic  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Chad 0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0 2000 1 2000 1 
Chile 2009 17 2009 5  
0 2009 1 2009 4 2009 8 2009 10 2009 1 2009 18 2009 4 2009 59 
China  2017 8 2017 6 2002 1 2020 7 2002 1 2004 4  
0 2003 3 2020 2 2002 1 2020 32 
Colombia  2018 12 2014 10  
0 2015 4 2012 1 2014 4 2018 6  
0 2012 2 2018 1 2018 34 
 
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information  Other  Total  
  Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. 
Congo  2002 2  
0  
0  
0  
0   0 2002 2  
0  
0  
0 2002 3 
Costa Rica  2002 5 2001 1 2001 1  
0 2002 1 2002 5 2002 5 2001 1 2001 1 2001 2 2002 19 
Côte d'Ivoire  2001 1  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1 
Croatia  2018 16 2018 17 2018 10 2018 9 2018 11 2016 21 2016 4 2018 8 2018 13 2016 50 2018 123 
Cuba 0 0 2019 9 2019 2 2001 2 2004 2 2004 5 2019 4 2019 2 2019 1 2012 1 2019 26 
Cyprus  2000 8 2000 10 2000 3 2000 9 2000 6 2000 13  
0 2000 2 2000 3 2000 8 2000 49 
Czech 
Republic  2008 10 2011 9 2005 4 2020 7 2004 4 2011 13 2011 3 2001 2 2020 1 1996 2 2020 47 
Democratic 
Republic of 
the Congo  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Denmark  2015 7 2001 44 2001 5 2001 12  
0 2015 10 1999 2 2001 5 1996 2 2001 13 2015 82 
Djibouti  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Dominica  2001 1 2001 2 2001 1 2001 1 2001 1   0  
0 2001 1  
0  
0 2001 7 
Dominican 
Republic  2002 2  
0  
0  
0  
0   0 2002 2  
0  
0 1996 1 2002 5 
Ecuador  2017 16 2017 10  
0 1998 2  
0 1998 3 2017 7  
0  
0 2017 11 2017 43 
Egypt  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0 2004 1  
0  
0 2000 3 2004 4 
El Salvador  2000 8 2000 1  
0 2000 2 2000 1 2000 5 2004 11  
0 2000 1  
0 2004 20 
Estonia  2004 9 2004 26 2000 7 2004 12 2004 3 2004 16 2000 1 2000 3 2000 10 2004 8 2004 81 
Eswatini  2004 3 2004 2 2004 1 2004 1  
0 2004 1  
0  
0  
0  
0 2004 7 
European 
Union  2019 20 2019 17 2013 5 2020 25 2020 27 2017 9  
0 1996 8 2017 7 1996 4 2020 112 
Fiji 2016 4 2016 3  
0 2016 3  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2016 10 
Finland  2019 16 2019 35 2018 8 2019 15 2018 3 2019 25 2019 4 2018 7 2019 10 2019 23 2019 138 
France  1998 6 1996 8  
0 1996 1 1996 19   0 1997 2 1996 1  
0 1996 3 1998 40 
Gabon  2002 1  
0  
0  
0  
0   0 2002 1  
0  
0  
0 2002 1 
The Gambia  2014 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2014 1 
Georgia  2011 10 2011 12 2011 7 2011 8 2013 7 2011 8 2011 1 2011 4 2011 4 2011 4 2013 42 
Germany  2004 14 2009 25 2009 10 2009 15 2004 1 1996 12 2004 8 2004 11 2004 6 2004 8 2009 87 
Ghana  2002 1 2002 1 2002 2 2002 1  
0 2002 5  
0  
0 2002 1  
0 2002 11 
Greece  2017 15 2017 33 2017 4 1996 2 1997 182 2017 4  
0 1996 2  
0 2017 3 2017 242 
Grenada  2002 2 2002 2 2002 1  
0  
0   0 2002 3  
0  
0  
0 2002 8 
Guatemala  2004 12 2000 1  
0 2000 2  
0 2000 9 2004 6  
0 2000 1 2004 6 2004 32 
Guinea  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Guinea -
Bissau  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Guyana  2002 2 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2002 4 
Haiti 1999 3 1999 2 1999 2 1999 3 1999 1   0 1999 2  
0  
0  
0 1999 10 
