83. The Chairperson recalled that an initial discussion of this matter had taken place at the Council's last meeting, when the Council had received a paper jointly sponsored by the delegations of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Egypt, Iceland, India, Kenya, Liechtenstein, Pakistan, Slovenia, Sri Lanka, Switzerland and Turkey, outlining the views of these delegations on the implementation of Article 24.1, in particular in regard to the extension of additional protection for geographical indications to products other than wines and spirits (IP/C/W/204/Rev.1). He called for suggestions as to how the work under this agenda item might be pursued.
