23. The Chairperson said that, since the previous meeting, information had been provided in writing by Switzerland in response to the Council's invitation to developed country Members, at its meeting of 1 and 2 December 1998, to supply information on how Article 66.2 of the TRIPS Agreement was being implemented. Such information had been provided earlier in writing by Australia, Japan, the European Communities and 12 of their member States, New Zealand and the United States. This information was available in document IP/C/W/132 and addenda and supplements. Information had also been provided orally during the discussion of this agenda item at Council meetings since December 1998. He recalled that the Council's discussions had shown that some delegations had had difficulty in assessing the mass of information made available. He suggested that one way of helping in this respect would be to request the Secretariat to prepare a short note setting out the types of measures that had been notified, with cross references to where further details could be found.