Honduras  2002 2 2002 2  
0 2002 1  
0 2002 9 2002 2  
0  
0  
0 2002 13 
Hong Kong, 
China  2020 24 2020 24 2017 14 2020 25 2004 4 2000 30 2020 1 2017 9 2000 3 2000 3 2020 126 
Hungary  2004 5 2020 5 1997 3 2019 5 2004 2 1998 9 1998 2 1996 1  
0  
0 2020 29 
Iceland  1997 22 1997 12 1996 5 1998 11  
0 1996 7  
0 1997 2  
0 1996 11 1998 65 
India 2001 2 2005 7 2001 1 2003 2 2003 2   0  
0 2003 2  
0  
0 2005 16 
Indonesia  2000 20 2000 15  
0 2000 6 2000 1 2000 7 2000 1  
0 2000 1 1996 1 2000 50 
Ireland  1999 26 1999 32 1996 14 1996 12 1996 1 1996 14  
0 1996 3 1996 1  
0 1999 88  
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  Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. 
Israel  2013 11 2000 4 2000 2 2000 4 2000 3   0 2000 2 2000 2  
0  
0 2013 25 
Italy 1997 30 1997 13 1997 8 2020 11 1997 11 1997 11 1997 5 1996 2 2020 1 1997 15 2020 96 
Jamaica  2002 2  
0  
0 2002 1 2005 2   0 2002 1 2002 1  
0 2007 3 2007 10 
Japan  2020 9 2020 34 2020 21 2020 22 2019 7 2015 52 2004 4 1996 2 2020 13 2016 80 2020 166 
Jordan  2004 4 2013 3 2000 1 2001 3 2000 1 2004 9  
0 2000 1 2000 1 2001 1 2013 23 
Kazakhstan  2016 14 2016 2  
0 2016 4 2016 3   0 2016 12 2016 1 2016 1 2016 31 2016 34 
Kenya  2002 2 2002 4 2002 2 2001 1 2002 1   0  
0 2002 1  
0  
0 2002 9 
Korea, 
Republic of  2014 8 2020 13 2012 6 2020 8 2012 9 2020 18  
0 2011 4 2012 10 2012 6 2020 79 
Kuwait, the 
State of  2004 3  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0 1997 2 2004 5 
Kyrgyz 
Republic  2020 31 2020 34 2008 7 2018 19 2008 9 2006 12 2019 6 2018 10 1999 1 2020 12 2020 106 
Lao People's 
Democratic 
Republic  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Latvia  1999 2 1999 1 1999 1 1999 1  
0 1999 7 2004 2 1999 1  
0 1999 1 2004 16 
Lesotho  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0   0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Liberia  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Liechtenstein  2004 6 1996 9 1996 4 1996 8 1999 12 1999 16 1999 1 1996 4 1996 5 1996 1 2004 36 
Lithuania  2001 5 2003 10 2001 4 2001 11 2001 2 2001 11 2001 1 2001 3  
0  
0 2003 39 
Luxembourg  2004 9 1998 25 1997 5 1997 4  
0  
0  
0 1997 1  
0 1997 1 2004 44 
Macao, China  2014 7  
0  
0 1998 3 2000 2 2004 11  
0  
0 2000 2  
0 2014 19 
Madagascar  2016 5  
0  
0  
0  
0 2011 4 2016 3  
0  
0 2016 1 2016 8 
Malawi  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Malaysia  2001 3 2006 4 2013 4 2001 7 2013 3  
0  
0 2001 1  
0 2001 1 2013 23 
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  
0 
Malta  2000 1 2000 3 2000 1 2000 3  
0 2000 1  
0  
0  
0  
0 2000 7 
Mauritania  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Mauritius  2019 3 2008 4 2008 4 2008 4 2003 2 2008 2 2003 2 2003 2  
0  
0 2019 15 
Mexico  2020 14 2000 2  
0 2013 1 2020 10 2020 7 2020 21  
0  
0 2016 3 2020 53 
Moldova, 
Republic of  2018 12 2016 18 2016 8 2016 12 2013 4 2013 12 2018 7 2013 5 2013 3 2018 27 2018 97 
Mongolia  1998 9 1998 4  
0 1998 3  
0 1998 1 1998 3  
0 1998 1 1998 4 1998 16 
Montenegro  2016 2 2013 2 2016 3 2016 4 2013 3 2013 1  
0 2016 2 2013 1 2013 10 2016 28 
Morocco  2008 5 2003 20 2008 4 2008 5 2008 9 2008 10 2008 4 2008 4 2008 7 2008 7 2008 53 
