3. The Chairman drew attention to the latest Secretariat note reflecting the status of the notifications of laws and regulations under Article 63.2 received from Members whose transitional periods under Article 65.2 or 65.3 had expired on 1 January 2000 or who had acceded to the WTO after that date which was circulated as document (JOB(04)/117). The note showed from which of the Members in question notifications had been received as at 3 September 2004. Among the 81 Members in question, there still remained three who had not yet submitted any notification concerning their implementing legislation. These were Papua New Guinea; Saint Kitts and Nevis; and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
4. Since its meeting in September, the Council had received a number of supplements and updates to earlier notifications of laws and regulations. Pakistan had notified its "Trade Mark Rules 2004"; Morocco had notified a decree relating to industrial property; and Japan had notified its amended unfair competition law. Furthermore, Bahrain had notified its laws related to patents and utility models, trade secrets, and geographical indications, which were, for the time being, available only in the original language. They would be circulated as soon as a version in an official WTO language was received. These notifications were being circulated in the IP/N/1/- series of documents.
5. The Chairman urged those Members whose initial notifications remained incomplete to submit the outstanding material without delay. He reminded other Members of their obligation to notify any subsequent amendments of their laws and regulations without delay after their entry into force.
