18. The Chair proposed that, following past practice, agenda items 4, 5 and 6 be addressed together. He noted that there had been important developments in these areas in many WTO Members, which had not been shared with the Council. Until recently, only 25 Members had responded to the List of Questions on Article 27.3(b), and the last response dated from 2003. Mexico had recently submitted its responses, which had been circulated in document IP/C/W/125/Add.25. He invited Mexico to introduce its submission.
19. The representative of Mexico took the floor.
20. The Chair encouraged delegations to submit responses to the List of Questions or update their previous responses; as well as notify any relevant changes in legislation.
21. He noted that two longstanding procedural issues under these items have been discussed extensively on the record, at every regular meeting of the Council for almost nine years:
a. First, the suggestion for the Secretariat to update the three factual notes on the Council's discussions on the TRIPS and CBD and related items; these notes were initially prepared in 2002 and last updated in 2006; and
b. Second, the request to invite the CBD Secretariat to brief the Council on the Nagoya Protocol to the CBD, initially proposed in October 2010.
22. The positions on these issues were well-known and already extensively recorded in the Council minutes. In addressing these procedural questions, he encouraged delegations to focus on suggestions as to how to make resolve them.
23. The representatives of Mexico; Benin, on behalf of the LDC Group; Switzerland; the Plurinational State of Bolivia; Nigeria; Bangladesh; Japan; Brazil; Indonesia; China; India, New Zealand; South Africa; Canada; Australia; the Russian Federation; and the United States of America took the floor.
24. The Council took note of the statements made and agreed to revert to the matters at its next meeting.