Mozambique  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Myanmar  0 0 2020 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2020 1 
Namibia  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1  
0  
0  
0 2001 1 
Nepal  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Netherlands  1996 19 2004 6 1997 5 1997 6  
0 1997 8  
0 1997 2  
0  
0 2004 46 
New Zealand  2004 18 2015 32 2004 7 2004 17 1997 3  
0 2004 6 2004 3 1996 3 1996 2 2015 89 
Nicaragua  2013 16 2013 9 2008 4 2013 4  
0  
0 2013 7 2008 2  
0  
0 2013 34 
Niger  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Nigeria  2001 5 2001 4 2001 4 2001 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 1996 1 2001 13  
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  Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. 
North 
Macedonia  2016 2  
0  
0  
0  
0 2016 2 2016 4 2003 1  
0  
0 2016 9 
Norway  2004 3 2019 17 2019 9 2019 11 2015 2 2015 2 2019 4 1996 2  
0 2015 2 2019 50 
Oman  2011 2 2011 3 2001 1 2011 2 2011 3  
0  
0 2001 1 2011 2  
0 2011 9 
Pakistan  2002 2 2002 2 2002 2 2004 2 2020 1 2002 5  
0 2002 1  
0 2002 1 2020 15 
Panama  2004 4 2014 4  
0 2014 1  
0 2004 5 2014 6  
0  
0 2004 4 2014 23 
Papua New 
Guinea  2005 1 2005 2 2005 2 2005 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 1998 1 2005 6 
Paraguay  2000 2 2000 4  
0 2000 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 1995 1 2000 9 
Peru 2015 7 2010 5  
0  
0  
0 2010 3 2010 6  
0 2010 3 2010 5 2015 29 
Philippines  2003 19 2003 19 2003 18 2003 18 2001 8 2003 19 2009 3 2003 16 2003 15 2001 2 2009 48 
Poland  1998 5 1996 6 1996 1 1996 1 1996 1 2000 4 2001 2 1996 3 2000 1 2000 3 2001 21 
Portugal  1999 20 1999 8 1998 2 1998 2 1998 2 1999 9  
0 1997 1  
0  
0 1999 38 
Qatar  2002 1 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1 2002 1  
0  
0 2006 1 2006 1 1999 1 2006 6 
Romania  1998 1 1999 7 1999 2 1999 5 1998 2 2004 15  
0 1999 3  
0 1998 1 2004 31 
Russian 
Federation  2015 15 2012 13 2012 7 2012 12 2019 6 2015 13  
0 2012 4 2012 3 2015 10 2019 55 
Rwanda  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Saint Kitts 
and Nevis  2016 1 2016 1  
0 2016 1  
0  
0  
0 2016 1  
0  
0 2016 4 
Saint Lucia  2001 4 2004 1 2004 2 2004 2 2004 2 2004 5  
0 2004 2 2001 1  
0 2004 19 
Saint Vincent 
and the 
Grenadines  2015 3 2015 2 2015 3 2015 5 2015 2 2015 3  
0 2015 2  
0 2015 2 2015 21 
Samoa  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2019 3  
0  
0  
0 2019 3 
Saudi Arabia, 
Kingdom of  2020 5 2006 2 2006 2 2006 2 2006 1 2006 1  
0 2006 1 2006 1 2006 3 2020 14 
Senegal  1997 1   0   0   0   0   0 1997 1   0   0  
0 1997 1 
Seychelles  2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2016 1 2016 5  
0 2016 1 2016 1 2016 3 2016 10 
Sierra Leone  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Singapore  2010 18 2009 9 2009 3 2009 9 2000 1  
0 2009 2 2000 1 2009 3  
0 2010 45 
Slovak 
Republic  2011 3 2011 9 2011 3 2011 7 2011 5 2011 7 2011 6 2011 3  
0 1996 6 2011 41 
Slovenia  2020 6 2008 7 2008 7 2008 6 1999 2 2004 10  
0 2008 4 2000 3  
0 2020 31 
Solomon 
Islands  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
South Africa  2004 6 2004 6 2004 3 2004 5 2004 7  
0  
0 1996 1  
0 1996 1 2004 22 
Spain  2004 21 2004 16 2004 1 2004 5 1996 20 2004 7 2004 15 1996 2  
0 2004 6 2004 92 
Sri Lanka  2010 3  
0 2001 1 2001 1  
0  
0 2010 2 2001 1  
0  
0 2010 4 
Suriname  0 0 2001 1 2001 1 2001 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2001 1 
Sweden  2006 22 2006 17 2004 5 1996 11 1997 1 1996 1  
0 1996 5 1996 1 2004 5 2006 65 
Switzerland  2017 11 2017 24 2017 11 2017 16 2017 39 2017 35 2003 1 2017 6 2013 28 2017 34 2017 162 
Chinese 
Taipei  2020 31 2020 31 2020 2 2020 17 2002 4 2014 14 2002 1 2014 5 2020 3 2018 5 2020 106 
Tajikistan  2015 1 2014 1 2014 1 2014 1 2014 1  
0  
0 2014 1 2015 1 2015 2 2015 9 
Tanzania  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Thailand  2020 4 2010 12  
0 2020 3  
0  
0 2003 1 2003 1 2020 3  
0 2020 24  
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- 24 - Member  Copyright and 
related rights  Patents 
(including plant 
variety 
protection)  Industrial 
designs  Trademarks  Geographical 
indications  Enforcement  Industrial 
property 
(general)  Layout -designs 
(topographies) 
of integrated 
circuits  Undisclosed 
information  Other  Total  
  Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. Latest  No. 
Togo 0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Tonga  2009 1 2009 3 2009 3 2009 3 2009 1 2009 1  
0 2009 1 2009 3 2009 2 2009 8 
Trinidad and 
Tobago  2000 2 2000 3 2000 2 2000 7 2000 3 2000 8  
0 2000 2 2000 1  
0 2000 27 
Tunisia  2010 1 2004 9 2003 3 2008 4 2008 2 2003 3  
0 2003 3  
0  
0 2010 25 
Turkey  2004 10 2000 8 2000 3 2000 3 2000 2 2000 10 2000 1 2000 1 2000 4 2000 6 2004 43 
Uganda  2000 2 2000 4 2000 2 2000 2  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2000 7 
Ukraine  2020 16 2020 50 2020 20 2020 23 2020 16 2008 10  
0 2020 15 2008 7 2008 4 2020 84 
United Arab 
Emirates  2004 1 1997 1  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 2004 2 
United 
Kingdom  2020 37 2020 35 2020 48 2020 57 1996 8 2004 24  
0 2004 10 2004 14  
0 2020 177 
United States 
of America  2019 8 2020 17 2013 10 2013 7 2012 3 2012 9 2004 3 1997 2 2018 56 1997 1 2020 105 
Uruguay  2004 17 2012 5  
0 2012 4  
0 2012 7 2015 9  
0 2002 1 2012 7 2015 45 
Vanuatu  2014 2 2014 3 2014 2 2014 5 2014 1  
0  
0 2014 1 2014 1 2014 1 2014 16 
Venezuela, 
Bolivarian 
Republic of  2001 12 2001 7 2001 4 2001 6 2001 4  
0 2001 6 2001 4 2001 4 2001 14 2001 37 
Viet Nam  2013 14 2013 10 2013 9 2013 10 2013 10 2013 13 2013 4 2013 9 2013 12 2013 16 2013 36 
Yemen  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Zambia  0 0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0  
0 
Zimbabwe  2002 3 2002 2 2002 2 2002 2  
0  
0 2002 1  
0  
0  
0 2002 9 
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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  13/09/1996  IP/N/6/AUT/1  
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      
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  24/11/2000  IP/N/6/SLV/1  
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  
France  15/10/1997  IP/N/6/FRA/1  
Gabon  03/10/2017  IP/N/6/GAB/1  
The Gambia      
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      
 
2 The names of LDC Members appear in 
italics.  Member  Most recent  Document Symbol  
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  
New Zealand  24/02/1997  IP/N/6/NZL/1  
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  IP/C/W/676  
 
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  Member  Most recent  Document Symbol  
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  12/02/2014  IP/N/6/CHE/2  
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  
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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  Table A.3: Contact point  submissions  under Article s 69 and 673,4 
Member  Article 69  Article 675 
  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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11  pre-2010 IP/N/7/Rev.3  
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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Brunei Darussalam  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Bulgaria  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Burkina Faso  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
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/CAN/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    2001 
Colombia  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Congo          
Costa Rica  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Côte d'Ivoire          
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  18/08/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.4      
Estonia  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Eswatini  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
European Union  26/01/2011  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.6  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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11  pre-2010 IP/N/7/Rev.3  
Gabon  18/08/2010  IP/N/3/Rev.11/Add.4      
The Gambia          
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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11  pre-2010 IP/N/7/Rev.3  
Grenada  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11  pre-2010 IP/N/7/Rev.3  
Israel  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 
exact submission date in the "Most recent" columns.  
5 Only developed country Members are under an obligation to notify contact points under Article 67.  IP/C/W/676  
 
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  Member  Article 69  Article 675 
  Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
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  11/01/2018  IP/N/7/MAC/2  
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  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Mongolia  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Montenegro  15/02/2013  IP/N/3/MNE/1      
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/RUS/1  
Rwanda          
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    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    2002 
Tajikistan          
Tanzania          
Thailand  18/02/2014  IP/N/3/THA/1      
Togo 07/11/2012  IP/N/3/TGO/1      
Tonga  02/07/2020  IP/N/3/TON/3      
Trinidad and Tobago  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      IP/C/W/676  
 
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  Member  Article 69  Article 675 
  Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
Tunisia  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Turkey  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Uganda  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
Ukraine  22/06/2018  IP/N/3/UKR/3      
United Arab Emirates  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
United Kingdom  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11  pre-2010 IP/N/7/Rev.3  
United States of America  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11  07/11/2012  IP/N/7/USA/1  
Uruguay  pre-2010 IP/N/3/Rev.11      
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  
Chinese Taipei  05/07/2002  IP/N/2/TPKM/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  
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  
 
Table A.6: Othe r 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 additional flexibilities relating to 
TRIPS and public health   
Member  Date  Document Symbol  Notification type  
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: Reports submitted by Members under Articles 66.2 and 676 
Member  Article 66.2  Article 67   
Most recent  Count7 Most recent  Count8 
Australia  2020 16 2020 23 
Austria  2020 13 2018 22 
Belgium  2014 8 2013 4 
Bulgaria   
0 2018 9 
Canada  2020 18 2020 22 
Croatia   
0 2017 4 
Cyprus   
0  
0 
Czech Republic  2020 11 2020 18 
Denmark  2018 12 2017 15 
 
6 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 sep arately identified. EU member States whose separately 
identifiable contributions were incorporated into the report of the European Union appear in italics. Activities of 
the United Kingdom were reported by the European Union through the 2019 reporting cycl e. 
7 From 2003 to 2020.  
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  Member  Article 66.2  Article 67   
Most recent  Count7 Most recent  Count8 
Estonia  2017 3 2017 5 
European Union  2020 18 2020 26 
Finland  2020 17 2020 23 
France  2018 15 2020 21 
Germany  2020 14 2020 26 
Greece   
0  
0 
Hong Kong, China   
0 2002 1 
Hungary   
0 2015 8 
Iceland   
0  
0 
Ireland  2020 13  
0 
Italy 2018 2 2013 7 
Japan  2020 18 2020 26 
Latvia   
0 2016 1 
Liechtenstein   
0  
0 
Lithuania  2011 1 2020 5 
Luxembourg  2014 1  
0 
Malta   
0  
0 
Morocco   
0 2001 1 
Netherlands  2014 2 2018 7 
New Zealand  2020 18 2018 24 
Norway  2020 18 2020 21 
Poland   
0 2013 3 
Portugal   
0 2020 18 
Romania   
0 2016 4 
Slovak Republic  2017 10 2017 3 
Slovenia   
0 2014 6 
Spain  2015 10 2020 25 
Sweden  2019 17 2019 24 
Switzerland  2020 18 2020 25 
United Kingdom  2020 15 2020 25 
United States of America  2020 18 2020 26 
 
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  Table A.9: Responses provided in the context of reviews under Articles 24.2 and 
27.3(b)9,10 
 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/Add.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      
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          
 
9 The names of LDC Members appear in italics.  
10 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  
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  
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          
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/Add.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  11/02/2019  IP/C/W/117/Add.13/Rev.1  13/04/1999  IP/C/W/125/Add.15  
Chinese Taipei  26/07/2004  IP/C/W/117/Add.30/Corr.1      
Tajikistan          
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   Member  Art. 24.2 (GIs)  Art. 27.3(b) (Biotech)   
Most recent  Document symbol  Most recent  Document symbol  
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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